SKN vs SLK Match 25 Playing 11 & Match Prediction: Who Wins the CPL 2026 Match 25 at Warner Park Today?

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St Kitts and Nevis Patriots host Saint Lucia Kings in Match 25 (SKN vs SLK) of CPL 2026 at Warner Park, Basseterre, on September 3, starting at 7 pm local time (11 pm GMT). The Patriots sit fifth on the table with two wins from seven games, while the Kings are third with four wins from seven. Kings captain Roston Chase leads a side built around Matthew Forde’s pace bowling and Kamil Pooran’s form with the bat, while Patriots skipper Jason Holder will look to his own all round game to turn a tough season around at home.

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When and Where Is This Match?

• Match: 25th Match of CPL 2026, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Saint Lucia Kings (SKN vs SLK)
• Date: September 3, 2026
• Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
• Start time: 7 PM local time (11 pm GMT)
• Match type: Day-night fixture
• Home side: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Warner Park is their home ground)
• Ground capacity: Around 8,000 to 10,000, depending on the seating configuration used

Warner Park has hosted CPL cricket since the league’s early years and has a reputation as a ground where the crowd can genuinely lift the home side. It is one of the smaller venues in the tournament, which tends to make for a loud, close atmosphere on match nights.

Where Do Both Teams Stand Right Now before SKN vs SLK Match?

The points table tells two different stories. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are fifth with two wins from seven matches, a season that has not gone the way they hoped after retaining Jason Holder as captain. Saint Lucia Kings are third with four wins from seven, a solid return under new captain Roston Chase, who took over from David Wiese ahead of this season.

Chase is no stranger to this competition. He was Player of the Tournament in 2021 with 446 runs while playing for the Kings, and he has deep ties to Saint Lucia through his grandmother, even though he was born in Barbados. Head coach Daren Sammy, who also coaches the West Indies team across all formats, works alongside him.

With the group stage moving into its final stretch, the Kings want to lock in a top four finish, while the Patriots need wins just to keep any hope of qualifying alive.

What Has Each Team Been Doing Lately?

Saint Lucia Kings come into this game full of confidence. In their last completed match, they beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 36 runs, posting 211 for 4 and restricting the defending champions to 175 for 6. That win showed a team firing on both sides of the game, strong batting up front and tight bowling at the back end. A few matches before that, Kamil Pooran hit an unbeaten 81 and Matthew Forde took a five wicket haul to beat Jamaica Kingsmen, a performance that had Chase praising Forde directly after the game: “I trust him. He bowled two overs, he got wickets and once he’s going good, I’m going to give him the third over all the time.”

That match against the Kingsmen was closer than the final score suggested. The Kings restricted their opponents to 169 for 9 after they had been reduced to 54 for 5, a recovery that could have made things tricky. Chasing 170, the Kings got home with Pooran and Obus Pienaar putting on a stand worth 57 for the winning partnership. Wins like that, built on a bowler stepping up under pressure and a batter finishing the job, are usually a good sign heading into the back half of a season.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, on the other hand, are coming off a narrow 11 run loss to Jamaica Kingsmen. Chasing 183, they fell short at 171 for 6, a result that sums up their season so far: close, but not quite enough. That kind of near miss can go two ways for a team. It can either build belief for the next game, or it can add pressure. Playing at home in front of their own fans should help push things the right way for the Patriots.

Looking further back, the Patriots’ season has been a mix of good individual performances that have not turned into enough wins. They sit two wins from seven games, a record that does not match the quality of players on their team sheet. If there is a pattern worth watching, it is a batting order that starts well but has not always finished games off, something that showed again in the loss to the Kingsmen.

Who Is Playing for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots?

Jason Holder continues as captain this season after leading LA Knight Riders to their first Major League Cricket title, and he brings that winning habit into a Patriots side that has struggled to find consistency. His all round skills, useful runs lower down the order and reliable overs with the ball, make him one of the most important players on this team. A captain who can contribute in both departments gives a struggling side more than one way to win a game.

