The Barbados women's national cricket team is the women's representative

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team of the country of

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. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the

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. They have won five Super50 Cup titles and three Twenty20 Blaze titles. In 2022, the team competed at the

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, playing three

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History

Barbados joined the West Indies domestic structure for its inaugural season in 1975–76, playing in the Federation Championships. They managed one victory that season, beating

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by an innings and 83 runs. The following season, 1977, they again won one match and finished 3rd out of 5 teams. Barbados only played in one further season, 1980, before ending their participation in the domestic structure until 2004. In their return season, 2004, they finished 4th in the league competition of the Federation Championships, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the knockout competition. In 2013, Barbados reached the final of the second edition of the

, but lost to

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. 2015 saw Barbados win their first 50-over title, topping the league stage of the Regional Championship before beating Jamaica in the final. After finishing as runners-up in the 50-over competition in

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and 2016–17, Barbados dominated the next two seasons, winning both competitions in both years. The side went unbeaten throughout the whole 2018–19 season, with Barbadians

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and Hayley Matthews the leading run-scorer and the leading wicket-taker, respectively, in both competitions. They finished second in the 2022 Twenty20 Blaze, losing out to Jamaica on

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, before beating Jamaica in the final of the 2022 Women's Super50 Cup to win their fourth one-day title. In 2022, Barbados competed at the

, representing the West Indies as the most recent winner of the Twenty20 Blaze at the time. All matches they played had

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status, as stated by the ICC. Barbados won their first match of the tournament, beating

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by 15 runs, before losing to

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and

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to finish third in their group. In 2023, they won both the

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and the

Players

Current squad

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

Notable players

Players who have played for Barbados and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets). Players listed with a Barbados flag appeared for the side at the

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, which carried

status: * Sheryl Bayley (1976) * Gloria Gill (1976) * Janet Mitchell (1976) *

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(1976) * Pamela Lavine (2005) *

(2008) * Shakera Selman (2008) * Danielle Small (2008) * Charlene Taitt (2008) * Kycia Knight (2011) * Shaquana Quintyne (2011) * Kyshona Knight (2013) * Shamilia Connell (2014) * Hayley Matthews (2014) * Aaliyah Alleyne (2019) * Shanika Bruce (2022) * Trishan Holder (2022) * Alisa Scantlebury (2022) * Aaliyah Williams (2022) * Keila Elliott (2022) * Shaunte Carrington (2022) * Tiffany Thorpe (2025)

Honours

* Women's Super50 Cup: ** Winners (5):

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, 2018–19,

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: ** Winners (3):

, 2018–19,

Records

Twenty20 Internationals

*Highest team total: 144/4, vs

, 29 July 2022 at

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. *Highest individual innings: 62 *, Kycia Knight vs

, 29 July 2022 at

. *Best bowling figures in an innings: 1/7, Shanika Bruce vs

, 31 July 2022 at

. T20I record versus other nations
''Records complete to WT20I #1187. Last updated 4 August 2022.''

References

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