{{Short description|West Indian cricketer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Akeira Peters | female = true | image = | country = West Indies | international = true | internationalspan = 2017–2018 | fullname = Akeira Kay Peters | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Telescope, [[Saint Andrew Parish, Grenada|St. Andrew]], Grenada | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]] | role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]

| odidebutdate = 6 July | odidebutyear = 2017 | odidebutagainst = New Zealand | odicap = 86 | odishirt = 56 | lastodidate = 11 March | lastodiyear = 2018 | lastodiagainst = New Zealand

| T20Idebutdate = 19 October | T20Idebutyear = 2017 | T20Idebutagainst = Sri Lanka | T20Icap = 35 | lastT20Idate = 25 March | lastT20Iyear = 2018 | lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand | T20Ishirt =

| club1 = [[Grenada women's national cricket team|Grenada]] | year1 = 2010–2014 | club2 = [[Windward Islands women's cricket team|South Windward Islands]] | year2 = 2015 | club3 = [[Windward Islands women's cricket team|Windward Islands]] | year3 = 2016–2022

| columns = 2 | column1 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]] | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 6 | bat avg1 = 1.20 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 4 | deliveries1 = 84 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 71.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/20 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]] | matches2 = 7 | runs2 = 7 | bat avg2 = 7.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 4[[not out|*]] | deliveries2 = 54 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 34.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/7 | catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 20 May 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/530139.html ESPNcricinfo }} '''Akeira Kay Peters''' (born 30 September 1993) is a Grenadian [[cricket]]er who plays as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/530139.html |title=Akeira Peters |accessdate=25 June 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In May 2017, she was named in the [[2017 Women's Cricket World Cup squads#West Indies|West Indies squad]] for the [[2017 Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="bca 2017-05-08">{{cite web|title=Four newcomers in WI Women's squad for World Cup|url=http://www.bcacricket.org/2010/articles.php?link=5865|website=Barbados Cricket Association website|accessdate=25 June 2017|date=8 May 2017|archive-date=23 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723221524/http://www.bcacricket.org/2010/articles.php?link=5865|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Cricinfo 2017-05-09">{{cite web|author1=ESPNcricinfo staff|title=West Indies pick 16-year-old quick for World Cup|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1096949.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=25 June 2017|date=9 May 2017}}</ref> She made her [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) debut for the [[West Indies women's cricket team|West Indies]] against [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]] in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup on 6 July 2017.<ref name="WODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1085960.html |title=ICC Women's World Cup, 16th Match: New Zealand Women v West Indies Women at Taunton, Jul 6, 2017 |accessdate=6 July 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> She made her [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) debut for the West Indies [[Sri Lanka women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2017–18|against Sri Lanka]] on 19 October 2017.<ref name="WT20I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1122901.html |title=1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka Women tour of West Indies at Coolidge, Oct 19 2017 |accessdate=20 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

In October 2018, [[Cricket West Indies]] (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24866534/kemar-roach-gets-all-format-west-indies-contract |title=Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/867947 |title=Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>

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