Candacy Atkins (born 13 February 1984) is a Guyanese cricketer who has represented the

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and the

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, playing primarily as a right-arm

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bowler. She represented the West Indies in one

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and 11

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in 2003 and 2004, and played domestic cricket for

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between 2002 and 2005. In March 2019, she was named in the United States team for the

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tournament against

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. She made her WT20I debut for the United States against

in the Americas Qualifier on 19 May 2019. In February 2021, she was named in the Women's National Training Group by the USA Cricket Women's National Selectors ahead of the

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and the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournaments.

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* 1984 births Living people People from New Amsterdam, Guyana Guyanese emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Guyanese descent West Indian women cricketers Guyanese women cricketers West Indies women Test cricketers West Indies women One Day International cricketers American women cricketers United States women Twenty20 International cricketers Dual international cricketers 21st-century American women {{Guyana-cricket-bio-stub