The Bahamas national cricket team is the team that represents

The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

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. The team is organised by the

Bahamas Cricket Association Bahamas Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in The Bahamas. Bahamas Cricket Association is The Bahamas's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member ...

(BCA), which became an affiliate member of the

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(ICC) in 1987 and an associate member in 2017. The national team is first recorded as playing in 1983, but did not feature in an international tournament until 2001, when it played in the inaugural Americas Affiliates Championship. Since then, the Bahamas have regularly participated in

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tournaments, as well as on one occasion in a

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event (the 2010 Division Eight tournament). The team was also invited to the 2006 and 2008

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tournaments, where matches had full

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status. In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

matches played between the Bahamas and other

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after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.

History

The Bahamas became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1987, although they didn't appear in international competition until the

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in 2002. They came fifth in that tournament, gaining a surprise win over hosts

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. They again played in the tournament in 2004, this time coming through a qualifying tournament. They finished last in the main tournament though, which meant they played in Division Two of the new divisional system in 2006. They finished second in that tournament, which wasn't good enough to qualify for Division One. They will remain in Division two in 2008. In 2006, The Bahamas were one of the teams invited to take part in the

. They got $100,000 for participating in the tournament, but were eliminated at the first hurdle by the

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. Bahamas played in the

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, its first official ICC tournament in twelve years.

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was appointed as the team's head coach for the tournament. ''

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'' reported that the team went "without an international fixture for a staggering eight and a half years due to a combination of lack of funding and ICC cutbacks on tournaments at this level of associate cricket".

Tournament history

World Cup

*1975 to 1987: Not eligible, not an ICC member *1992 to 2003: Not eligible, ICC affiliate member *

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: Did not qualify

World Cricket League

* 2008: Division Five Eleventh place

ICC Trophy

*1979 to 1986: Not eligible, not an ICC member *1990 to 2001: Not eligible, ICC affiliate member *

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: Did not qualify

ICC Americas Championship

*2000: Did not participate *2002: 5th place *2004: 6th place *2006: Division Two runners up *

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: Division Two runners up *

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: Division Two champions *2010: Division One 6th place

Records

International Match Summary — Bahamas ''Last updated 4 March 2023''

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #2012. Last updated 4 March 2023.''

Players

Players for

Bahamian cricket team in Bermuda in 2019 Bahamian may refer to anything of or from The Bahamas, an island country located in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cuba. * Bahamians, citizens of the Bahamas and descendants of the Bahamian diaspora * Bahamian English, a dialect of English spoken ...

. * Gregory Taylor ( c) *

Whitcliff Atkinson Whitcliff Nathaniel Atkinson (born 17 September 1972) is a Bahamian cricketer. Atkinson is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace and played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Atkinson represented the Bahamas national cricket team. Atk ...

Jonathan Barry Jonathan Renaldo Barry (born 20 June 1988) is a Bahamian cricketer. Barry is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and currently represents the Bahamas national cricket team. Barry made his Twenty20 debut for the Bahamas again ...

* Marcus Bowe * Rudolph Fox * Dereck Gittens * Gregory Irvin * Mark Levy * Albert Peters * Junior Scott * Orlando Stuart * Ryan Tappin * Marc Taylor

References

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