West Indies Cricket Team

The **West Indies Men's Cricket Team**, nicknamed the Windies, is a men cricket's team representing mainly English-speaking countries in the Caribbean and administered by Cricket West Indies. As of July 29, 2023, the West Indies Cricket Team is ranked eighth in Tests, tenth in ODI and seventh in T20I in the official ICC rankings.

From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was considered the strongest in the world in Test and ODI cricket. A number of cricketing legends have played for the Men in Maroon have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Garfield Sobers, Lance Gibbs, George Headley, Brian Lara, Vivian Richards, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Alvin Kallicharran, Andy Roberts, Rohan Kanhai, Frank Worrell, Gordon Greenidge, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Curtly Ambrose, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Joel Garner and Wesley Hall.

The West Indies have won the Cricket World Cup twice (1975 and 1979), the ICC Twenty20 World Cup twice (2012 and 2016) and the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup once (2016). The West Indies appeared in three consecutive Cricket World Cup finals (1975, 1979 and 1983) and was the first team to win two consecutive Cricket World Cups (1975 and 1979). The West Indies has also hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup and the 2010 World Twenty20.

## Member States

**Sovereign States**

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Barbados
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
	+ Saint Kitts
	+ Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Constituent Country of the Netherlands
	+ Sint Maarten
* Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom
	+ Anguilla
	+ British Virgin Islands
	+ Montserrat
* Territory of the United States
	+ US Virgin Islands

### Affiliates in Cricket West Indies

Cricket West Indies, the governing body of the team, consists of the six cricket associations of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Windward Islands. The Leeward Islands Cricket Association consists of three cricket associations from two sovereign states (one from Antigua and Barbuda, and two from Saint Kitts and Nevis), three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat), one U.S. territory (the U.S. Virgin Islands), and one Dutch constituent country (Sint Maarten). The Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control consists of associations of four states (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

Two more British Overseas Territories in the region that have once been historical parts of the former West Indies Federation, the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, have their own national teams currently.

National teams also exist for the various islands, which, as they are all separate countries, very much keep their local identities and support their local favourites. These national teams take part in the West Indian first-class competition, the Regional Four Day Competition and the West Indies List A competition, Super50 Cup. It is also common for other international teams to play the island teams for warm-up games before they take on the combined West Indies team.

The member associations of Cricket West Indies are:

* Barbados Cricket Association (BCA)
* Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)
* Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA)
* Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA); itself composed of:
	+ Anguilla Cricket Association
	+ Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association
	+ British Virgin Islands Cricket Association
	+ Montserrat Cricket Association
	+ Nevis Cricket Association (for the island of Nevis alone)
	+ Saint Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of Saint Kitts alone)
	+ Sint Maarten Cricket Association
	+ United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association
* Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB)
* Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control (WICBC):
	+ Dominica Cricket Association
	+ Grenada Cricket Association
	+ Saint Lucia Cricket Association
	+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association

## History

*Main Article: History of the West Indian Cricket Team*

The history of the West Indies cricket team began in the 1890s, when the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. The WICB joined the sport's international ruling body, the Imperial Cricket Conference, in 1926, and played their first official international match, granted Test status, in 1928, thus becoming the fourth Test 'nation'. In 1948, leg spinner Wilfred Ferguson became the first West Indian bowler to take ten wickets in a Test, finishing with 11/229 in a match against England; later that same year Hines Johnson became the first West Indies fast bowler to achieve the feat, managing 10/96 against the same opponents. Although blessed with some great players in their early days as a Test team, their successes remained sporadic until the 1960s when the side changed from a white-dominated to a black-dominated side under the successive captaincies of Frank Worrell and Gary Sobers.

By the late 1970s, the West Indies led by Clive Lloyd had a side recognised as unofficial world champions, a reputation they retained throughout the 1980s. During these glory years, the West Indies were noted for their four-man fast bowling attack, backed up by some of the best batsmen in the world. In 1976, fast bowler Michael Holding took 14/149 in the OvalTest against England, setting a record which still stands for best bowling figures in a Test by a West Indies bowler. The 1980s saw the team set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 "blackwashes" on England.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket declined, largely owing to the failure of the West Indian Cricket Board to move the game from an amateur pastime to a professional sport, coupled with the general economic decline in West Indian countries, and the team struggling to retain its past glory. Victory in the 2004 Champions Trophy and a runner-up showing in the 2006 Champions Trophy left some hopeful, but it was not until the inception of Twenty20 cricket that the West Indies began to regain a place among the cricketing elite and among cricket fans, as they developed ranks of players capable of taking over games with their power hitting, including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite. They beat Australia and then host Sri Lanka in the 2012 World Twenty20 to win their first ICC world championship since the 1979 World Cup and then bested England to win the 2016 World Twenty20, making them the first team to win the World Twenty20 twice. As an added bonus, the West Indies also became the first to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20 on the same day, as the women's team beat three-time defending champion Australia for their first ICC world title immediately beforehand.

## Venues

*Main Articles: Cricket Grounds*

Below, are the venues where cricket has been played in the West Indies.

## Tournament History

Tournament in italics indicated tournaments in which the West Indies have hosted.

### ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

(Qualified)
 Zimbabwe - 2023 | Super Six

## Current Squad

This is a list of every currently contracted player or has played for the West Indies since January 2023 or has been named in the squad for Test, ODI, and T20I squads.

Uncapped players are in italics.

Players who debuted in 2023 are in bold.

## Coaching Staff

### Test

Coach
 Analyst
 Media & Content Officer

### Limited Overs

Coach
 Analyst
 Media & Content Officer

## See Also

* Cricket West Indies
* West Indies A
* West Indies Under-19
* West Indies Academy
* West Indies Women's Team
* High Performance Centre
* List of West Indies Stats