Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin (born 21 June 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete.
A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008.
[1] She 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.
[11] Another relative, her cousin Ottis Gibson, was a medium pace bowler for the West Indies in the 1990s, and has since been a coach of a number of high-profile teams.
However, in the aftermath of that event she came to feel disillusioned at what she felt was a lack of support from the Barbadian track and field governing body.
The high level of fitness she had developed as a track and field athlete was an important factor in her rise through the cricketing ranks.
Before long, the task of balancing the two sports became too difficult for Dottin, and she chose cricket, probably because she had "... started to grow a love for the game".
[11] Dottin made her international cricket debut in 2008, when she was selected as part of the West Indies squad to tour Europe.
Playing in the opening WODI of the tour, Dottin bowled two overs without taking a wicket, allowing eleven runs to be scored.
[19] She 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.
[27][28] In the West Indies' opening match of the tournament, against Bangladesh, Dottin took five wickets for five runs to take her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.
[37] In October 2021, she was named in the West Indies team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.
[45] Dottin retired from international cricket on August 1, 2022, citing a West Indies team environment "non-conducive to my ability to thrive.
"[46][47] She reversed her decision on July 27, 2024, saying she was "eager to return to the game that I love and contribute my utmost to the West Indies women’s team across all formats.