Antigua & Barbuda Falcons are CPL champions for the first time, beating debutant franchise Jamaica Kingsmen by eight wickets in the CPL 2026 final at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on September 20. It is the Falcons' maiden title in just their third season in the tournament, and it came the way much of their knockout run did — built around a disciplined bowling display that never let Jamaica's batting lineup get away from them.
Sufyan Moqim, who had already taken 4 for 13 in the Qualifier 1 rout of Guyana Amazon Warriors, backed it up with 4 for 14 in the final and was named Player of the Match. His four overs were the difference between a total Jamaica could defend and one that never troubled the Falcons' chase — Jamaica were restricted to 170 for 9 despite a lone standout innings from the middle order.
Maaz Sadaqat made 114 off 58 balls, with nine sixes and eight fours, a knock that accounted for well over half of Jamaica's total on its own. No other Kingsmen batter passed 20, and the gulf between Sadaqat's innings and the rest of the order left the Falcons a total that, on a ground that has hosted heavier scoring this tournament, always looked within range.
Chasing 171, Amir Jangoo and Hasan Nawaz put together an unbroken 89-run stand to see the Falcons home. Jangoo finished unbeaten on 57 off 34 balls, and the pair steered the chase to 173 for 2 in 16.4 overs, completing the win with 20 balls to spare.
The Falcons' route to the title tracked the same pattern across the knockouts — Moqim and Shadab Khan strangling opposition top orders, and a top order comfortable enough to finish chases without needing the last few overs. Jamaica's run to a final in their first CPL season, powered largely by individual middle-order innings rather than a deep batting unit, is the more instructive story for a debutant franchise: the batting depth that got them to the final wasn't quite there to win it.
The CPL 2026 season closes with the Falcons' celebrations in Antigua, while the format now shifts attention to the region's international calendar, with West Indies preparing to host India for white-ball series starting September 27. Several CPL performers from this tournament, including the Falcons' bowling pair, will be ones to track as domestic form translates — or doesn't — into national selection conversations.
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