{"id":859205,"date":"2025-06-30T22:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/tt-women-open-blaze-campaign-against-barbados-local-sports-trinidadexpress-com\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:13:20","slug":"tt-women-open-blaze-campaign-against-barbados-local-sports-trinidadexpress-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/tt-women-open-blaze-campaign-against-barbados-local-sports-trinidadexpress-com\/","title":{"rendered":"T&#038;T women open Blaze campaign against Barbados | Local Sports | trinidadexpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false>\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>The Trinidad and Tobago women will open their T20 Blaze campaign against Barbados at the Arnos Vale on Thursday from 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>St Vincent and the Grenadines will host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will be played at the Arnos Vale Stadium from May 1-11 and will feature the region\u2019s top female talent in a battle for T20 supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Jamaica, who dominated last year\u2019s tournament, playing unbeaten in their five-games, will be chasing their second successive title.<\/p>\n<p>They will, however, face fierce competition from Barbados, Guyana, newly crowned Super50 champions T&#038;T, the Leeward Islands, and the home team, the Windward Islands.<\/p>\n<p>CWI president, Dr Kishore Shallow said he expected the tournament to be fiercely contested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a successful Vincy Premier League, it\u2019s great to see the cricket action continue in St Vincent\u2014this time with competitive women\u2019s cricket taking centre stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying under the lights at Arnos Vale adds a vibrant atmosphere, and it\u2019s shaping up to be an exciting series featuring some of the best female talent in the region,\u201d Dr Shallow said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese kinds of opportunities are important as we continue to build momentum and provide consistent platforms for players to grow and perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 T20 Blaze comes at a pivotal moment in women\u2019s cricket, with high-profile white-ball series away to England and at home against South Africa on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>CWI\u2019s Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe said the tournament would provide the perfect preparation for the upcoming tours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2025 T20 Blaze Women\u2019s Tournament is another critical platform for developing the exceptional female cricket talent we have across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrategically positioned between our international fixtures against Bangladesh, England, and South Africa, it provides our players with valuable competitive experience in the T20 format,\u201d Bascombe said.<\/p>\n<p>T&#038;T Women\u2019s T20 Blaze fixtures:<\/p>\n<p>All matches take place at Arnos Vale<\/p>\n<p>May 1 &#8211; T&#038;T vs Barbados, 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>May 3 \u2013 T&#038;T vs Jamaica, 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>May 5 \u2013 T&#038;T vs Windward Islands, 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>May 7 \u2013 T&#038;T vs Guyana, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>May 9 \u2013 T&#038;T vs Leeward Islands, 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>May 11 \u2013 Final<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Yuri Antes <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/trinidadexpress.com\/sports\/local\/t-t-women-open-blaze-campaign-against-barbados\/article_d47c6391-8480-4c3f-a107-ffb6d3595285.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trinidad and Tobago women will open their T20 Blaze campaign against Barbados at the Arnos Vale on Thursday from 2:30 p.m. St Vincent and the Grenadines will host the tournament. 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