GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Cricket followers throughout the Caribbean are counting all the way down to the return of the Ladies’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL), and this yr’s extremely anticipated fourth version is heading to new territory — Guyana.
The event is ready to bowl off on September 6, 2025, and can culminate with the grand closing on September 17 on the iconic Windfall Stadium.
A brand new dwelling for Caribbean ladies’s cricket
After debuting in St. Kitts and Nevis in 2022, after which transferring to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad & Tobago for the 2023 and 2024 seasons, the 2025 WCPL will make its first-ever look in Guyana.
The event format stays unchanged: three powerhouse franchises — the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW), Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), and Barbados Royals (BR) — will conflict in a round-robin format, with every crew going through the others twice earlier than the highest two meet within the closing.
All seven matches, together with the title decider, will unfold beneath the lights at Windfall, promising an exciting ambiance for cricket lovers within the area.
Royals reign supreme, however can they be toppled?
The Barbados Royals enter the 2025 version because the undisputed crew to beat. After ending runners-up within the inaugural 2022 season, they stormed to back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024, together with a hard-fought four-wicket victory over the Knight Riders in final yr’s closing.
The Knight Riders, champions of the primary WCPL season in 2022 and finalists once more in 2024, might be hungry to reclaim the trophy. In the meantime, the Amazon Warriors, though but to clinch a title, have proven regular enchancment with a second-place end in 2023 and third within the different two editions.
Matthews: Queen of bat and ball
Match standout Hayley Matthews continues to dominate the WCPL report books. The star all-rounder is the main run scorer with 424 runs and has additionally claimed the most wickets (23) because the competitors’s inception.
With Matthews in elegant type and rival squads bolstered by rising regional expertise, followers can anticipate one other gripping chapter within the development of girls’s T20 cricket within the Caribbean.
2025 WCPL Full Fixtures at Windfall Stadium, Guyana
- Sept 6: GAW vs TKR
- Sept 7: GAW vs BR
- Sept 10: TKR vs BR
- Sept 13: TKR vs GAW
- Sept 14: BR vs GAW
- Sept 16: BR vs TKR
- Sept 17: Closing
The choice to host this yr’s WCPL in Guyana underscores the event’s dedication to spreading the ladies’s sport throughout the area and tapping into new fan bases. With a packed schedule, fierce rivalries, and confirmed star energy, the 2025 WCPL is poised to be a landmark occasion for ladies’s cricket within the Caribbean.
