ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – Guyana Ama­zon War­riors debu­tant Quentin Samp­son has been named the Break­out Play­er of the 2025 Re­pub­lic Bank Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL), earn­ing of­fi­cial ac­co­lades from Crick­et West In­dies for a cam­paign that an­nounced his ar­rival on the big stage.

The award caps a re­mark­able first sea­son for Samp­son, who dis­tin­guished him­self in a tour­na­ment brim­ming with emerg­ing tal­ent.

The 2025 CPL, which ran from Au­gust 14 to Sep­tem­ber 21, served as a per­fect plat­form for grad­u­ates of the CWI Break­out League, with sev­er­al young play­ers seiz­ing their op­por­tu­ni­ty.

St Lu­cia Kings’ Ac­k­eem Au­guste staked a strong claim with a flu­ent 73, while St Kitts & Nevis Pa­tri­ots spin­ner Navin Bidaisee im­pressed, snar­ing 7 wick­ets.

Je­di­ah Blades, Nathan Ed­ward, and Kari­ma Gore al­so de­liv­ered no­table per­for­mances that high­light­ed the re­gion’s deep­en­ing tal­ent pool.

How­ev­er, it was Samp­son’s con­sis­tent and match-win­ning im­pact that ul­ti­mate­ly set him apart. In just eight match­es, the right-han­der amassed 241 runs at a for­mi­da­ble av­er­age of 40.16 and an ex­plo­sive strike rate of 153.

His sea­son was high­light­ed by a ca­reer-best 76, a knock that steered the War­riors to a cru­cial vic­to­ry and show­cased a tem­pera­ment be­yond his years.

Miles Bas­combe, CWI Di­rec­tor of Crick­et, praised the de­vel­op­ment on dis­play. “Quentin’s per­for­mances, as well as those of oth­ers this sea­son, are both pleas­ing and en­cour­ag­ing for West In­dies Crick­et,” Bas­combe said. “They have shown that our emerg­ing play­ers can step up and de­liv­er when they are giv­en the op­por­tu­ni­ty.”

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