Batting style Right-handed | Role Wicket-keeper | |
Born unknown Jamaica National side West Indies (1979–1997) ODI debut (cap 23) 20 July 1993 v India women Last ODI 20 December 1997 v Denmark women | ||
Rita Scott (date of birth unknown) is a former Jamaican cricketer who represented the West Indies women's cricket team between 1979 and 1997. She played as a wicket-keeper.
Scott made her debut for the West Indies on their 1979 tour of England, as back-up wicket-keeper to Yolande Geddes-Hall. She played a total of five matches on tour, mostly against regional teams, and did not feature in any of the international games. For various reasons, the West Indies women's team played no international fixtures during the 1980s, only returning to international competition at the 1993 World Cup in England. At the World Cup, Scott was appointed vice-captain to Ann Browne, a Trinidadian. She made her One Day International (ODI) debut in the first match of the tournament, against India, but was dismissed for a three-ball duck. She made four runs in the next match, a loss to the Netherlands, and also had the Dutch captain Nicola Payne out stumped, from the bowling of Cherry-Ann Singh. In the following game, against Australia, Scott was forced to retire hurt while batting. She would play no further part in the tournament. Scott was retained in the West Indian squad for the 1997 World Cup in India, but made only a single appearance, in the ninth-place play-off against Denmark. Coming in fourth in the batting order, she scored 66 runs from 108 balls, putting on 155 runs for the fourth wicket with Carol-Ann James (a new team record).