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The Guyana women's cricket team is the women's representative
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team of the country of Guyana. They compete in the
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and the Twenty20 Blaze.


History

Guyana joined the West Indies domestic structure in 1977, competing in the Federation Championships, in which they finished 4th out of 5 teams. They competed again in the next edition of the tournament, 1980, winning two matches, against Grenada and
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. Guyana then did not compete in any tournaments until 2001, losing every match in their return season. They have competed in most tournaments since, with a brief hiatus in 2006 and 2007, and joined the Twenty20 Blaze for its inaugural season in 2012. In 2013, they reached the semi-finals of the T20 competition before losing to eventual winners
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. They achieved their best finish in the 50-over competition in
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, reaching the final before losing to Jamaica. In the most recent season, 2023, Guyana finished as runners-up in the Twenty20 Blaze and finished 5th in the
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.


Players


Current squad

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


Notable players

Players who have played for Guyana and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Candacy Atkins (2003) * Indomatie Goordial-John (2003) * Shemaine Campbell (2009) * Tremayne Smartt (2009) * Subrina Munroe (2010) * June Ogle (2011) * Erva Giddings (2016) * Onika Wallerson (2019) *
Shabika Gajnabi Shabika Gajnabi (born 14 July 2000) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana, Guyana Amazon Warriors and the West Indies. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In August 2019, she was named in the West Indies' squad for their series agai ...
(2019) *
Sheneta Grimmond Sheneta Shanata Grimmond (born 9 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies. She plays primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. In August 2019, she was named in the West Indies squad ...
(2019) * Cherry-Ann Fraser (2020) *
Mandy Mangru Mandy Mangru (born 22 September 1999) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the Guyana women's national cricket team in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze tournaments. In April 2021, Mangru was named in Cricket West Indies' high-perf ...
(2022) *
Kaysia Schultz Kaysia Christina Schultz (born 17 April 1997) is a Guyanese cricketer who currently plays for Guyana and Guyana Amazon Warriors as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Schultz was born in Bartica, Guyana, and began playing cricket when she was ten. ...
(2022) * Ashmini Munisar (2023)


Honours

*
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: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' Runners-up (
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) * Twenty20 Blaze: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' Runners-up (
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)


See also

* Guyana national cricket team * Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL)


Notes


References

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