The Barbados women's cricket team is the women's representative

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team of the country of Barbados. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the

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. They have won four Super50 Cup titles and two Twenty20 Blaze titles. 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. They managed one victory that season, beating

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by an innings and 83 runs. The following season, 1977, they again won one match and finished 3rd out of 5 teams. Barbados only played in one further season, 1980, before ending their participation in the domestic structure until 2004. 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. In 2013, Barbados reached the final of the second edition of the

, but lost to Jamaica. 2015 saw Barbados win their first 50-over title, topping the league stage of the Regional Championship before beating Jamaica in the final. After finishing as runners-up in the 50-over competition in

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and 2016–17, Barbados dominated the next two seasons, winning both competitions in both years. The side went unbeaten throughout the whole 2018–19 season, with Barbadians Deandra Dottin and

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the leading run-scorer and the leading wicket-taker, respectively, in both competitions. They finished second in the

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, 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. 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. Barbados won their first match of the tournament, beating Pakistan by 15 runs, before losing to

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and India to finish third in their group.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2022 domestic season and the

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. Players in bold have international caps.

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

, which carried Twenty20 International status: *

Sheryl Bayley Sheryl Bayley is a Barbadian former cricketer who played as a right-arm off-break bowler. She appeared in eleven Test matches and one One-Day International for the West Indies between 1976 and 1979. She played domestic cricket for Barbados. ...

(1976) *

Gloria Gill Gloria Gill is a Barbadian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in ten Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1976 and 1979. She made her debut for the West Indies in May 1976, playi ...

(1976) * Janet Mitchell (1976) *

Patricia Whittaker Patricia Whittaker is a Barbadian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium-fast. She appeared in 11 Test matches and one One Day International for the West Indies between 1976 and 1979, incl ...

(1976) * Pamela Lavine (2005) * Deandra Dottin (2008) * Shakera Selman (2008) *

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(2008) *

Charlene Taitt Charlene Olivia Taitt (born 2 September 1984) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter. Between 2008 and 2010, she appeared in 16 One Day Internationals and 1 Twenty20 International for the W ...

(2008) * Kycia Knight (2011) *

Shaquana Quintyne Shaquana Latish Quintyne (born 3 January 1996) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played as a right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in 40 One Day Internationals and 45 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies between 2011 and 2016. She pl ...

(2011) * Kyshona Knight (2013) *

Shamilia Connell Shamilia Shontell Connell (born 14 July 1992) is a Barbadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm fast bowler, she made her international debut in 2014. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados and Guyana Amazon ...

(2014) *

Aaliyah Alleyne Aaliyah Alicia Alleyne (born 11 November 1994) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In October 2019, she was named in the West Indies squad for their series against India. She made her Women's One Day Internationa ...

(2019) * Shanika Bruce (2022) * Trishan Holder (2022) * Alisa Scantlebury (2022) * Aaliyah Williams (2022) * Keila Elliott (2022) * Shaunte Carrington (2022)

Honours

* Women's Super50 Cup: ** Winners (4):

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, 2018–19,

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: ** Winners (2):

, 2018–19

Records

Twenty20 Internationals

*Highest team total: 144/4, vs Pakistan, 29 July 2022 at

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, Birmingham. *Highest individual innings: 62 *, Kycia Knight vs Pakistan, 29 July 2022 at

, Birmingham. *Best bowling figures in an innings: 1/7, Shanika Bruce vs

, 31 July 2022 at

, Birmingham. T20I record versus other nations
''Records complete to WT20I #1187. Last updated 4 August 2022.''

References

{{National sports teams of Barbados

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