Kieronโข pollard Achieves Record-Breaking Half-Century โin CPL 2025 Loss
St. Lucia – Kieron Pollard,at the age of 38,shattered recordsโค in โคa Caribbean Premier League (CPL) โฃmatch โคon September 7,2025,scoring a half-century offโ just 17 balls โwhile playing for the Trinbagoโข Knight Riders against the Guyana โAmazon Warriors.Despite his explosive innings, the Knight Riders ultimately โfell to aโ five-wicket defeat.
PollardS blisteringโ knock is now the fastest fifty in CPL history, surpassing previousโข records held by Andre Russell (14 balls in 2021), Jean-Paul Duminy (15 ballsโฃ in 2019), and Ein Leese (17 balls inโค 2019). โฃHe โฃequaled the 17-ball record with David Miller (2024)โ before claiming it outright. The innings came during a crucial stage of the match, with the โKnight Ridersโ aiming to set a competitive total.
The match saw the Warriors lose two early wickets, butโ a resilientโ partnership between Shayโ Hope and Shimron Hetmyer kept theirโ hopes alive. Hetmyer was eventually dismissed for 49โ off 30 balls,followed โby Hope,who contributed 53 offโ 46 balls.โ Ultimately, it was Dwaine Pretorius โwho steered the Warriors to victory,โค finishing with 26 โฃnot out off 14 โballs.
Earlier in the innings, Darren Bravo contributedโ 33 off 35 balls, and Kaisi Corti added 39 off 34โค balls, supporting Pollard’s aggressive batting. Despite โฃtheirโฃ efforts, the Knight Riders’ total of 167 proved insufficient to defend against the Warriors’ โคdetermined chase.CPL Fastest Half-Centuries (as of September 7, 2025):
17 balls – Kieron Pollard – Trinbago Knight Riders – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots – โค2025
17โฃ balls – David Miller โข-โข Barbados Royals – Trinbago Knight Riders – 2024
โ โค17 balls – Ein Leese – St. Kitts โค& โNevis Patriots โข- Jamaica Tallawahs – 2019
โ 15 balls -โ Jean-paul Duminy – Barbados Tridentsโข – Trinidad & โขTobago Red Steel – 2019
* โข โฃ14 balls – Andreโ Russellโ -โค Jamaica โขTallawahs – St. Lucia Kings โข- 2021