Leeward Islands cricket team

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Leeward Islands
Leewards islands flag.png
Personnel
CaptainAnguilla Jahmar Hamilton
CoachAntigua and Barbuda Eldine Baptiste[1]
Team information
Colours  Maroon   Gold
Founded1980
Home groundAnguilla Ronald Webster Park
Antigua and Barbuda ARG
Saint Kitts and Nevis Warner Park
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Nevis Elquemedo Willett Park
Montserrat Salem Oval
Sint Maarten Carib Lumber Ball Park
United States Virgin Islands Addelita Cancryn
History
Four Day wins3 (plus 1 shared)
WICB Cup wins5 (plus 2 shared)
Twenty20 wins0
Official websiteLeeward Islands

The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not included – for cricketing purposes Dominica is a part of the Windward Islands. As such, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands[2] and Sint Maarten[3] are all part of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association. The team does not take part in any international competitions (although the member nation of Antigua and Barbuda took part at the 1998 Commonwealth Games), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the West Indies' Professional Cricket League (which includes Regional Four Day Competition and the NAGICO Regional Super50), and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket. The team competes in the Professional Cricket League under the franchise name Leeward Islands Hurricanes.[4] The Leeward Islands has won a total of ten domestic titles – four in first class cricket and six in one-day cricket, but their last title was in 1997–98 when they won the double (although the first-class title was shared with Guyana).

The Leeward Islands played their inaugural first-class game in 1958, and lost by an innings and 19 runs to Jamaica. However, their first win did not come until 1968–69, when they beat Guyana by 43 runs at the Warner Park Sporting Complex ground. From 1965–66 to 1980–81 the team competed as the Combined Islands in first-class cricket, along with the best cricketers from the Windward Islands. However, when regular one-day competitions began in 1975–76 the island groups were separate, and the Leeward Islands won on their third outing in 1977–78.

In 1981–82 the Leeward Islands made their debut in the Shell Shield with a 57-run win over the Windward Islands (the season after the Combined Islands had won the title), but it was to take eight seasons until they could lift the first-class trophy – which by then had been renamed the Red Stripe Cup. From 1989–90 to 1997–98, however, the Leeward Islands won five first-class titles (one shared) and four one-day titles (one shared), but since then they have failed to win any major trophy in the West Indies.

Squad[]

Flag of None.svg Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Nevis
 Kieran Powell (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm off spin
Anguilla
 Montcin Hodge (1987-09-29) 29 September 1987 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Trinidad and Tobago
 Amir Jangoo (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 24) Left-handed -
Antigua and Barbuda
 Devon Thomas (1989-11-12) 12 November 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sint Maarten
 Keacy Carty (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Saint Kitts
 Akeem Saunders (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 27) Right-handed -
All-rounders
Saint Kitts
 Terrence Warde (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 33) Right-handed -
Antigua and Barbuda
 Rahkeem Cornwall (1993-02-01) 1 February 1993 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off spin
Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Colin Archibald (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
United States Virgin Islands
 Hayden Walsh Jr. (1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
Wicket-keepers
Anguilla
 Jahmar Hamilton (1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed - Captain
Guyana
 Jaison Peters (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 32) Right-handed -
Spin Bowlers
Nevis
 Jason Campbell (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 36) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Jamaica
 Damion Jacobs (1985-02-15) 15 February 1985 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
Pace Bowlers
Saint Kitts
 Sheeno Berridge (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Montserrat
 Quinton Boatswain (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Saint Kitts
 Jeremiah Louis (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Jamaica
 Sheldon Cottrell (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium

Notable players[]

See also: List of Leeward Islands first-class cricketers
Antiguan born Viv Richards
Curtly Ambrose took 405 Test wickets

The list of prominent cricketers who have represented the Leeward Islands includes:

Grounds[]

The Leeward Islands play cricket on all the islands, though the only ground to have seen Test cricket (and also the ground with the most home matches, with 50 first-class games) is the Antigua Recreation Ground. However, their last match at the ARG was in February 2009, while another traditional ground, Warner Park in St Kitts, with 28 first-class games with Leeward Islands, was revamped for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. In the 2004–05 season, the Leeward Islands played their home games at Salem Oval (Montserrat), Edgar Gilbert Sporting Complex (Saint Kitts), Carib Lumber Ball Park (Sint Maarten), Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground (St. Thomas) and Grove Park (Nevis).

Honours[]

  • Regional Four Day Competition (4): 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98 (shared)
  • Domestic one-day competition (7): 1977–78 (shared), 1981–82, 1992–93 (shared), 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2010–11

References[]

  1. ^ Neto Baptiste (9 February 2013). "LICA head speaks on Baptiste's new position". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Leeward Islands Cricket Association – Club Detail". Archived from the original on 2 August 2003.
  3. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". www.cricketarchive.com.
  4. ^ "Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014.

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