GAME 1: Royals draw first blood in opening game against TKR

The action commenced as the opening game of the highly anticipated 6IXTY Women’s Competition got underway. The opening game saw the Barbados Royals go head-to-head with the Trinbago Knight Riders and emerge victorious by 28 runs, thanks to a blistering 63 from Chloe Tryon.

Batting first, the Royals found themselves in a spot of bother as they lost Reniece Boyce for a duck when she was run out, and shortly after, Hayley Matthews went for 14.
With the score at 2-15 in 1.4 overs, Chloe Tryon and Britney Cooper dug deep and put together a solid partnership. Tryon, in particular, took most of the strike, and attacked from the get-go. She blasted 4 towering maximums and 5 boundaries in the 29 balls she faced to score 63 runs.
Her wicket fell in over 8.4 off the bowling of Aneesa Mohamed, but the damage was already done. After Tryon departed, the score remained on 90-3, but the Royals were able to add 13 more runs in their remaining eight balls to end on 108-4 off their allotted 10 overs.
Bowling for TKR Jannillea Glasgow took 1-25 and Aneesa Mohamed took 1-31.
Heading into the chase, TKR could only afford 80-3 at the end of their 10 overs, as the Royals bowled with precision and much determination. The downhill action for the TKR began when they lost Kycia Knight for 21 off 12 balls, as she retired hurt.
Natasha McLean and South African Captain Sune Luus were dismissed for 9 and 1 respectively. Hayley Mathews then brought herself on, and bagged two quick wickets to further dent TKR.
After that, Hayley Jensen tried to resurge the innings with a 12-ball 22, but the Royals remained on point to see the game out to the very end.
Bowling for the Royals, Hayley Matthews took 2-6 and Quiana Joseph took 1-5.