Shirley-Ann Bonaparte


Shirley-Ann Bonaparte is a Trinidadian former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter and medium pace bowler. She appeared in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the West Indies in 1979, with a Test high score of 61.
In the 2nd Test against England at Trent Bridge in 1979, Bonaparte made a fifty off 66 balls and hit the first six by a West Indian woman in Test cricket. Ahead of the 3rd Test at Edgbaston, Bonaparte was described in a television news report as "the best batswoman in the world", and was filmed facing the bowling of England men's fast bowler Bob Willis.
Bonaparte played domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago, and later represented the USA, playing her last match in 2009.