The Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League begins today at the Kensington Oval from 15:00hrs with the Guyana Amazon Warriors playing the host nation, Barbados Royals.
The three team women’s segment of the tournament also features the Trinbago Knight Riders.

Ahead of today’s game, captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Stafanie Taylor, was optimistic about her team’s chances. “I’m really happy about the group of players in my team and I look forward to working with them all and hopefully lead us to winning the title. I know the season will be exciting with the new overseas players that have been added to the competition and I’m just raring to go.”

She added, “Franchise cricket for women is on the rise and I am happy that the CPL has made it possible for the Caribbean women to compete…”
Meanwhile, Hayley Matthews, captain of the Barbados Royals, said, “It is great to be back with the Barbados Royals for this year’s WCPL. Obviously, we are hoping to go one step further than we did last year but with the calibre of players within the squad this year we think we have a really good shot of doing that.

The inclusion of foreign internationals throughout all the teams will help improve the standard of the competition overall. Within the Royals we have a really good blend of experience from the local girls as well as the girls coming in from overseas which should, hopefully, help us gel well together with the youngsters as well.”