Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
in the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
(a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly
English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the
British West Indies
The British West Indies (BWI) were colonized British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grena ...
). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, but changed its name to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 1996. In November 2015, the Board resolved to rename itself as Cricket West Indies as part of a restructuring exercise that would also see the creation of a separate commercial body. This rebranding formally occurred in May 2017.
CWI has been a full member of the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) since 1926. It operates the
West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...
and
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing the West Indies. It is considered the second-tier of West Indies international cricket, below the top-level West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the ...
, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. It also organises domestic cricket in West Indies, including the
Regional Four Day Competition
The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first-class cricket competition in the West Indies. It is administered by the Cricket West Indies. In the 2013-2014 season the winner of the tournam ...
and the
Regional Super50
The Super50 Cup, currently named the CG Insurance Super50 Cup for sponsorship purposes is the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies. It was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship i ...
domestic one-day (List A) competition. The CWI has also collaborated with Sir
Allen Stanford
Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950) is an American financial fraudster, former financier, and sponsor of professional sports. He is serving a 110-year federal prison sentence, having been convicted in 2012 of fraud, on charges that his i ...
in the organisation of the domestic
Stanford 20/20 competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket. Later they created their own Twenty20 league called
Caribbean Twenty20
The Caribbean Twenty20 was an annual tournament Twenty20 cricket tournament in the West Indies that was held four times from 2010 to 2013. The top performing domestic team qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. It was replaced by ...
after disbanding Stanford 20/20. In 2013 they Created
Caribbean Premier League
The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in ...
, a Professional Twenty20 league.
CWI's membership includes the six territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. Each provides two directors, in addition to a number of non-member directors. Two of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies.
The President of CWI is
Ricky Skerritt, who replaced Dave Cameron in 2019. Johnny Grave is the Chief Executive Officer.
Since 2005, per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with CWI. The President of the WIWCF is Carol Whilby-Maxwell and the Secretary is Michael Seepersaud.
CWI is charged with aiding regional development of cricket in the Americas region, under the ICC's development program.
History
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From the 1880s onwards there had been no central body to co-ordinate the
Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies held between 1892-93 and 1938-39.
Competing teams
* Barbados
* British Guiana
* Trinidad
In the early tournaments British Guiana were sometimes r ...
s and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States. Such organisation as there was, was done by an informal coalition of the major clubs in the region.
[Patterson Repor]
p. 32 West Indian cricketers however had felt the need for the establishment of such an organisation although geography and culture were to make such a task difficult. However, with the help of one influential
Marylebone Cricket Club
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member,
R. H. Mallett (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930–31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. The preliminary meeting was in
Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados
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, Barbados, from which the informal ''West Indies Cricket Conference'' was founded in 1926. The West Indies Cricket Conference held its first official meeting on 22 January 1927 at the Bridgetown Club in Barbados attended by Mallett and representatives from the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Demerara (British Guiana). Delegates from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands were invited but unfortunately were unable to attend. At this January meeting the delegates present decided to form the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) which would be composed of a president, a secretary and two delegates each from Barbados, Demerara, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and one delegate each from the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in
Port-of-Spain
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, Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president.
Keith A. P. Sandiford
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Life and career
Keith Sandiford was born in Barbados and educated at Comb ...
''in'' Beckles ''et al.'', ''op. cit.'', p.30 The Board as constituted was enlarged in 1982 when the Leeward and Windward Islands were given the same representation as the other full Members. The President was appointed by the Board at an Ordinary General Meeting and had to be a person resident in the West Indies who had shown a keen and active interest in West Indies cricket. His term of office was for two years (and eligible for re-election) or until his successor was appointed. Board members were also thenceforce to be appointed by their Cricket Associations although in British Guiana the Georgetown Cricket Club held this responsibility until 1943, and in Trinidad the Queens Park Oval Club until 1981 when their respective Cricket Associations were given recognition. There was a provision for Associate Members who would be entitled to attend Meetings but not to move resolutions or vote.
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had been the only members in this category prior to their cessation as Associate Members.
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former President of the
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applied for and gained affiliate membership of the ICC, it was also an associate member of the West Indies Cricket Board.
Member associations
* Barbados Cricket Association
The Barbados Cricket Association is the ruling body for cricket in Barbados. The BCA was established in 1933 by an Act of Parliament to replace the Barbados Cricket Challenge Cup Committee, which had administered Barbadian cricket since its format ...
(BCA)
* Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)
* Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA)
* Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board The Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) is the ruling body for cricket in Trinidad and Tobago. The current board was incorporated in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago under Act No. 34 of 1989.
History
The authority was originally establi ...
(TTCB)
* Leeward Islands Cricket Association
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(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
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Ne ...
alone)
** St Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis cons ...
alone)
** St Maarten Cricket Association
** United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association
* Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control
The Windward Islands Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in the following West Indian islands: Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Although Dominica is geographically part of the Leeward Islands, as ...
(WICBC), itself composed of:
** Dominica Cricket Association
** Grenada Cricket Association
** St Lucia Cricket Association
** St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association
Domestic competitions
The West Indies' major men's domestic competitions are the Regional Four Day Competition
The Regional Four Day Competition, formerly known as Shell Shield and Carib Beer Cup, is the first-class cricket competition in the West Indies. It is administered by the Cricket West Indies. In the 2013-2014 season the winner of the tournam ...
( first-class competition) and the Regional Super50
The Super50 Cup, currently named the CG Insurance Super50 Cup for sponsorship purposes is the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies. It was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship i ...
(List A
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one-day competition) and more recently the Hero Caribbean Premier League
The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was founded by Cricket West Indies in 2013 to replace the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in ...
