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The Leeward Islands women's cricket team is the women's
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team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association:
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Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...
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Montserrat Montserrat ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, wit ...
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and
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. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the
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, which they joined in 2016.


History

The Leeward Islands joined the West Indies domestic structure in 2016, playing in the Regional Women's Championship and the Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship. They finished bottom of their group in both competitions. The side have competed in every 50-over and T20 competition since, and won their first ever match in their opening game of the 2024 Twenty20 Blaze, defeating
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by 12 runs. In 2019, Leeward Islands captain
Shawnisha Hector Shawnisha Hector is an Antiguan cricketer who plays for Leeward Islands, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies. In October 2019, she was named in the West Indies' squad for their series against India. She became the first Antiguan female c ...
became the first Antiguan female cricketer to play for the
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.


Players


Current squad

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


Notable players

Players who have played for the Leeward Islands and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *
Reniece Boyce Reniece Boyce (born 3 September 1997) is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently plays for Leeward Islands as a right-handed wicket-keeper batter. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She m ...
(2017) * Shebani Bhaskar (2019) *
Shawnisha Hector Shawnisha Hector is an Antiguan cricketer who plays for Leeward Islands, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies. In October 2019, she was named in the West Indies' squad for their series against India. She became the first Antiguan female c ...
(2019) * Divya Saxena (2021) * Tiffany Thorpe (2025) * Jahzara Claxton (2025)


See also

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Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, an associate of the West Indies Cricket Board. Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Mon ...


References

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