Caribbean Premier League: Antigua And Barbuda Falcons vs St. Lucia Kings

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Market context

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons versus St Lucia Kings is a CPL group-stage match, and the market is currently pricing a **0% YES** outcome despite the fixture having a clear on-field settlement path under the rules. In comparable meetings, St Lucia have held the edge: ESPN’s head-to-head record shows wins in the recent 2024 and 2025 meetings, including a six-wicket chase of 205 in 2025, while Antigua and Barbuda have yet to beat them in the CPL data shown by the available records.[1][8][13]

For a power-user running this programmatically, the key read-through is that the implied probability should be anchored to team news, toss, and live scoring rather than pre-match narrative alone. Cricbuzz and ESPN both flagged team updates and toss information as imminent in the 2026 meeting, which is exactly the kind of dependency that can move a short-dated cricket market quickly if a side fields an unchanged XI, loses a frontline bowler, or ends up chasing on a surface that has already produced high totals.[5][9] The settlement definition also matters operationally: ordinary wins include DLS/DRS, over-rate penalties, and forfeits, so a bot watching the market should not treat abandoned-weather scenarios or administrative results as neutral. Historical weather disruption is relevant here too, because the 2025 head-to-head was listed as abandoned due to a wet outfield before the later high-scoring rematch.[13]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Polymarket Bot UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

At resolution the UMA oracle takes over: a proposer posts the outcome with a bond, any token holder can dispute within two hours. Without dispute the result is accepted and the smart contract distributes USDC instantly.

On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

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