Guyana Ama­zon War­riors opened their ac­count in the Women’s Caribbean Pre­mier League with a com­fort­able 21-run vic­to­ry over Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers.

The vis­i­tors rat­tled up 132 all out in the fi­nal over af­ter choos­ing to bat first at Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain on Tues­day, be­fore re­strict­ing TKR to 111 for one off their 20 overs.

Ama­zon War­riors had lost both their pre­vi­ous match­es to Bar­ba­dos Roy­als in the first leg of the tour­na­ment in Bridgetown last week.

New Zealan­der So­phie Devine top-scored with 48 from 39 de­liv­er­ies in a Play­er-of-the-Match ef­fort, pro­vid­ing the ear­ly mo­men­tum for Ama­zon War­riors – first in a 36-run, open­ing stand with coun­try­woman Suzie Bates (16) and then in a crit­i­cal 56-run, sec­ond wick­et part­ner­ship with cap­tain Stafanie Tay­lor.

Devine count­ed four fours and a six in her knock while Tay­lor struck four fours in a mea­sured 29-ball in­nings.

West In­dies off-spin­ner Anisa Mo­hammed (4-28) and Eng­land Marie Kel­ly (4-30) fin­ished with four wick­ets apiece.

In re­ply, for­mer West In­dies bats­man De­an­dra Dot­tin top-scored with a 19-ball 35 in her first out­ing in the tour­na­ment, but lacked sup­port and TKR’s chal­lenge fiz­zled out.

At one stage, they were 46 for one in the 10th over but with the re­quired run rate ris­ing, the in­nings col­lapsed un­der­neath the pres­sure built up.

En­ter­ing at num­ber five, Dot­tin counter-at­tacked su­perbly with four fours and two six­es but her demise in the 17th over with 35 runs re­quired, erased any chance of a TKR vic­to­ry.

Off-spin­ners Shreyan­ka Patil (2-15) and Kar­ish­ma Ramharack (2-16), along with the new-ball pair of Devine (2-27) and Shab­n­im Is­mail (2-29), all fin­ished with two wick­ets each.

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Scores:

AMA­ZON WAR­RIORS WOMEN 132 off 19.5 overs (So­phie Devine 48, Stafanie Tay­lor 32; Anisa Mo­hammed 4-28, Marie Kel­ly 4-30)

TKR WOMEN 111 for nine off 20 overs (De­an­dra Dot­tin 35; Shreyan­ka Patil 2-15, Kar­ish­ma Ramharack 2-16)

Guyana Ama­zon War­riors Women won by 21 runs.