The squads for the Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) have been announced with all local and overseas players for the 2023 tournament now confirmed. The Massy WCPL gets underway in Barbados on 31 August with the final taking place in Trinidad on 10 September.
The star-studded squads feature the best players from across the Caribbean, including Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor. There will also be overseas players from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and India with some of the best international cricketers appearing in an expanded Massy WCPL.
New Zealanders Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Fran Jonas will be playing at the 2023 Massy WCPL. They will be joined by Australians Laura Harris and Amanda-Jade Wellington. South Africans Dane van Niekerk, Mignon de Preez and Shabnim Ismail will also be at the 2023 event.
Shreyanka Patil becomes the first Indian to play at the WCPL with Ireland players Orla Prendergast and Gaby Lewis rounding out the overseas players list.
BARBADOS ROYALS | GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS | TRINBAGO KNIGHT RIDERS |
HAYLEY MATTHEWS | STAFANIE TAYLOR | DEANDRA DOTTIN |
AFY FLETCHER | KARISHMA RAMHARACK | SHAMILLIA CONNELL |
AALIYAH ALLEYNE | NATASHA MCCLEAN | ANISA MOHAMMAD |
CHINELLE HENRY | SHERMAINE CAMPBELLE | KYCIA KNIGHT |
RASHADA WILLIAMS | SHAKIBA GAJNABI | KYSHONA KNIGHT |
JANNILLEA GLASGOW | SHEKERA SELMAN | BRITNEY COOPER |
CHEDEAN NATION | SHENETA GRIMMOND | ZAIDA JAMES |
VANESSA WATTS | KAYSIA SCHULTZ | LEE-ANN KIRBY |
QIANA JOSEPH | CHERRY-ANN FRASER | CARENA NOEL |
TRISHAN HOLDER | ASHMINI MUNISAR | SAMARA RAMNATH |
JAHZARA CLAXTON | DJENABA JOSEPH | SHUNELLE SAWH |
MARIZANNE KAPP | SOPHIE DEVINE | ORLA PRENDERGAST |
LAURA HARRIS | SUZIE BATES | DANE VAN NIEKERK |
GABY LEWIS | SHABNIM ISMAIL | MIGNON DU PREEZ |
AMANDA JANE WELLINGTON | SHREYANKA PATIL | FRAN JONAS |
ABOUT THE WOMEN’S CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE:
The Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) was founded in 2022. The first WCPL took place in St Kitts & Nevis in 2022 with the Trinbago Knight Riders crowned the inaugural champions. Deandra Dottin was the player of the tournament as well as the captain of the winning side.
The 2023 season will see an expanded schedule with seven matches played in Barbados and Trinidad from 31 August to 10 September. The three teams competing in the 2023 season will be the Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Trinbago Knight Riders. The WCPL sees the best players from across the region joined by the best overseas talent from around the world with the party atmosphere for which the Caribbean is so famous.
The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League was founded in 2013 and sees the best men’s players from across the region join overseas superstars for world-class T20 cricket.