The Barbados Royals received their second consecutive Girls’s Caribbean Premier League title after they defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders by 4 runs within the closing on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando, Trinidad.
Batting first after dropping the toss, Trinbago Knight Riders had been restricted to 93 for eight of their 20 overs, as Aaliyah Alleyne’s medium tempo undermined their crew.
Their captain and star batter, Deandra Dottin, made simply eight earlier than being dismissed by Matthews, and Chinelle Henry had Jemimah Rodrigues caught and bowled for 2. The Knight Riders had been stumbling on 10-2 within the recreation’s early phases.
Nonetheless, there was a 43-run partnership between Jannillea Glasgow and Shikha Pandey, though that they had a run fee of lower than 5 runs an over.
However then Alleyne captured 4 of the following 5 Knight Rider wickets to fall as they crumbled to 72-7 on the finish of the sixteenth over.
First, she dismissed Glasgow for twenty-four, and after Jonassen was run out for six to depart the rating at 63-4, Alleyne shattered the stumps of Pandey for 28, Chedean Nation for 1, and Zaida James for 1.
It took the efforts of Kycia Knight, who scored 17 not out, to lift the Knight Riders’ eventual whole.
Participant-of-the-Match Alleyne ended with 4-21 from her 4 overs, whereas Matthews chipped in with 2-13 from her 4 overs.
In reply, the Royals had been nicely on their solution to a straightforward victory after their captain and Most Precious Participant, Hayley Matthews and fellow opener Chamari Athapaththu contributed 48 runs after simply six overs in pursuit of a tiny goal.
However off-spinner Samara Ramnath took out Matthews for 13 earlier than claiming the wicket of Qiana Joseph for 14 to depart the Royals 66-2 within the tenth over.
Three runs later, Anisa Mohammed caught Alleyne for 2.
Cruising on 85-3 within the thirteenth over, the Royals misplaced the wickets of Laura Harris, Rashada Williams, and Henry for simply two further runs to present the Knight Riders some hope.
The defending champions suffered a middle-order collapse to limp to 94 for six from 15 overs.
Nonetheless, Athapaththu held her nerve to information the Royals over the road with an unbeaten 39 from 47 balls, together with Afy Fletcher, who scored 4 not out, making the Royals victorious but once more.
