Windward Islands cricket team
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The Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. The team plays in the West Indies Professional Cricket League (including the NAGICO Regional Super50) under the franchise name Windward Islands Volcanoes.[1]
It includes the islands that were known as the British Windward Islands except for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, who have their own teams. Thus, it includes Dominica (technically one of the Leeward Islands, but as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until independence, its cricket federation remains a part of the Windward Islands), Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The team plays in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies cricket team, which plays international cricket. However, Grenada took part in the 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket competition separately. The Windwards have won a sum of four regional one day titles. With prominent cricketers who've played for the Windward Islands including Sunil Ambris, Cameron Cuffy, Casper Davis, Winston Davis, Delorn Johnson, Obed McCoy, Nixon McLean, Junior Murray, Darren Sammy, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Wilf Slack and Kesrick Williams.
Team history
The Windward Islands team is the least successful of the six West Indian first class teams, having failed to win a first-class title and with four one-day titles in 37 attempts. They played their first first-class match in 1959–60 against the touring England side, losing by ten wickets, and until 1980–81 they mainly played as a part of the Combined Islands. However, from 1981–82 onwards they have played as a separate entity.
On a few occasions, all in the one-day Red Stripe Bowl competition, two teams have represented the Windwards. In the 2001–02, Northern Windward Islands and Southern Windward Islands competed, while in 2002–03, a team from Saint Vincent and Grenadines and a Rest of the Windward Islands side took part.
Squad
| File:Flag of None.svg | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Devon Smith | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Desron Maloney | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | - | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kirk Edwards | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | List A Captain |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Johann Jeremiah | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kavem Hodge | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Keron Cottoy | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Alick Athanaze | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Bhaskar Yadram | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Ryan John | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Emmanuel Stewart | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | - | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Andre Fletcher | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | - | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Sunil Ambris | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | - | First-class Captain |
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Shane Shillingford | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Larry Edwards | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kenneth Dember | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Shermon Lewis | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Preston McSween | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Josh Thomas | Right-arm medium | |||
| Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Ray Jordan | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Notable players
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Prominent cricketers who have represented the Windward Islands include:
- Template:Flagicon Mike Findlay
- Template:Flagicon Winston Davis
- Template:Flagicon Nixon McLean
- Template:Flagicon Cameron Cuffy
- Template:Flagicon Deighton Butler
- Template:Flagicon Sunil Ambris
- Template:Flagicon Kesrick Williams
- Template:Flagicon Obed McCoy
- Template:Flagicon Rawl Lewis
- Template:Flagicon Junior Murray
- Template:Flagicon Devon Smith
- Template:Flagicon Andre Fletcher
- Template:Flagicon Daren Sammy
- Template:Flagicon Johnson Charles
- Template:Flagicon Lockhart Sebastien
- Template:Flagicon Irvine Shillingford
- Template:Flagicon Shane Shillingford
- Template:Flagicon Adam Sanford
Honours
- Domestic one-day competition (4): 1988–89, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2017-18
Grounds
The Windward Islands team has played at the following venues
- Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown, Saint Vincent
- National Cricket Stadium in Grenada
- Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
- Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica
- Mindoo Philip Park in Castries, Saint Lucia
- Tanteen Recreation Ground in Grenada
The Mindoo Philip Park has not seen any first-class cricket since 2001, and has been replaced by the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet.
See also
- List of international cricketers from the Windward Islands
- List of Windward Islands first-class cricketers
- Dominica national cricket team
- Grenada national cricket team
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national cricket team
- Saint Lucia national cricket team
References
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