Barbados Royals (WCPL)

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Barbados Royals.

Barbados Royals

Personnel
Captain	Hayley Matthews
Team information
Colours	Pink   Blue
Established	2022
History
WCPL  wins	2 (2023), (2024)
6ixty  wins	1 (2022)

Royals Group
Current Teams
Rajasthan Royals (2008–present) 1 (2008) Barbados Royals (2021–present) Barbados Royals Women (2022–present) 2 (2023) , (2024) Paarl Royals (2022–present)

The Barbados Royals are a women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Caribbean Premier League and The 6ixty, representing Barbados. The formation of the team was announced in March 2022, aligned with the equivalent men's team, playing their first match in August 2022.

The team is captained by Hayley Matthews. The side won the inaugural edition of The 6ixty, and won their first Women's Caribbean Premier League title in 2023 and 2024.

History

On 14 March 2022, Cricket West Indies announced their intention to hold the first Women's Caribbean Premier League, to run alongside the men's tournament, which began in 2013. Barbados Royals were one of three teams announced to be taking part in the tournament, aligned with one of the men's teams. ^[1] The team's squad was announced on 16 June 2022, with Hayley Matthews announced as captain of the team. The inaugural Women's Caribbean Premier League is scheduled to begin on 31 August 2022. ^[2]

On 22 June 2022, it was announced that a T10 tournament would precede the Women's CPL, taking place from 24 to 28 August, known as The 6ixty and involving the three teams competing in the main tournament. ^[3] The side won the inaugural edition of The 6ixty, qualifying second in the group stage before beating Trinbago Knight Riders in the final by 15 runs. ^[4] The side finished second in the initial group stage of the inaugural Women's Caribbean Premier League, before losing to Trinbago Knight Riders in the final by 10 runs. ^[5] However, they went on to win the Women's Caribbean Premier League in 2023, topping the group stage before beating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final. ^[6]

Current squad

As per 2024 season. ^[7] Players in bold have international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
–	Laura Harris	Australia	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	–	Overseas player
–	Trishan Holder	West Indies	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Cherry-Ann Fraser	West Indies	(1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
	Chamari Athapaththu	Sri Lanka	(1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
17	Chinelle Henry	West Indies	(1985-08-17) 17 August 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
50	Hayley Matthews	West Indies	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
726	Afy Fletcher	West Indies	(1987-03-17) 17 March 1987 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
8	Georgia Redmayne	Australia	(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed
–	Rashada Williams	West Indies	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	–
	Djenaba Joseph	West Indies	(2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
73	Qiana Joseph	West Indies	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
78	Aaliyah Alleyne	West Indies	(1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Amanda-Jade Wellington	Australia	(1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
	Shabika Gajnabi	West Indies	(2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Seasons

Women's Caribbean Premier League

Season	League standings								Final Position
	P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2022	2	1	1	0	0	+0.188	2	2nd	Runners-up
2023	4	3	1	0	0	+0.977	6	1st	Champions
2024	4	3	1	0	0	+0.454	6	1st	Champions

The 6ixty

Season	League standings								Final Position
	P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2022	4	2	2	0	0	+0.075	4	2nd	Champions

See also

• Barbados Royals
• Barbados women's national cricket team

References

1. "Three-team Women's CPL to run alongside men's edition in 2022". ESPNcricinfo. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
2. "Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin set to captain Women's CPL teams". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
3. "CPL to launch inaugural T10 tournament 'The 6ixty' in August". ESPNcricinfo. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
4. "Final, Basseterre, August 28 2022, The 6IXTY Women's Competition: Royals Women v Trinbago Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
5. "Final (N), Basseterre, September 4 2022, Women's Caribbean Premier League: Trinbago Women v Royals Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
6. "Matthews' all-round heroics hand Barbados Royals inaugural WCPL title". ESPNcricinfo. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
7. "Drafted and Overseas Players Announced for Massy WCPL". Caribbean Premier League. Retrieved 27 August 2023.