Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Stafanie Taylor wants to see at least one more franchise in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL).
The WCPL had their inaugural season in 2022 with three teams, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) and Barbados Royals with TKR winning the first title. This year the same three teams took part with the Royals taking the top prize on Sunday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, San Fernando.
Taylor, who led the Warriors to the runners-up position, told reporters after Sunday’s final that the competition this year was really good.
She said, “If anything I would probably change, is maybe having another team. But that depends on the pool of players that we have and you don’t necessarily want to have four teams and one team being two weak.”
The 32-year-old allrounder, who has played 265 international matches for the West Indies, said the growth of women’s cricket in the Caribbean has been good.
“It’s really nice to have some of the young players we have, like the emerging players coming through and you know, integrating with overseas players has been good. You could see the performances of the young players. I think, in terms of the young players and the growth of West Indies cricket, I think it’s been good,” said the Amazon Warriors skipper.
Looking back at Sunday’s loss to the Royals, Taylor, who scored four when the Amazon Warriors were chasing 170 said she felt the Warriors had given away too many boundaries when the Royals were batting.
“I feel like probably 20 runs, maybe in boundaries and our fielding probably just didn’t help,” said Taylor.
The former West Indies captain scored 85 runs during the campaign with an average of 21.25 said she is looking forward to the West Indies tour to Australia where they will face off in three One-Day internationals and three T20 internationals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, respectively.
