1. Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin was born on 21 June 1991 and is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete.
24 Facts About Deandra Dottin
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Deandra Dottin plays as a hard-hitting lower-order batter, and scored her first century in a Women's Twenty20 International in 2010.
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Deandra Dottin played in her 100th Women's One Day International match, when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, on 29 June 2017.
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Deandra Dottin plays domestic cricket for Trinbago Knight Riders and Manchester Originals, and has previously played for Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Lancashire Thunder, North West Thunder, London Spirit, Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Heat, Adelaide Strikers, Trailblazers and Supernovas.
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In September 2020, in the last match against England, Deandra Dottin became the first cricketer to hit 100 sixes in WT20Is.
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In July 2022, Deandra Dottin announced her retirement from international cricket.
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Deandra Dottin was born in Barbados, and spent most of her childhood in Rock Hall, a village in the parish of St Andrew.
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Deandra Dottin's father died when she was 12 years old, and she was raised primarily by her mother, Melva.
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Deandra Dottin attended St James Secondary School, at Trents in the parish of St James.
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Between 2005 and 2007, Deandra Dottin competed successfully in the youth level, and in 2008 she medalled in the junior level, of the CARIFTA Games, an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association.
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Deandra Dottin had been spotted by another West Indies player, Pamela Lavine, while playing a recreational game.
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Deandra Dottin made her international cricket debut in 2008, when she was selected as part of the West Indies squad to tour Europe.
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Deandra Dottin scored her first half-century in international cricket in her fourth ODI, making 66 having opened the batting against Netherlands.
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Deandra Dottin completed the tour of Europe with 149 ODI runs at a batting average of 29.80, second among the West Indians in both areas, trailing Stafanie Taylor.
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Deandra Dottin continued to open the innings during the tour of Sri Lanka, averaging 18.20, but struggled from the same position in the first two matches of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, and after failing to make double figures in either match, was dropped down the batting order to number five.
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The West Indies went on to win the game by 60 runs, with Deandra Dottin named as the player of the match.
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Deandra Dottin was the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker for the West Indies in the tournament, with 121 runs and ten wickets in five matches.
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Deandra Dottin came back into the team after a long period on the sidelines with a shoulder injury.
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In November 2020, Deandra Dottin was nominated for the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.
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In September 2021, in the third match against South Africa, Deandra Dottin scored her 3,000th run in WODI cricket.
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Deandra Dottin made her mark on every other match of the group stage.
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Deandra Dottin was later signed by North West Thunder for the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
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In May 2022, Deandra Dottin was recruited to play in the privately run 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Deandra Dottin's self-proclaimed nickname is "World Boss", a moniker used by Chris Gayle until he moved on to "Universe Boss".