So, this marks the end of our coverage of the exhilarating encounter between Barbados Royals Women and Guyana Amazon Warriors Women in the grand finale of the WCPL 2023.
For now, this is Saptak Sanyal, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Arijit Kundu(For the 1st innings) and Deepak Prakash(for the 2nd innings) and our scorer/analyst Ashok Dayma. Stay safe and keep CREXing for coverage of more cricketing action around the world. Bye-bye.
Hayley Kristen Matthews is invited to collect the trophy now and the celebration begins. πππ
Hayley Kristen Matthews (Barbados Royals Women Captain): "Yeah, I mean, the girls really came out today. We were pretty fired up at the beginning of the day, like I said before, obviously looking for some redemption after losing last year. So just really pleased with the team's performance. I think the girls stepped out where they really mattered and yeah, thankfully, we ended with the trophy in our hands at the end of the day.
Obviously, she's [Devine] been fantastic the whole tournament testament to her being the player of the tournament. So, yeah, just quite happy that we were able to get her early, but still a close game.
Yeah, I think we got the chance to play again inside of Barbados this year, and I think we could just dedicate this one to them. I think their energy while we were playing in Barbados really helped us to go there and win those three games over there and get to the finals early."
Now, it's time for Barbados Royals Women's player to collect their medals.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors Women players and support staff are getting their medals.
Stafanie Taylor(Guyana Amazon Warriors Captain)- "It was a fantastic tournament. Everything was really good, the cricket we played was fantastic, all the games were exceptional and then hopefully we will do better next year."
Sophie Devine (Player of the Tournament):"Firstly, just big congratulations to Hayley and the Royals. I thought it was a fantastic game of cricket. It was really, I guess, worthy of a final, so it's disappointing for us, but I've thoroughly enjoyed my time over here in the Caribbean."
Hayley Kristen Matthews(Man of the Match)- "The team played very good cricket. I knew that if I stay a bit in the innings, we can easily put enough runs on the board."
Best Celebration- Qiana Joseph
Highest Wicket-taker of the competition- Shreyanka Patil
Player of the final match- Hayley Kristen Matthews
Player of the tournament- Sophie Devine
Jannillea Glasgow- " I am feeling really lucky and hopefully I will win the trophy next year too. I enjoyed that we played as a group from the start to the end. We as a team and enjoyed the tournament thoroughly and thanks to our captain for backing the players so well."