Majestic Munro Hundred Powers Trinbago Knight Riders to CPL 2025 Win

Colin Munro lit up Warner Park with a stunning hundred as Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 12 runs in the CPL 2025.

His knock proved the difference in a thrilling contest, securing a crucial victory in the early stages of the tournament.

Match Analysis

Munro scored 120 off just 57 balls from the top of the order, hitting at an emphatic 210 strike rate that included 14 fours and six sixes.

A high scoring match saw the Patriots pile on 219/7 in reply with Jason Holder top scoring with 44 trying to the last to haul his side into contention but the Knight Riders total of 231/5 was always just out of reach.

The Patriots will look back and rue a relatively slow start on a flat batting track with just 23 runs scored off the first three overs of their response that in the end saw them only fall short by two maximum blows.

After winning the toss, Holder inserted the Knight Riders but might well have soon regretted the decision as he saw his bowlers dispatched to all parts of Warner Park.

An opening stand of 114 between Munro and Alex Hales was broken in the ninth over but by then the platform was well and truly set for a monster score.

Player of the match Munro was particularly brutal down the ground, hitting both pace and spin back past the bowlers as he peppered the hoardings. 

The Kiwi batter eventually fell swatting a Holder short ball to Rilee Rossouw at extra cover but by then the Knight Riders had amassed 213 runs and Munro had eclipsed Nicholas Pooran’s 102* against Barbados in the 2023 CPL to claim the Trinidad Franchise’s highest individual score.

In doing so the New Zealander also became only the second overseas player, alongside Faf fu Plessis, to score two CPL hundreds.

The Knight Riders joined Guyana Amazon Warriors at the top of the table with one win from one while the Patriots have chalked up two defeats after victory in their own first game.

Match Summary

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Match 4

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 219/7 (20 ov)

Trinbago Knight Riders 231/5 (20 ov)

Trinbago Knight Riders won by 12 runs

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Match Stats

Trinbago Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-114 (Alex Hales - 9.1 ov), 2-151 (Nicholas Pooran - 13.2 ov), 3-195 (Kieron Pollard - 17.2 ov), 4-213 (Colin Munro - 18.3 ov), 5-221 (Terrance Hinds - 18.6 ov)

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Kyle Mayers - 7.3 ov), 2-82 (Andre Fletcher - 8.1 ov), 3-95 (Mikyle Louis - 9.6 ov), 4-152 (Rilee Rossouw - 15.1 ov), 5-152 (Jyd Goolie - 15.3 ov), 6-165 (Alick Athanaze - 16.1 ov), 7-189 (Jason Holder - 18.6 ov)

 

 

Playing XI

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 

• Andre Fletcher(WK)
• Kyle Mayers
• Rilee Rossouw
• Alick Athanaze
• Jason Holder(C)
• Jyd Goolie
• Naseem Shah
• Waqar Salamkheil
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Dominic Drakes
• Mikyle Louis

Trinbago Knight Riders 

• Alex Hales
• Colin Munro
• Sunil Narine
• Nicholas Pooran(C)
• Keacy Carty
• Joshua Da Silva(WK)
• Kieron Pollard
• Akeal Hosein
• Mohammad Amir
• Usman Tariq
• Terrance Hinds

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025 16:00

Venue: Warner Park, St Kitts, Basseterre

Toss: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots elected to bowl

Umpires: Christopher Taylor (West Indies) Gregory Brathwaite (West Indies) Ryan Banwarie (West Indies TV)

Match Referee: Reon King (West Indies)

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