Zaida James is a Saint Lucian

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er who plays for the

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in the Women's Super50 Cup and the

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tournaments. In April 2021, James was named in Cricket West Indies' high-performance training camp in Antigua. In June 2021, James was named in the West Indies A Team for their series against Pakistan.

International career

On 30 January 2023, it was announced that James had been added to the

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squad for the 2022–23 South Africa women's Tri-Nation Series. She made her

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debut later that day, against India at Buffalo Park,

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in South Africa.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Windward Islands women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL) cricketers Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL) cricketers {{SaintLucia-cricket-bio-stub