Barbados women's national cricket team

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Barbados
Flag of Barbados.svg
Flag of Barbados
Personnel
Captain Hayley Matthews
Coach Corey Collymore
Team information
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1975
History
First-class debut Trinidad and Tobago
in 1975
at  Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
S50  wins5
T20 Blaze  wins3
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv. Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham; 29 July 2022
Last WT20Iv. Flag of India.svg  India at Edgbaston, Birmingham; 3 August 2022
WT20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [1] 3 1/2 (0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [2] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 2 January 2023

The Barbados women's national cricket team is the women's representative cricket team of the country of Barbados. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze. They have won five Super50 Cup titles and three Twenty20 Blaze titles.

Contents

In 2022, the team competed at the Commonwealth Games, playing three Twenty20 Internationals.

History

Barbados joined the West Indies domestic structure for its inaugural season in 1975–76, playing in the Federation Championships. [3] They managed one victory that season, beating Grenada by an innings and 83 runs. [4] The following season, 1977, they again won one match and finished 3rd out of 5 teams. [5] Barbados only played in one further season, 1980, before ending their participation in the domestic structure until 2004. [6]

In their return season, 2004, they finished 4th in the league competition of the Federation Championships, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the knockout competition. [7]

In 2013, Barbados reached the final of the second edition of the Twenty20 Blaze, but lost to Jamaica. [8] 2015 saw Barbados win their first 50-over title, topping the league stage of the Regional Championship before beating Jamaica in the final. [9] After finishing as runners-up in the 50-over competition in 2016 and 2016–17, Barbados dominated the next two seasons, winning both competitions in both years. [10] [11] [12] [13] The side went unbeaten throughout the whole 2018–19 season, with Barbadians Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews the leading run-scorer and the leading wicket-taker, respectively, in both competitions. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] They finished second in the 2022 Twenty20 Blaze, losing out to Jamaica on Net Run Rate, before beating Jamaica in the final of the 2022 Women's Super50 Cup to win their fourth one-day title. [20] [21]

In 2022, Barbados competed at the Commonwealth Games, representing the West Indies as the most recent winner of the Twenty20 Blaze at the time. All matches they played had Twenty20 International status, as stated by the ICC. [22] Barbados won their first match of the tournament, beating Pakistan by 15 runs, before losing to Australia and India to finish third in their group. [23] [24] In 2023, they won both the Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze. [25] [26]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023 season. [27] Players in bold have international caps.

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Allison GordonWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 17 May 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Theanny Herbert-MayersWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies UnknownUnknownUnknown
Trishan Holder WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 8 November 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kyshona Knight WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 February 1992 (age 32)Left-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Asabi CallenderWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 21 November 2005 (age 18)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Naijanni CumberbatchWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies UnknownRight-handedRight-arm medium
Hayley Matthews WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 March 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break Captain
Alisa ScantleburyWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 28 May 2003 (age 21)Right-handedUnknown
Wicket-keepers
Kycia Knight WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 February 1992 (age 32)Right-handed
Bowlers
Aaliyah Alleyne WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 11 November 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Shanika Bruce WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 20 February 1995 (age 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Shamilia Connell WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 14 July 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Keila ElliottWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 18 December 1988 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Shakera Selman WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1 September 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Aaliyah WilliamsWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 28 February 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Notable players

Players who have played for Barbados and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets). Players listed with a Barbados flag appeared for the side at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which carried Twenty20 International status: [28]

Honours

Records

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I record versus other nations [32]
Records complete to WT20I #1187. Last updated 4 August 2022.

OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedN/RFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1010031 July 2022
Flag of India.svg  India 101003 August 2022
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1100029 July 202229 July 2022

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