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

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team of the country of

Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...

. They competed in the West Indies women's domestic cricket structure on and off between 1975 and 2014, after which they were replaced by the

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History

Grenada joined the West Indies domestic structure for its inaugural season in 1975–76, playing in the Federation Championships losing all three of their matches. They competed in every season but one (1989) until 1991, and won their first title in 1990, winning the limited overs section of the tournament, beating

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in the semi-final and

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in the final. After 1991, Grenada did not compete in the domestic structure until the 2000 season, after which they played in every season until 2014 but one (2005). Grenada were more successful earlier in this period, finishing 3rd in the league two seasons in a row in 2002 and 2003. In their final season competing in the Championship,

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, they finished 6th after losing the 5th Place Play-Off to

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. In

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and

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, Grenada also competed in the first two seasons of the

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, finishing 6th in 2012 and 5th in 2013. After 2014 Grenada no longer competed in the domestic structure, with North Windward Islands and South Windward Islands competing in

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and a unified

team, including Grenada, competing from 2016 onwards. The side did compete in three friendlies against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2016, but the results are unrecorded.

Players

Notable players

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

Joan Alexander-Serrano Joan Alexander-Serrano (; born 1 February 1961) is a Grenadian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in one Test match for the West Indies in 1976. She played domestic cricket for Grenad ...

(1976) * Debbie-Ann Lewis (2003) * Susan Redhead (2003) *

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) *

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

* Women's Super50 Cup: ** Winners (1): 1990 *

: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' 5th (

)

References

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

History

Players

Notable players

Honours

See also

References