Doris Francis (born 6 October 1969) is a Dominican former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. ^[1] She appeared in one Test match and 17 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between in 2003 and 2004. ^[2] She also played for the United States between 2009 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Dominica and Saint Lucia. ^[3]

Domestic career

She made her List A debut for Dominica against Trinidad and Tobago on 20 May 1996 in Caribbean Women's Cricket Federation Championships. ^[4] Later she List A debut for Saint Lucia against Jamaica on 20 June 2003. ^[5]

She also featured for New York Warriors and Tristate Lynx in 2010 and 2013 respectively in US Open Women’s T20 cricket. ^{[6] [7]}

International career

Career in West Indies

Francis made her One Day International (ODI) debut on 13 March 2003, in a series against Sri Lanka. ^[8] Later in the year, she also featured in the 2003 IWCC Trophy. ^[9] She made her Test debut against Pakistan on 15 March 2004. In the second innings of the Test, she made unbeaten 46 from ninth in the batting order, putting on 105 runs for the eighth wicket with Jacqueline Robinson. ^[10]

Career in United States

She continued playing cricket after moving to the United States, and made her debut for the US national team at the 2009 ICC Women's Americas Championship. ^[11] She was one of three former West Indies internationals in the side, the others being Candacy Atkins and Roselyn Emmanuel. ^[12] In the first match of the tournament, against Brazil, Francis took 2/9 and scored 10 *, for which she was named player of the match. ^[13] She returned for the tournament's 2010 ICC Women's Americas Championship, taking 3/16 against Canada. ^{[14] [15]}

In 2011, she won the best bowler and Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in USACA Women's tournament. ^[16] In the following year she appointed as captain of United States women's cricket team in 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. ^[17] She made her international (List A) debut for United States against South Africa on 15 November 2011 in that tournament. ^[18] Francis made her final international appearances at the 2011 World Cup Qualifier. ^{[19] [20]}

References

External links

• Doris Francis at ESPNcricinfo
• Doris Francis at CricketArchive (subscription required)