(domestic Twenty20
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competition - replacing the Caribbean Twenty20, which in turn replaced the Stanford 20/20 that had been financed and organised by Allen Stanford
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). Meanwhile, the major women's domestic competitions are the Women's Super50 Cup
The Women's Super50 Cup, officially the West Indies Cricket Board Women's Super50 Cup and previously the Women's Cricket Federation Championships, is a women's domestic one-day cricket competition organised by Cricket West Indies. The tournament ...
and the Twenty20 Blaze
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.
Other CWI domestic competitions include the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (three-day first-class competition), TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series (one-day limited overs competition), CLICO West Indies Under-15 competition and the WIWCF Women's
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Senior Tournament. One prominent former competition (not originally organized by the WICB) was the Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies held between 1892-93 and 1938-39.
Competing teams
* Barbados
* British Guiana
* Trinidad
In the early tournaments British Guiana were sometimes r ...
.
In the case of the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 the following first-class domestic teams participate:
*Barbados cricket team
The Barbados national cricket team is the national cricket team of Barbados, organised by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). Barbados is a member of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which is a member of the International Cricket Counci ...
*Guyana cricket team
The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana. The side does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competiti ...
*Jamaica cricket team
The Jamaica national cricket team or officially the Jamaica Scorpions, is the representative first-class cricket team representing Jamaica at the West Indies domestic competitions.
History
The team's history goes back to 1895, when they play ...
*Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, an associate of the West Indies Cricket Board. Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Monts ...
*Windward Islands cricket team
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*Trinidad and Tobago cricket team
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The Red Force takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, ...
*Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team
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In 1978 Belize
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had requested (through the then Belize Cricket Association) in a letter to the WICBC to participate in the Shell Shield and the List A competitions, but the WICBC was unable to entertain their request.
For the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (both the first-class and limited overs competitions) it is the Under-19 squads for these teams which participate, while for the CLICO Under-15 West Indies tournament it is the Under-15 squads for these teams which participate. In the 2004 TCL Under-19 Challenge the Under-19 Bermuda cricket team
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and an Under-19 combined Americas cricket team also took part.
In the women's WIWCF Senior Tournament and the Stanford 20/20 competition the separate components of the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands compete individually. Additionally for the Stanford 20/20 competition teams from outside the West Indies sporting confederation, but within the Caribbean, also compete including the Bahamas
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, Bermuda
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, the Cayman Islands
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, Cuba
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(which was barred from competing in 2008 by the US embargo), the Turks and Caicos Islands
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(both competing in 2008) as well as the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (announced for the 2009 edition of the Stanford 20/20).
In the Caribbean Premier League there are franchise teams competing, with each franchise currently representing one of the six traditional cricketing territories in the West Indies:
* Royals - representing Barbados
* Amazon Warriors - representing Guyana
* Tallawahs - representing Jamaica
* Patriots - representing St. Kitts and Nevis, and the rest of the Leeward Islands
* Kings - representing St. Lucia and the rest of the Windward Islands
* Knight Riders - representing Trinidad and Tobago
Principals of the West Indies Cricket Board
WICB(C) Presidents (men's cricket)
* Sir Harold Austin
*Laurie Yearwood
* Fred Grant
*Karl Nunes
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Nunes was born in Kingston, Colony ...
: 1945–1952
*Sir Errol Dos Santos
*John St Felix Dare: 1960–1966
*Tom Pierce
*Robert Cecil Marley
*Jeffrey Stollmeyer
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Cricket caree ...
: 1974–1981
* Allan Rae: 1981–1988
*Sir Clyde Walcott
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barb ...
: 1988–1993
*Captain Peter Short: 1993–1996
*Pat Rousseau: 1996–2001
*Reverend Wes Hall
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: 2001–2003
*Teddy Griffith
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: 2003–2005
*Ken Gordon
Kenneth Gordon (born 1930) is a Trinidadian businessman and former politician.
Biography
After attending Saint Mary's College in Port of Spain, Trinidad, he went away to the United States and United Kingdom for further studies. He entered b ...
: 2005–2007
*Julian Hunte
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: 2007–2013
* Whycliffe (Dave) Cameron: 2013–2019
* Ricky Skerritt: 2019–present
WIWCF Presidents
*Carol Whilby-Maxwell
Secretaries / chief executive officers
* Stephen Camacho: 1982–2000
*Gregory Shillingford: 2000–2002
*Roger Brathwaite: 2003–2007 (acting from 2002)
*Bruce Aanensen: 2007–2007
*Donald Peters: 2007–2009
*Ernest Hilaire: 2009–2012
*Michael Muirhead: 2012–2016
*Johnny Grave: 2017–present
See also
* Cricket in the West Indies
In the sport of cricket, the West Indies is a sporting confederation of fifteen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, many of which historically formed the British West Indies. It consists of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, B ...
Notes and references
References
* Michael Manley
Michael Norman Manley (10 December 1924 – 6 March 1997) was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. Manley championed a democratic socialist program, and has been d ...
, ''A History of West Indies Cricket'', 1988 (revised edition by Donna Symmonds
Donna Charmaine Symmonds is a Barbadian lawyer and sports commentator.
The daughter of Algernon Symmonds, Lawyer and former High Commissioner for Barbados in London, Symmonds grew up in Bridgetown where she played cricket for her school and juni ...
, London, Andre Deutsch, 2002 ())
* Hilary Beckles
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA (born 11 August 1955) is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
Educated at the University of Hu ...
et al.
''A Spirit of Dominance: Cricket and Nationalism in the West Indies : Essays in Honour of Viv Richards on the 21st Anniversary of His Test Début''
Canoe Press, 1998 ()
* Cricket West Indies - http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/West-Indies-Cricket-Board-renamed-rebrands-itself/article17041097.ece
External links
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