Complex sentence: Matches were played over 50 overs, and had List A status, although they were not full One Day Internationals and (as is normal at the Commonwealth Games) the Caribbean islands that entered participated as separate nations, not as the combined West Indies team.
Split into simpler sentences: Matches were played over 50 overs, and had List A status, although they were not full One Day Internationals. As is normal at the Commonwealth Games, the Caribbean islands that entered participated as separate nations, not as the combined West Indies team.