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

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

team of the country of

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

. They competed in the West Indies women's domestic cricket structure between 1995 and 2002 and between 2008 and 2014, after which they were replaced by the

Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...

History

Dominica joined the West Indies domestic structure in 1995, competing in the Federation Championships. The results of the tournament are not recorded. Dominica competed in the Federation Championships until 2002, and had their first recorded victory in 2001, beating

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

by 143 runs. After the 2002 season, Dominica did not again compete in a domestic tournament until 2008. After their return to competition, Dominica are only recorded winning one more match, a 1 wicket victory over

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

. Dominica also competed in the first two seasons of the

Twenty20 Blaze The Women's Twenty20 Blaze, officially the Cricket West Indies Women's Twenty20 Blaze and previously known as the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by Cricket West ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, finishing bottom of their group both times. After 2014 Dominica no longer competed in the domestic structure, with North Windward Islands and South Windward Islands competing in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and a unified

team, including Dominica, competing from 2016 onwards.

Players

Notable players

Players who played for Dominica and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Doris Francis (2003) *

Pearl Etienne Pearl Sharlin Etienne (born 7 June 1982) is a Dominican cricketer who played for Windward Islands and Dominica as a right-arm medium bowler. Between 2010 and 2012, she appeared in 8 One Day Internationals and 13 Twenty20 Internationals for the ...

(2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dominica women's national cricket team Women's national cricket teams Women's cricket in Dominica Women's cricket teams in the West Indies

History

Players

Notable players

See also

References