Windward Islands cricket team

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]

Windward Islands
Personnel
CaptainSunil Ambris & Kavem Hodge
CoachAndrew Richardson
Team information
Colours  Green
Founded1980
Home ground
History
Four Day wins0
Super50 Cup wins4
Twenty20 wins0
Official websiteWindward Island Cricket Board

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

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Grenada
Devon Smith (1981-10-21) 21 October 1981Left-handedRight-arm off spin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Desron Maloney (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991Right-handed-
Barbados
Kirk Edwards (1984-11-03) 3 November 1984Left-handedRight-arm off spinList A Captain
Grenada
Johann Jeremiah (1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
All-rounders
Dominica
Kavem Hodge (1993-02-21) 21 February 1993Right-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Keron Cottoy (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
Dominica
Alick Athanaze (1998-12-07) 7 December 1998Left-handedRight-arm off spin
Guyana
Bhaskar Yadram (1999-09-18) 18 September 1999Left-handedRight-arm medium
Grenada
Ryan John (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
Grenada
Emmanuel Stewart (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999Right-handed-
Grenada
Andre Fletcher (1987-11-28) 28 November 1987Right-handed-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sunil Ambris (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993Right-handed-First-class Captain
Spin Bowlers
Dominica
Shane Shillingford (1983-02-22) 22 February 1983Right-handedRight-arm off spin
Saint Lucia
Larry Edwards (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kenneth DemberRight-arm off spin
Pace Bowlers
Grenada
Shermon Lewis (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast
Grenada
Preston McSween (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
Grenada
Josh ThomasRight-arm medium
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ray Jordan (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium

Notable players

Prominent cricketers who have represented the Windward Islands include:

Honours

Grounds

The Windward Islands team has played at the following venues

The Mindoo Philip Park has not seen any first-class cricket since 2001, and has been replaced by the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet.

See also

References

  1. "Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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