An unbeaten half-century from captain Moeen Ali paired with a disciplined bowling attack led by Joshua James carried Antigua and Barbuda Falcons to a 30-run victory over Barbados Tridents at North Sound, sending them back to the top of the CPL standings. Moeen's Late Explosive Finish: After losing Rahkeem Cornwall first ball and stuttering through the middle overs, Falcons rallied through Moeen Ali (56*) and Shamar Springer (19*), who posted an unbroken 75-run stand off 41 balls. Moeen launched Daniel Sams for three consecutive sixes in a 20-run final over to push the total to 155/5. Early Top-Order Strikes: Alzarri Joseph set the tone for the defense by dismissing openers Shian Brathwaite and Zachary Carter inside the Powerplay, leaving the Tridents struggling at 45/2. Player of the Match Performance: Player of the Match Joshua James broke a stubborn 39-run partnership between Rivaldo Clarke (27) and Kevlon Anderson (22), running through the middle order to finish with figures of 3 for 18. Spin Execution & Table Position: Spinners Shadab Khan (2/23) and Sufyan Moqim (2/36) cleaned up the lower order to bowl out the Tridents for 125 in 18 overs. The win places Falcons back atop the points table with four wins from seven matches. The bowlers shared the spoils. The Clarke-Anderson stand of 39 runs was ended by Joshua James, who ended with three wickets. Shadab and his countrymate Sufyan Moqim picked up two wickets each. And Tridents were down and out at the end of the 18th over. James was the Player of the Match for his 3 for 18. Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 155 for 5 (Moeen 56, Mujeeb 2-32) beat Barbados Tridents 125 (Clarke 27, James 3-18, Alzarri 2-12, Shadab 2-23, Moqim 2-36) by 30 runs