Windward Islands cricket team

Windward Islands
Captain: Saint Lucia Darren Sammy (List A & T20)
Dominica Liam Sebastien (First-class)
Coach: Ian Allen
Colours:      Green
Founded: 1980
Home ground: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Arnos Vale Stadium
Grenada Queen's Park, Grenada
Dominica Windsor Park (Dominica)
Saint Lucia Beausejour Stadium
Saint Lucia Mindoo Philip Park
Four Day wins: 0
WICB Cup wins: 2
Twenty20 wins: 0
Official website: Windward Island Cricket Board

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 a part of the Leeward Islands, but as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until independence and 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 Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, 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.

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 three one-day titles in 33 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

Listed below are players who have represented the Windward Islands in either the 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sunil Ambris 23 March 1993 Right-handed
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Miles Bascombe 12 January 1986 Right-handed
Saint Lucia
Keddy Lesporis 27 December 1988 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
Grenada
Devon Smith 21 October 1981 Left-handed Right-arm off spin
All-rounders
Dominica
Liam Sebastien 9 September 1984 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Captain
Saint Lucia
Dalton Polius 12 September 1990 Left-handed Right-arm off spin
Wicket-keepers
Saint Lucia
Johnson Charles 14 January 1989 Right-handed
Grenada
Andre Fletcher 28 November 1987 Right-handed
Dominica
Tyrone Theophile 12 August 1989 Right-handed
Bowlers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Alston Bobb 17 January 1984 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Keron Cottoy 14 November 1989 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
Dominica
Kavem Hodge 21 February 1993 Right-handed Left-arm orthodox
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Delorn Johnson 15 September 1988 Left-handed Left-arm fast
Dominica
Mervin Matthew 23 September 1985 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Barbados
Kyle Mayers 8 September 1992 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Barbados
Kevin McClean 24 January 1988 Left-handed Right-arm fast
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kenroy Peters 24 February 1982 Right-handed Left-arm medium
Dominica
Shane Shillingford 22 February 1983 Right-handed Right-arm off spin

Source: Regional Four Day Competition, Regional Super50

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 Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, which has hosted four matches in three years.

See also

References

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