September showdown! Caribbean Queens ready for WCPL battle royale

The 2025 Massy Girls’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) will launch at Windfall on September 6, and the three combatants—Trinbago Knight Riders, Barbados Royals, and Guyana Amazon Warriors—have now revealed the 15-player arsenals with which they intend to rule the area.

Every group will play 4 group video games earlier than the highest two advance to the winner-take-all last on September 17.

“We now have stored the core, added confirmed match-winners, and we count on to complete the job,” declared Deandra Dottin, who returns to captain Trinbago after steering them to the inaugural crown in 2022.

Trinbago Knight Riders – youth, energy, and Lizelle Lee

Final 12 months’s runners-up have doubled down on youthful aptitude—Jahzara Claxton, Zaida James, Jannillea Glasgow, and 17-year-old off-spinner Samara Ramnath—whereas importing heavyweight expertise:

• Lizelle Lee – South Africa’s retired six-hitting colossus plugs straight into the highest order.
• Jess Jonassen – Australia’s artful left-arm all-rounder reprises her position.
• Shikha Pandey – India’s seasoned seamer retains the new-ball risk sharp.
• Salonee Dangore – Leg-spin prospect contemporary from WPL coaching stints joins the assault.

Just one notable omission: veteran off-spinner Anisa Mohammed.

Barbados Royals – the bid for a three-Ppeat

Two titles in two seasons haven’t dulled the champions’ starvation. West Indies captain Hayley Matthews once more leads a roster wealthy in pedigree:

• Chamari Athapaththu storms again after conquering international leagues from Lahore to Melbourne.
• Afy Fletcher, Chinelle Henry, Qiana Joseph, Aaliyah Alleyne—West Indian stalwarts who know the right way to defend silverware.
• New recruit Steffie Soogrim, a Trinidadian left-arm spinner, provides depth to Matthews’ bowling choices.

 Guyana Amazon Warriors – hosts with heavy artillery

Windfall’s personal consider stability is their trump card. Stafanie Taylor joins Shemaine Campbelle and off-spinner Karishma Ramharack in a core fortified by abroad muscle:

• Shabnim Ismail returns to spearhead a tempo battery for the third straight 12 months.
• Laura Harris—previously a Barbados enforcer—swaps blue for inexperienced to unleash boundary-clearing energy.
• England’s Lauren Winfield-Hill and Australia’s Madeline Penna spherical out a cosmopolitan XI.
• Opening Match: Sept 6 – Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors, Windfall
• Remaining: Sept 17 – Prime two within the desk, venue TBA in GuyanaFull 2025 WCPL Squads