Sri Lanka batsman Harshitha Samarawickrama has joined the Trinbago Knight Riders for the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2024. He replaces Meg Lanning, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.
Samarawickrama played 98 international matches for Sri Lanka and scored over 2000 runs for his country, including a century in ODI cricket. He will join Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues and Jess Jonasson as Knight Riders’ international players in WCPL 2024. The Knight Riders will begin their campaign on August 22 against the Barbados Royals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad.
The Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) has approved major broadcasters to air the tournament worldwide. Fans outside the Caribbean can watch the matches live on the CPL’s official YouTube and Facebook pages.
The WCPL will begin on August 21 and continue until August 29, with all matches scheduled to take place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. As of today, many of the cricketers in the Caribbean have joined us, along with Hayley Matthews, Deandra Dottin, Jemimah Rodrigues, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Chloe Tryon and Shikha Pandey on any squad.
2024 Caribbean Women’s Premier League squads
Barbados Royals Women: Djenaba Joseph, Laura Harris, Trishan Holder, Chamari Athapaththu, Cherry-Ann Fraser, Chinelle Henry, Hayley Matthews (c), Naijanni Cumberbatch, Qiana Joseph, Georgia Redmayne (wk), Rashada Williams (wk), Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Shabika Gajnabi
Guyana Amazon Warriors Women: Natasha McLean, Realeanna Grimmond, Stafanie Taylor (c), Chloe Tryon, Erin Burns, Sheneta Grimmond, Lauren Winfield-Hill (wk) , Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Kate Wilmott, Kaysia Schultz, Nyia Latchman, Shabnim Ismail, Shakera Selman
Trinbago Knight Riders: Chedean Nation, Jannillea Glasgow, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kyshona Knight, Meg Lanning, Deandra Dottin (c), Samara Ramnath, Shikha Pandey, Zaida James, Kycia Knight (wk), Shunelle Sawh (wk), Anisa Mohammed, Jahzara Claxton, Jess Jonassen, Shamilia Connell Chedean Nation, Jannillea Glasgow, Jemimah Rodrigues, Kyshona Knight, Meg Lanning, Deandra Dottin (c), Samara Ramnath, Shikha Pandey, Zaida James, Kycia Knight (wk), Shunelle Sawh (wk), Anisa Mohammed, Jahzara Claxton, Jess Jonassen, Shamilia Connell
