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Toss Winner - Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won the toss and choose to bowl first
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won by 8 wickets
Will their newfound form lead the Jamaica Kingsmen to a title win?
Jamaica Kingsmen to be crowned champions
| Tournament: | Caribbean Premier League, 2026 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
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Caribbean Premier League Final is upon us. And it is Jamaica Kingsmen who beat the table-toppers Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2nd Qualifier to seal their spot in the final. They will meet Antigua and Barbuda Falcons for the second time this season.
The Falcons and Kingsmen locked horns in the season opener in Kingstown, where the former emerged victorious, chasing down 168 runs with 2 wickets in hand. The tournament will conclude with the same two teams fighting it out for the title in the Final.
Will the Kingsmen have the last laugh? They reached the Eliminator on the back of two consecutive losses. However, once in the knockout stage, Jamaica have been exceptional, winning both Eliminator and 2nd Qualifier with impressive batting performances.
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons bowled out Guyana for 76 runs in the 1st Qualifier. However, a different track seems to be used in the Eliminator and QF2 where batters found a lot more help than any of the previous outing on this ground.
The Falcons will need their key batters in the top 4 to score big and post a more competitive total against a back-in-form Kingsmen.
ABF
76/10 in 15.0 5.07
77/1 in 5.2 14.44
117/10 in 14.2 8.16
182/5 in 20.0 9.1
175/7 in 20.0 8.75
183/4 in 20.0 9.15
155/5 in 20.0 7.75
125/10 in 18.0 6.94
116/10 in 17.0 6.82
121/3 in 9.5 12.31
JT
207/5 in 19.4 10.53
206/4 in 20.0 10.3
144/6 in 20.0 7.2
CPLT20
Jamaica Kingsmen beat Barbados Tridents by 9 wickets
145/1 in 14.1 10.24
151/8 in 20.0 7.55
150/9 in 20.0 7.5
160/2 in 17.2 9.23
159/7 in 20.0 7.95
180/6 in 20.0 9
127/3 in 14.4 8.66
Rahkeen Cornwall is back into the side for the playoffs. He scored a quickfire 49 off 16 balls opening for the Falcons in Qualifier 1. His opening partner Evin Lewis also looked in fine rhtyhm, scoring at 176.92 strike rate as ABF chased down 77 runs within the powerplay.
Cornwall is a good replacement for Karima Gore and should continue to be part of the side for this match. Amir Jangoo and Hasan Nawaz hold key positions in the middle order. Nawaz has been pretty impressive at number 4 and will be one to watch in the race to be the top ABF batsman.
The last time these two teams met, Falcons’ batting order looked a lot different with Tim Robinson and Tajinder Dhillon in the middle order. These two batters played the most impactful knocks in their successful run chase against the Kingsmen in Kingstown.
In this game, it will be down to Hasan Nawaz and Amir Jangoo to play that role and build match-winning partnerships. There are bowling all-rounders like Moeen Ali, Shadab Khan, and Fabian Allen further down the order.
Though they haven’t been very reliable or consistent, considering the changed conditions at the venue, we expect Moeen Ali to come good with a strong finish at number 5 with a captain’s knock.
And while spinners wreaked havoc all through the season on this ground, the bowlers seemed to struggle in the last match here. The pacers need to try variations and rely on the back-of-the-hand delivery to outsmart the batsman.
Shadab Khan and Sufyan Moqim remain the most crucial bowlers in this squad, while Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Springer will need to up the ante with the pace.
Right-arm fast Shamar Springer has picked up 11 wickets in the season so far
Alzarri Joseph ranks 6th in the most wickets chart with 14 scalps in 9 innings
Rahkeem Cornwall has the 3rd best strike rate in the tournament of 194.25
Rahkeem Cornwall, Evin Lewis, Amir Jangoo (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Moeen Ali (c), Shadab Khan, Fabian Allen, Joshua James, Sufyan Moqim, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Springer
Jayden Seales, Rahkeem Cornwall, Evin Lewis, Amir Jangoo, Hasan Nawaz , Moeen Ali, Shadab Khan, Joshua James, Sufiyan Muqeem, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Springer
Jamaica Kingsmen were exceptional in Qualifier 2. In their previous matches in the run up to the playoffs as well as the Eliminator game, their middle order had failed to step up and the opening batter Maaz Sadaqat was scoring most runs in the top order.
