PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A four-wicket haul by spinner Chloe Tryon coupled with a swashbuckling unbeaten half century from Erin Burns, carried the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders when the Women’s Caribbean Premier League continued here on Friday.
Left-arm spinner Tryon captured 4-21 from her four overs, as the Knight Riders posted 130 for six from their 20 overs.
Player-of-the-Match Burns, who scored 78 not out from just 48 balls, then shared an unbeaten 119-run partnership with her captain Lauren Winfield-Hill (46 not out), to guide the Warriors to 134-2 in 17.2 overs.
It gave the Warriors (1-1) their first win of the tournament, while it was the Knight Riders’ second successive loss (0-2).
The Knight Riders would have been hoping for a bigger total, especially after openers Harshitha Samarawickrama (33) and captain Deandra Dottin (20), gave them a 50-run opening partnership.
And even after Tryon made the breakthrough by dismissing both batters, Jess Jonassen, who scored 28 and Jemimah Rodrigues, who made 26, added 44 for the third wicket to propel Knight Riders to 105-2 in the 16th over.
But once Nyia Latchman had Rodrigues caught and bowled and Tryon struck again to account for Jonassen, the Knight Riders suffered a middle-order collapse and could only muster 25 runs from the final four overs.
The Amazon Warriors found themselves in early trouble in their run chase when Jonassen bowled Natasha McClean for a two-ball duck and Shikha Pandey trapped Stafanie Taylor lbw for six, to leave them tottering at 15-2 in the fourth over.
However, Burns joined Winfield-Hill at the crease and together, they swung the momentum in the Warriors’ favour.
Burns struck 10 fours, while her captain hit four boundaries, as the pair added 119 runs from only 83 balls.
The pair easily carried their team to victory with 16 balls remaining to ensure the Knight Riders remain rooted to the bottom of the three-team tournament.
