The Saint Lucia women's national cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
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team of the country of
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 ...
. They competed in the West Indies women's domestic cricket structure between 1988 and 2014, after which they were replaced by the
Windward Islands
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.
History
Saint Lucia joined the West Indies domestic structure in 1988, playing in the
Federation Championships. The full results of the season are not recorded. The side's most successful period came between 1994 and 2004, when they won two titles and finished as runners-up six times. In 1994, they lost the final of the knockout section of the tournament to
Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team
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before missing out to the same team in the league section in 1996. The following season, 1998, brought Saint Lucia's first title as they beat Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the knockout section of the Championships by 1 wicket. They finished as runners-up again in 1999 before winning the league section of the tournament in 2002, with 5 wins from 6 matches. The side were runners-up in both league and knockout sections of the Championships in 2003, and lost the final of the knockout section in 2004.
Saint Lucia continued competing in the Championships until
2014
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, with less success. They also competed in the first two seasons of the
Twenty20 Blaze
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in
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
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, finishing 7th in 2012 and bottom of their group in 2013. After 2014 Saint Lucia 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
Windward Islands
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team, including Saint Lucia, competing from 2016 onwards.
Players
Notable players
Players who played for Saint Lucia and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
*
Eugena Gregg (1993)
*
Patricia Felicien (1993)
*
Verena Felicien (1997)
*
Roselyn Emmanuel
Roselyn Emmanuel is a Saint Lucian former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in three One Day Internationals for the West Indies at the 1997 World Cup. She also played for, and captained, the United S ...
(1997)
*
Pamela Alfred (2003)
*
Doris Francis (2003)
*
Nadine George
Nadine Andrea Julietta George MBE (born 15 October 1968) is a Jamaican former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in 1 Test match, 41 One Day Internationals and 3 Twenty20 Internationals for the We ...
(2003)
*
Glenicia James (2003)
*
Philipa Thomas (2003)
*
Qiana Joseph (2017)
*
Nerissa Crafton (2024)
Honours
*
Women's Super50 Cup:
** Winners (2): 1998, 2002 (League)
*
Twenty20 Blaze
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:
** Winners (0):
** ''Best finish:'' 7th (
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 ...
)
See also
*
Windward Islands women's cricket team
*
Saint Lucia national cricket team
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Lucia women's national cricket team
Women's national cricket teams
Women's cricket in Saint Lucia
Women's cricket teams in the West Indies