Sport – Trinidad Guardian

Shirley-Ann “Bon­nie” Bona­parte, a pi­o­neer of West In­dies women’s crick­et and a proud daugh­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go, passed away in Brook­lyn, New York, USA, on Sun­day, March 22, at the age of 70. Her lega­cy is one of pow­er, re­silience, and an en­dur­ing ded­i­ca­tion to the sport. Bona­parte’s crick­et­ing jour­ney be­gan in 1971 with Trinidad’s Queens­land Ladies’ team, where her nat­ur­al tal­ent and com­pet­i­tive spir­it im­me­di­ate­ly stood out. By 1973, she joined the Mer­ry Girls Crick­et Club, quick­ly flour­ish­ing in­to a for­mi­da­ble all-rounder.