Barbados Tridents secured a crucial four-wicket win over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at the Kensington Oval to lift themselves off the bottom of the CPL 2026 points table. While keeping their playoff hopes alive with a win now from their last two games enough to take them through, the Tridents have knocked the Patriots out of the tournament.

Captain Chris Green was the star for the hosts, returning figures of 4/20 to dismantle the Patriots after opting to bowl first. The Patriots were rocked in the Powerplay, losing a wicket in each of the first three overs. Openers Johnson Charles and Kyle Mayers fell for a duck, the former cleaned up by Green and the latter edging behind off Daniel Sams. Andre Fletcher was undone by the extra bounce as he played onto his stumps off Green as the Patriots were left reeling on 6 for 3, eventually mustering 21 in the Powerplay. The skipper then prized out Alick Athanaze and later wound up his spell in the 11th over by trapping Dasun Shanaka in front.

Gudakesh Motie then removed Jason Holder, who motored along for a 27-ball 24. It was a Wanindu Hasaranga counter-attack that vaulted the Patriots from a precarious position of 51/6. He first took AM Ghazanfar down for a four and a six before slamming two sixes off Motie - all while wickets kept falling at the other end. Hasaranga’s 25-ball 45 lifted the Patriots past 100, but two run outs in the last two overs saw them bowled out for 118.

The chase was far from straightforward as Holder struck twice in the first over to remove Brandon King and Rivaldo Clarke, before dismissing Zachary Carter in the fifth. Quinton de Kock, batting at No. 4, and Sadrack Descarte then steadied the innings, consciously pouncing on Hasaranga, who proved to be expensive on the night. Descarte fell to Naseem Shah but de Kock found an able ally in Sherfane Rutherford, ensuring that the chase remained within control.

Rutherford struck three fours in his 23 and fell in the 16th over, before Green followed suit in the 17th as Naseem finished with remarkable figures of 2-11 from his quota of overs. But despite those jitters, the chase was done for all practical purposes with de Kock remaining unbeaten, before Sams finished the job with a six.

Brief Scores: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 118 in 20 overs (Wanindu Hasaranga 45; Chris Green 4-20, Daniel Sams 2-21, Gudakesh Motie 2-30) lost to Barbados Tridents 120/6 in 18 overs (Quinton de Kock 44*, Sherfane Rutherford 23; Jason Holder 3-31, Naseem Shah 2-11) by 4 wickets.