The Bermuda women's national cricket team represents the British overseas territory of Bermuda in international women's cricket matches. The team made its international debut in 2006 and qualified for the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, but has played no international matches since 2012.
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| Association | Bermuda Cricket Board | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1966) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
| Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v.  Canada at Victoria; 2 September 2006 | |||||||||
| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2008) | |||||||||
| Best result | 8th (2008) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
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| As of 26 January 2023 | ||||||||||
History edit
Background edit
Women's cricket in Bermuda dates to the late 1930s, when Black Bermudian women excluded from white establishments like tennis clubs established a social cricket competition. In 1943 a cup was donated, but the women's cricket scene later declined. The sport underwent a revival in the 1970s due to sponsorship from local hotels, who sponsored teams made up of their employees.[3]
Establishment of national team edit
A women's national squad was established by the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) in April 2006. The team made its international debut against Canada in September 2006, playing a three-match 50-over series for the right to represent the ICC Americas region at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[4] Captained by Terry-Lynn Paynter, Bermuda lost the first match by five wickets but rebounded to win the second game by 24 runs and the third by three runs to clinch qualification for the World Cup QUalifier.[5]
At the 2008 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa, Bermuda lost all five of its matches by heavy margins. Against South Africa, Bermuda was dismissed for only 13 runs from 18 overs. Only three batters managed to score, with team captain Linda Mienzer recording one run from 48 deliveries faced, and extras accounting for ten runs. In response, South Africa took only four balls to record a ten-wicket victory.[6][7]
Bermuda played five matches at the 2012 ICC America's Women's T20 Championship in Cayman Islands, winning only against Brazil. Their match against Cayman Islands was washed out.[8]
Disbandment, T20I status and revival edit
By 2015, the national women's squad had been disbanded with efforts underway to re-establish a senior women's league.[9]
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bermuda women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[10]
In 2021, the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) established a women's cricket development program with three club teams.[11] The BCB announced in 2022 that it had secured sponsorship for the women's team from an insurance firm, as part of its five-year strategic plan.[12] A national women's twenty20 league with at least four clubs was announced in 2023, one of the preconditions for Bermuda to receive invitations to ICC tournaments.[13]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Moniz, Jessie (24 July 2012). "When women cricketers weaved their magic". Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Bermuda Cricket Board Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Bermuda Cricket Board. 2006. p. 7.
- ^ "Bermuda Women tour of Canada 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Bermuda make 13 ... and lose in four balls". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Loubser Stars as South Africa coast to Victory". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
- ^ "ICC Americas Women's T20 Championship 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Trott, Lawrence (2 May 2015). "Starting small and dreaming big". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Briana Ray to lead women's hardball cricket session". Royal Gazette. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Thompson, Colin (22 May 2022). "BCB joins forces with insurer BF&M to boost under-19 and women's cricket". Royal Gazette. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Sibanda, Mehluli (19 May 2023). "Bermuda women's T20 League to begin next month". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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