Shanika Bruce
West Indian cricketer (born 1995)
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Shanika Jamila Bruce (born 20 February 1995) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the Barbados women's national cricket team in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze tournaments.[1][2] In April 2019, Bruce was named as one of six reserve players for the West Indies' tour of England and Ireland.[3] In April 2021, Bruce was named in Cricket West Indies' high-performance training camp in Antigua.[4][5] Bruce is also studying for a degree at the University of the West Indies.[6]
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| Full name | Shanika Jamila Bruce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National sides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 2/47) | 29 July 2022 Barbados v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 January 2023 West Indies v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Barbados Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In June 2021, Bruce was named in the West Indies A Team for their series against Pakistan.[7][8] In July 2022, she was named in the Barbados team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[9] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 29 July 2022, for Barbados against Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games.[10]