Based on the squad announced for this season, here is the possible Patriots XI for this match:

1. Johnson Charles
2. Andre Fletcher (wicketkeeper)
3. Mikyle Louis
4. Kyle Mayers
5. Jason Holder (captain)
6. Dasun Shanaka
7. Wanindu Hasaranga
8. Kevin Wickham
9. Obed McCoy
10. Waqar Salamkheil
11. Naseem Shah

Fletcher has been one of the more consistent run scorers for the Patriots this season, and Shanaka’s ability to hit boundaries at speed in the closing overs has already been on show earlier in the tournament. McCoy’s left arm pace offers a different angle for the new ball, something that could matter against a Kings top order used to facing mostly right arm bowlers, while Naseem Shah and Salamkheil give Holder two more overseas pace and spin options to rotate through the middle overs.

For the confirmed line up closer to game time, check the official CPL squads page.

Who Is Playing for Saint Lucia Kings?

Roston Chase leads a squad that looks stronger on paper than the Patriots right now. Matthew Forde has been the standout bowler of the season for the Kings, and Kamil Pooran, a young top order batter who had never played a senior T20 before this season, has already delivered one of the best individual innings of the tournament with his 81 not out. Pooran’s story is worth mentioning on its own. He came into CPL 2026 with only eight first class games and four List A matches to his name, no senior T20 experience at all, and he has already become one of the more reliable batters in the Kings’ line up.

Based on the squad announced for this season, here is the possible Kings XI for this match:

1. Kamil Pooran
2. Charith Asalanka
3. Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper)
4. Roston Chase (captain)
5. Jewel Andrew
6. Darron Nedd
7. Shadley van Schalkwyk
8. Matthew Forde
9. Maheesh Theekshana
10. McKenny Clarke
11. Ackeem Auguste

One name missing from this list is Noor Ahmad, who was ruled out of this season after the Afghanistan Cricket Board withdrew his no objection certificate, a real blow to the Kings’ bowling depth that Tim Seifert’s signing helped soften on the batting side, even if it did not fully replace what Ahmad would have offered with the ball. Theekshana’s variations could be useful on a pitch that tends to grip a little as the innings goes on, and van Schalkwyk gives Chase a fourth seam option if conditions call for it.

What Will the Pitch at Warner Park Play Like in SKN vs SLK?

Warner Park usually offers a fair contest between bat and ball. Totals in the 165 to 180 range have generally been competitive here this season, and there is some help for spinners as the pitch wears through the second innings. Given this is a night match, dew could play a small role later on, which often nudges captains toward bowling first if they win the toss. Teams batting second at this venue have had joy when they kept wickets in hand through the middle overs, rather than trying to force the pace too early.

The Patriots know these conditions better than anyone, having played their home games here all season. That familiarity does not always show up in results, but it can matter in small ways, like knowing which side of the ground to target or how the pitch behaves under lights.

Who Wins This Match SKN vs SLK?

Based on current form, Saint Lucia Kings go in as the stronger side. Their bowling attack, led by Matthew Forde, has been sharper than the Patriots’ this season, and Kamil Pooran’s rise gives them a genuine match winner at the top of the order. The Kings have also shown they can win comfortably, not just scrape through, and that kind of control tends to carry over from one game to the next.

That said, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have home ground advantage and a captain in Jason Holder who has just come off a title win elsewhere. A narrow recent loss can sometimes be the spark a struggling team needs, and Warner Park has not always favoured the visiting side this season. If Holder can get an early breakthrough with the ball or a quick start with the bat, the Patriots have enough in their squad to trouble any side in this competition.

The numbers point to the Kings, but this is not a match where the Patriots should be written off completely. Cricket has a way of punishing teams that assume a result before a ball is bowled.

This is a form based read, not betting advice. T20 cricket can turn on a single over.

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