Chedean Natasha Nation (born 31 October 1986) is a

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er who has represented the

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internationally. She plays domestic cricket for

and Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Career

A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Nation made her international debut in June 2008, on a tour of Ireland. She played both

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(ODI) and

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matches on the tour, and the following month also played series against the

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and

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. In the first ODI of another series against England in November 2009, Nation took figures of 3/22 from five overs, helping her team to an upset 40-run win. In October 2016, Nation was recalled to the West Indian squad for the following month's tour of India. In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season. Later the same month, she was named in the West Indies' squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in West Indies' squad for the

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in Australia. In May 2021, Nation was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies. On 2 July 2021, she and her fellow teammate

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had collapsed on the field in a space of ten minutes during the second women's T20I match between West Indies and Pakistan at the

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in Antigua. Both of them were immediately taken to the hospital and they were reportedly in conscious and stable position. In October 2021, she was named in the West Indies team for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe. In February 2022, she was named in the West Indies team for the

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in New Zealand.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nation, Chedean 1986 births Living people Jamaican women cricketers Jamaican women cricket captains West Indies women One Day International cricketers West Indies women Twenty20 International cricketers West Indian women cricket captains West Indian women cricketers Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL) cricketers Barbados Royals (WCPL) cricketers