Forde’s Five-For, Pooran’s 81* Sink Jamaica Kingsmen in CPL
By Ahmed Raza | Last updated: August 22, 2026
St Lucia Kings beat Jamaica Kingsmen by six wickets in Match 13 of the Caribbean Premier League 2026 at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet on Friday, August 21, with Matthew Forde’s five-wicket haul and Kamil Pooran’s unbeaten 81 doing the damage.
Jamaica Kingsmen were restricted to 169 for 9 after being sent in to bat, before St Lucia Kings chased the target down in 18.2 overs, finishing on 171 for 4 with ten balls to spare. Forde was named Player of the Match for figures of 5 for 23 from his four overs.
Kings captain Roston Chase won the toss and chose to field, and the decision looked shrewd inside the powerplay. Shadley van Schalkwyk removed Kirk McKenzie in the first over, before Forde struck twice in quick succession, dismissing Saim Ayub and then Usman Khan, who had raced to 28 off 11 balls. Rovman Powell fell for a golden duck in the same passage of play, and Hassan Khan followed shortly after, given out lbw following a review. Jamaica Kingsmen slipped to 55 for 5 inside the powerplay.
Keacy Carty anchored the innings from there, first alongside Andre Russell in a 41-run stand for the seventh wicket, then with Odean Smith in a 53-run partnership for the eighth. Carty brought up his fourth CPL half-century before falling to Forde off the final ball of the innings, caught by Chase after being run out chances were narrowly missed elsewhere. Jamaica Kingsmen’s innings featured eight fours and ten sixes, with 12 extras from the Kings’ bowlers, as the total climbed from 71 for 6 to a competitive 169 for 9.
In reply, Tim Seifert, recalled to the St Lucia Kings XI after his Player-of-the-Match showing in the Hundred final, fell for 12 off 13 balls, giving Hunain Shah an early breakthrough. From there, Pooran took control. He shared a 66-run stand with John Campbell before Campbell was caught at long-off by Russell, and Pooran continued to find the boundary consistently, reaching his second CPL half-century off just 26 balls.
Chase departed cheaply, bowled by Shah, before Obus Pienaar joined Pooran and the pair steadied the chase. Russell, who had earlier been economical with the ball, went off the field for treatment after appearing to pick up an injury during his fourth over. In the closing overs, Pooran and Pienaar took the game away from Jamaica Kingsmen, adding freely with the bat as the required rate eased. Pooran finished unbeaten on 81 off 49 balls with six fours and five sixes, while Pienaar remained not out on 34 off 14 deliveries as the Kings completed the chase.
The result closes out St Lucia Kings’ home stand on a winning note after they had lost three of their previous four matches at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. Jamaica Kingsmen, who had won their previous two matches before arriving in St Lucia, saw that momentum halted. Both teams had gone into the fixture level on four points from five matches.
St Lucia Kings also made a squad change ahead of the match after the Afghanistan Cricket Board withdrew the No-Objection Certificate of leg-spinner Noor Ahmad following his participation in the Hundred, ruling him out of the contest. Wicketkeeper-batter Andries Gous’s stint with the franchise also ended around the same time, with Seifert returning to the lineup in his place.
Source
Match details compiled from ESPNcricinfo/ESPN coverage of the fixture and match report from Beyond The 90′ (Substack), with squad-change information reported by Cricket Times.
