Trinbago Knight Riders 155 (Harris 38, Yastika 35, Joseph 3-27, Bates 2-25, Matthews 2-26) beat Barbados Tridents 134 (Navgire 28, Pandey 3-17, Ramnath 2-16, Dottin 2-24) by 21 runs
Tridents captain Hayley Matthews opted to bowl first in Bridgetown, the place all of the matches can be performed, and requested Deandra Dottin‘s Knight Riders to bat first, and Harris and Yastika gave them the right begin. Harris was the faster scorer, hitting 38 in 19 balls within the stand, whereas Yastika contributed 24 in 16.
Dottin wasn’t at her big-hitting greatest, however did her bit in a run-a-ball 26-run stand with Yastika, however wickets fell in a rush after that. Qiana Joseph obtained her first when she had Yastika stumped, and from 93 for 1 within the tenth over, Knight Riders had been immediately 133 for six within the 18th. It was solely Madeline Penna’s 21-ball 27 from No. 5 that stored Knight Riders going because the innings folded on the final ball of the twentieth over.
Joseph picked up 3 for 27 along with her left-arm spin, whereas Suzie Bates and Matthews picked up two wickets every for Tridents.
The Tridents reply started strongly. After a 40-run stand for the primary wicket between Matthews and Joseph, Maddy Inexperienced and Kiran Navgire added 39 for the third wicket, and Navgire then added 22 extra with Naijanni Cumberbatch. It wasn’t frenetic, however when Tridents misplaced their fourth wicket, that of Cumberbatch, they had been nicely positioned at 107 within the thirteenth over.
However the innings went into freefall after that. As soon as Navgire and Inexperienced fell, there was virtually no path to the Tridents innings. Pandey, who had earlier eliminated Matthews, obtained the wicket of Cumberbatch, and later completed the innings, in 18.4 overs, with the wicket of Afy Fletcher.
She completed with 3 for 17 and the Participant-of-the-Match award, whereas Dottin and Samara Ramnath obtained two wickets every.
