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Jamaica Empress becomes fourth WCPL team

Jamaica Empress becomes fourth WCPL team

The Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) will expand from three to four teams in the 2026 season, with Jamaica Empress joining the three teams that competed in the tournament's first four seasons - Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors. Trinbago Knight Riders.

WCPL 2026 will be played from September 5 to 17, with all matches taking place in Barbados. Each team will face the other three teams once in the round-robin stage. The team that tops the table will move directly to the final, where they will meet the winner of a playoff between the teams ranked second. third.

Defending champions Barbados Royals will be looking to win their fourth title in a row, after sweeping up a hat-trick of triumphs in 2023, 2024. 2025. Trinbago Knight Riders won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2022.

A WCPL release suggested. the expansion from three teams to four could be followed by bigger developments in the future. "Looking ahead to 2027, the WCPL is preparing to take the next step in its evolution, with plans to welcome teams from outside the Caribbean. establish the tournament as a truly global competition."

September 5 Barbados Tridents vs Trinbago Knight Riders September 6 Jamaica Empress vs Guyana Amazon Warriors September 10 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Empress September 12 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors September 12 Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Empress September 13 Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Tridents September 16 Playoff - 2nd vs 3rd September 17 Final

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1540206.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS

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