Trinbago Knight Riders Women opened their WCPL 2026 campaign with a 21-run victory over defending champions Barbados Tridents Women at Bridgetown on September 5, 2026. Trinbago Knight Riders Women: 155 all out (20 overs) | Barbados Tridents Women: 134 all out (18.4 overs) | Blazing Start: Laura Harris (38 off 19) and Yastika Bhatia (35 off 28) provided an explosive platform, forging a 67-run opening partnership in just 5.4 overs. Middle-Order Stumble: Qiana Joseph (3 for 27) led the Tridents' fightback, causing a collapse from 93 for 1 to 133 for 6, before Madeline Penna's 21-ball 27 pushed the Knight Riders to 155. Tridents' Collapse: Chasing 156, the Tridents were in a solid position at 107 for 3 in the 13th over following contributions from Kiran Navgire (28) and Maddy Green. However, their lower order unraveled, losing their last seven wickets for just 27 runs. Pandey's All-Round Magic: Shikha Pandey claimed Player-of-the-Match honors with brilliant bowling figures of 3 for 17, taking key wickets including captain Hayley Matthews and finishing off the innings by dismissing Afy Fletcher.Result: Knight Riders won by 21 runs But the innings went into freefall after that. Once Navgire and Green fell, there was almost no direction to the Tridents innings. Pandey, who had earlier removed Matthews, got the wicket of Cumberbatch, and later finished the innings, in 18.4 overs, with the wicket of Afy Fletcher. She finished with 3 for 17 and the Player-of-the-Match award, while Dottin and Samara Ramnath got two wickets each.