The Windward Islands women's cricket team is the women's

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team representing the member countries of the

Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control The Windward Islands Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in the following West Indian islands: Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Although Dominica is geographically part of the Leeward Islands, as ...

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Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

, Saint Lucia and

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. They compete in the

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and the

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. Until 2014, the countries that make up the Windward Islands competed separately in the two competitions. In 2015, two teams named South Windward Islands and North Windward Islands competed before the current team began playing in 2016.

History

The Windward Islands joined the West Indies domestic structure in 2016, playing in the Regional Women's Championship and the Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship. They finished fifth out of six in the 50-over competition and fourth in the T20 competition. Prior to this, the countries that now make up the Windward Islands team had competed separately, with

joining the domestic structure for its inaugural season in 1975–76, Saint Lucia joining in 1988,

in 1995 and

in 2000. St Lucia won two 50-over titles, and Grenada and St Vincent won one apiece. The four individual teams competed in their final season in 2014, and in 2015 were replaced in the 50-over competition by South Windward Islands and North Windward Islands. The South team finished 4th out of 6 with two wins, whilst the North team finished bottom with no victories. Since 2016, the now-unified Windward Islands team have competed in every edition of both the 50-over and T20 competitions. They achieved their best finish in the 50-over competition in the 2016–17 season, finishing 3rd with 3 wins. In the most recent domestic season, 2022, the side finished 5th in both competitions.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2022 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for the Windward Islands and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *

Juliana Nero Juliana Barbara Nero (born 14 June 1979) is a Vincentian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. Between 2003 and 2013, she played one Test match, 76 One Day Internationals and 45 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies, includ ...

(2003) *

Cordel Jack Cordel Patricia Jack (born 22 February 1982) is a Vincentian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. Between 2005 and 2010, she appeared in 20 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Inte ...

(2005) *

Afy Fletcher Afy Samantha Sharlyn Fletcher (born 17 March 1987) is a Grenadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm leg-spin bowler, she made her international debut in 2008. She plays domestic cricket for Windward Islands an ...

(2008) *

Pearl Etienne A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams. A Twenty20 International is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international ...

(2010) *

Qiana Joseph Qiana Joseph (born 1 January 2001) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who plays for Windward Islands and Barbados Royals as a left-arm pace bowler. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She made ...

(2017) *

Akeira Peters Akeira Kay Peters (born 30 September 1993) is a Grenadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She made her Women's One Day International ...

(2017)

Honours

: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' 3rd ( 2016–17) *

: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' 4th ( 2016)

References