Flag of Barbados | ||||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
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| Captain | Hayley Matthews | |||||||||
| Coach | Corey Collymore | |||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||
| Founded | First recorded match: 1975 | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| First-class debut | Trinidad and Tobago in 1975 at Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain | |||||||||
| S50 wins | 5 | |||||||||
| T20 Blaze wins | 3 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v. | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v. | |||||||||
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| As of 2 January 2023 | ||||||||||
TheBarbados women's national cricket team is the women's representativecricket team of the country ofBarbados. They compete in theWomen's Super50 Cup and theTwenty20 Blaze. They have won five Super50 Cup titles and three Twenty20 Blaze titles.
In 2022, the team competed at theCommonwealth Games, playing threeTwenty20 Internationals.
Barbados joined the West Indies domestic structure for its inaugural season in 1975–76, playing in theFederation Championships.[3] They managed one victory that season, beatingGrenada by an innings and 83 runs.[4] The following season, 1977, they again won one match and finished 3rd out of 5 teams.[5] Barbados only played in one further season, 1980, before ending their participation in the domestic structure until 2004.[6]
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.[7]
In 2013, Barbados reached the final of thesecond edition of theTwenty20 Blaze, but lost toJamaica.[8] 2015 saw Barbados win their first 50-over title, topping the league stage of theRegional Championship before beating Jamaica in the final.[9] After finishing as runners-up in the 50-over competition in2016 and2016–17, Barbados dominated the next two seasons, winning both competitions in both years.[10][11][12][13] The side went unbeaten throughout the whole 2018–19 season, with BarbadiansDeandra Dottin andHayley Matthews the leading run-scorer and the leading wicket-taker, respectively, in both competitions.[14][15][16][17][18][19] They finished second in the2022 Twenty20 Blaze, losing out to Jamaica onNet Run Rate, before beating Jamaica in the final of the2022 Women's Super50 Cup to win their fourth one-day title.[20][21]
In 2022, Barbados competed at theCommonwealth Games, representing the West Indies as the most recent winner of the Twenty20 Blaze at the time. All matches they played hadTwenty20 International status, as stated by the ICC.[22] Barbados won their first match of the tournament, beatingPakistan by 15 runs, before losing toAustralia andIndia to finish third in their group.[23][24] In 2023, they won both theSuper50 Cup and theTwenty20 Blaze.[25][26]
Based on squad announced for the 2023 season.[27] Players inbold have international caps.
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||
| Allison Gordon | (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Theanny Herbert-Mayers | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Trishan Holder | (2003-11-08)8 November 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Kyshona Knight | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Asabi Callender | (2005-11-21)21 November 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Naijanni Cumberbatch | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Hayley Matthews | (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Captain | |
| Alisa Scantlebury | (2003-05-28)28 May 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Unknown | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Kycia Knight | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (age 33) | Right-handed | – | ||
| Bowlers | |||||
| Aaliyah Alleyne | (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Shanika Bruce | (1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Shamilia Connell | (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Keila Elliott | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | ||
| Shakera Selman | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
| Aaliyah Williams | (1998-02-28)28 February 1998 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | ||
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 the2022 Commonwealth Games, which carriedTwenty20 International status:[28]
T20I record versus other nations[32]
Records complete to WT20I #1187. Last updated 4 August 2022.
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Full members | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 July 2022 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 August 2022 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 July 2022 | 29 July 2022 | |