What looked like a strong batting lineup that is heavily dependent on one player turned things around overnight as Keacy Carty and skipper Rovman Powell came to the resecue at 3 and 5 respectively with game-changing knocks to lead the Kingsmen into the Final.
Their Eliminator win was mostly down to their bowling performance after winning the toss and opting to bowl. Though Sadaqat scored a hundred in the game, the target wasn’t a big ask. In the previous outings, Usman Khan and Rovman Powell were struggling in the middle order while Keacy Carty was pushed a lot further down the order.
Carty has now become the 9th highest run-scorer in the tournament, but his strike rate this season has been 119.62, which is a concern. However, in the last match, he scored at 140 strike rate, which is geat news for Jamaica coming into the Final.
And while Saim Ayub, hasn’t scored a lot of runs in the 5 innings he played, he has one hundred to his name, and has a strike rate of 156. If the pitch stays the same as in the previous match, we can expect Ayub to play the big shots and help set up a strong finish along with skipper Rovman Powell.
Hunain Shah, Hassan Khan, and Andre Russell are the key wicket-takers in this squad to watch out for. They have plenty of wicket-taking options with Saim Ayub and Keemo Paul in the lineup.
Maaz Sadaqat scored 41 off 17 balls in the last match, a hundred in the Eliminator, and a 47-run knock before that
Sadaqat and Kirk McKenzie scored 42 runs in 18 balls for the first wicket in the last match
Keacy Carty has scored 250 runs in 11 innings so far, which includes 2 fifties, one of which came in the last game
Maaz Sadaqat, Kirk McKenzie, Saim Ayub, Keacy Carty, Romaine Morris (wk), Rovman Powell (c), Andre Russell, Keemo Paul, Hassan Khan, Vitel Lawes, Hunain Shah
Maaz Sadaqat, Kirk McKenzie, Saim Ayub, Romaine Morrison, Keacy Carty, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Hassan Khan, Keemo Paul, Hunain Shah, Vitel Lawes
There will be clear skies over Bridgetown around the time of the match, with a high of 28 degrees Celsius. There are no signs of rain or any weather interruptions in the evening or the night. The humidity will be quite high over 80% from the start of the match and it can lead to some dew later in the match making it difficult for the bowlers to grip the ball. With the dew on, the batters will also find it easier to time their strokes to perfection.
Pitch Condition
Batting Conditions
Pace Bowling
Spin Bowling
It is a bowling-friendly pitch at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. However, the last couple of matches here saw the batters find a great deal of help off the surface. It is likely that a different track was used for these games, and in particular, the 2nd Qualifier. In that case, we can expect a high-scoring thriller in the Final as well. The highest first-innings total on this ground in CPL 2026 before the last match was 150 runs. Now, with 207 runs being chased down in a knockout game, the match-winning total will look a lot different. If the same track is used for the final, the team batting first should aim for 210+ runs to be in a winning position.
After the Kingsmen chased down 200+ total in the 2nd Qualifier, there is no doubt left about whether to bowl or bat first on this ground. A total of 8 matches were played on this ground this season, and the chasing team has won 7 of them. While most of the matches were low-scoring affair, the last game was a high-scoring thirller that went in favour of the chasing team.
Even the bookmakers can’t make up their minds on this fixture. It is a neck-and-neck contest between the two mighty teams. The Falcons have a brilliant bowling attack while the Kingsmen are coming in with red-hot batting form. ABF also has depth in their batting order with plenty of bowling all-rounders. Both teams have a balanced lineup, and there is no clear winner between the two. However, with the winning momentum on their side and their key players finding their form, Jamaica Kingsmen will have a slight edge going into this match.
Jamaica Kingsmen to be crowned champions
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