Bahamas national cricket team
The Bahamas national cricket team is the team that represents The Bahamas in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bahamas Cricket Association (BCA), which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1987 and an associate member in 2017.[1] The national team is first recorded as playing in 1983, but did not feature in an international tournament until 2001, when it played in the inaugural Americas Affiliates Championship.[5] Since then, the Bahamas have regularly participated in ICC Americas tournaments, as well as on one occasion in a World Cricket League event (the 2010 Division Eight tournament).[6] The team was also invited to the 2006 and 2008 Stanford 20/20 tournaments, where matches had full Twenty20 status.[7]
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| Association | Bahamas Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| History | ||||||||||
| Twenty20 debut | v  Cayman Islands at Antigua; 11 July 2006 | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  Turks and Caicos Islands at Jamaica; August 2001 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; 7 November 2021 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Bermuda at Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires; 4 March 2023 | |||||||||
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| As of 11 June 2023 | ||||||||||
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Bahamas and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[8]
History
The Bahamas became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1987,[9] although they didn't appear in international competition until the ICC Americas Championship in 2002. They came fifth in that tournament, gaining a surprise win over hosts Argentina. They again played in the tournament in 2004, this time coming through a qualifying tournament. They finished last in the main tournament though, which meant they played in Division Two of the new divisional system in 2006. They finished second in that tournament, which wasn't good enough to qualify for Division One. They will remain in Division two in 2008.
In 2006, The Bahamas were one of the teams invited to take part in the Stanford 20/20. They got $100,000 for participating in the tournament, but were eliminated at the first hurdle by the Cayman Islands.
Bahamas played in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier, its first official ICC tournament in twelve years. Andy Moles was appointed as the team's head coach for the tournament.[10] The Cricketer reported that the team went "without an international fixture for a staggering eight and a half years due to a combination of lack of funding and ICC cutbacks on tournaments at this level of associate cricket".[11]
Tournament history
World Cup
- 1975 to 1987: Not eligible, not an ICC member
- 1992 to 2003: Not eligible, ICC affiliate member
- 2007: Did not qualify
World Cricket League
- 2008: Division Five Eleventh place
ICC Trophy
- 1979 to 1986: Not eligible, not an ICC member
- 1990 to 2001: Not eligible, ICC affiliate member
- 2005: Did not qualify
Records
International Match Summary — Bahamas[12]
Last updated 4 March 2023
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 November 2021 |
Twenty20 International
T20I record versus other nations[12]
Records complete to T20I #2012. Last updated 4 March 2023.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| vs Associate Members | |||||||
 Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 November 2021 | 8 November 2021 |
 Belize | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 November 2021 | 11 November 2021 |
| Bermuda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 November 2021 | |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 November 2021 | |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 April 2022 | |
 Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 November 2021 | 26 February 2023 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 November 2021 | |
Players
Players for Bahamian cricket team in Bermuda in 2019. [13]
- Gregory Taylor (c)
- Whitcliff Atkinson
- Jonathan Barry
- Marcus Bowe
- Rudolph Fox
- Dereck Gittens
- Gregory Irvin
- Mark Levy
- Albert Peters
- Junior Scott
- Orlando Stuart
- Ryan Tappin
- Marc Taylor
References
- "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- Other matches played by Bahamas Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- Other matches played by Bahamas Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- Twenty20 matches played by Bahamas – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "The Home of CricketArchive".
- French, Simba (5 October 2021). "New direction for Team Bahamas". The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Coyne, James (8 November 2021). "Associate cricket luminary Andy Moles makes international coaching return". The Cricketer. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Records / Bahamas / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- @BahamasCricket1 (24 July 2019). "@cricket_jon Marc Taylor, Gregory Taylor Jr(c), Ryan Tappin, Jonathan Barry, Rudolph Fox, Junior Scott, whitcliff A…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
