The Women's Super50 Cup, officially the West Indies Cricket Board Women's Super50 Cup and previously the Women's Cricket Federation Championships, is a women's domestic

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competition organised by

Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). It was originally ...

. The tournament began in 1975–76, as a first-class competition, but is now played as a 50-over competition, with six teams taking part:

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Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

and

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. The competition runs alongside the

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. The most successful side in the history of the competition are Trinidad and Tobago, with 13 wins. The current holders are Barbados, who won the

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competition.

History

The tournament began in 1975–76, as the Caribbean Women's Cricket Federation Championships, a two-day competition. Four teams competed:

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 ...

and

, but the winner of the competition is not recorded. Jamaica are the first recorded champions, winning the second tournament in 1977, which involved five teams, with

joining the original four. Over subsequent years, the tournament changed formats multiple times. In tournaments between 1989 and 1995, both a two-day round robin competition and a 50 over knockout competition were played. Following this, the competition permanently became a 50 over competition, but remained divided into two tournament formats, league and knockout, until 2007. In 2001 the tournament was renamed the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation Championships. From 2009 to

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, teams played in two groups with a subsequent knockout stage. Following this, the tournament has always been one league stage, sometimes with a final for the top two in the group. In 2016–17 the tournament became the Regional Super50, and 2018–19 it became the Super50 Cup. The teams competing in the tournament has varied over the years.

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

joined the competition in 1988, and competed until 2014.

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joined in 1996 and competed until 2002, and again from 2008 to 2014.

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competed from 2000 until 2014. Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Guyana have competed in the competition through most of its history, whilst Grenada competed until 2014. In

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, South Windward Islands and North Windward Islands competed, before being replaced the following season by

and

. Finally, a team named North America competed in the competition in 2003. Tournament results and winners are not fully recorded. However, Trinidad and Tobago are the most successful team based on recorded titles, with 13 wins. Jamaica and Barbados have won 5 titles, Saint Lucia 2 and 1 apiece for Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Teams

Note: numbers of titles not fully known due to incomplete records. Tournaments from 2002 to 2005 included two possible titles, which are counted separately.

Results

References

{{List A cricket domestic competitions Women's Super50 Cup West Indian domestic cricket competitions Women's cricket competitions in the West Indies Recurring sporting events established in 1975 Limited overs cricket

History

Teams

Results

See also

References