The Windward Islands cricket team is a

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team representing the member countries of the

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 ...

. The team plays in the West Indies Professional Cricket League (including the NAGICO

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) under the franchise name Windward Islands Volcanoes. It includes the islands that were known as the

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except for

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and

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, who have their own teams. Thus, it includes

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

(technically one of the

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, but as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until independence, its cricket federation remains a part of the Windward Islands),

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

and

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...

. The team plays in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the

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and the

, and the best players may be selected for the

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, which plays international cricket. However, Grenada took part in the

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cricket competition separately. The list of prominent cricketers who have played for the Leeward Islands includes Sunil Ambris,

Cameron Cuffy Cameron Eustace Cuffy (born February 8, 1970) is a former West Indian cricketer, who, due to his height (6-foot 8 inches) was often likened to his predecessors in the West Indies side, Joel Garner and Curtly Ambrose. International career ...

Casper Davis Casper Davis (born 14 March 1966) is a Vincentian cricketer who featured as a right arm fast bowler. He played in 40 first-class and 23 List A matches for the Windward Islands from 1991 to 1999. Davis picked up exactly 100 wickets at an averag ...

Winston Davis Winston Walter Davis (born 18 September 1958) is a West Indian former cricketer. Domestic career Davis gradually established himself as a bowler, taking 5–42 against Trinidad and Tobago in the 1981/82 Shell Shield, and he was signed by Glamo ...

Delorn Johnson Delorn Edison Johnson (born 15 September 1988) is a cricketer from St. Vincent. He is a left-arm fast bowler who plays first-class cricket for Windward Islands. He has played for West Indies Under-19 cricket team and West Indies A cricket team ...

Obed McCoy Obed Christopher McCoy (born 4 January 1997) is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines professional cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team internationally. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in October 2018 ...

Nixon McLean Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean (born 20 July 1973) is a West Indian cricketer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He featured in the role of a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played both Tests and ODIs for the West Indies. McLean also featur ...

Junior Murray Junior Randalph Murray MBE (born January 20, 1968) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was the first Grenadian to play Test cricket for the West Indies. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1994 New Year Honou ...

Darren Sammy Daren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Banglad ...

Shane Shillingford Shane Shillingford, (born 22 February 1983) is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands and Test cricket for the West Indies cricket team. On 4 March 2021 it was announced that Shillingford has ...

Devon Smith Devon Sheldon Smith (born 21 October 1981 in Hermitage, Grenada) is a cricketer who features as a opening or top order left-handed batsman. Smith has played for the West Indies and the Windward Islands in regional tournaments. Smith also hold ...

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and

Kesrick Williams Kesrick Omari Kenal Williams (born 8 January 1990) is a Vincentian cricketer who has played for several teams in West Indian domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut in 2011, for the Windward Islands, and later appeared for the Combined ...

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 four one-day titles in 37 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

Notable players

Prominent cricketers who have represented the Windward Islands include: *

Mike Findlay Thaddeus Michael "Mike" Findlay (born 19 October 1943 at Troumaca, Saint Vincent) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in ten Tests from 1969 to 1973 as a wicketkeeper. When he toured Australia and New Zealand in 1968-69, Findlay becam ...

* Deighton Butler *

Rawl Lewis Rawl Nicholas Lewis (born September 5, 1974) is a West Indian cricketer. Lewis featured as a leg spinner for both the Windward Islands and the Windies in his cricketing career. As of 2016 Lewis holds the role as manager of the West Indies cricket ...

Andre Fletcher Andre Fletcher (born 28 November 1987) is a Grenadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He is a right-handed batsman and often keeps wicket. He played domestic cricket for Windward Islands and Grenada. He was one of the f ...

Daren Sammy Daren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Bangla ...

Johnson Charles Johnson Charles (born 14 January 1989) is a St Lucian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Charles started his ODI career against Australia in March 2012. His first T20I came against England in Septemb ...

* Lockhart Sebastien * Irvine Shillingford *

Adam Sanford Adam Sanford (born 12 July 1975) is a former professional cricketer who played eleven Test cricket, Test matches for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies between 2002 and 2004. He later qualified for the United States national cricket team, ...

Honours

* Domestic one-day competition (4): 1988–89, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2017-18

Grounds

The Windward Islands team has played at the following venues * Arnos Vale Stadium in

Kingstown Kingstown is the capital, chief port, and main commercial centre of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre ...

, Saint Vincent, 29 out of 103) * Tanteen Recreation Ground in Grenada (6 matches) * Queen's Park in Grenada (25 matches), *

Mindoo Philip Park Mindoo Phillip Park is a multipurpose stadium located in Marchand, Castries, Saint Lucia. It is a training and competition venue for cricket, football, rugby and track and field, among other sports. It was formerly a home venue for the Windward Is ...

in Saint Lucia (21 matches), *

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in Dominica (16 matches). *

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground The Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, previously the Beausejour Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground located near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia standard seating capacity of 15,000. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators. Ori ...

Gros Islet Gros Islet (English: ''Large Island'') is a community near the northern tip of the island country of Saint Lucia, in the Gros Islet Quarter. Originally a quiet fishing village, it has become one of the more popular tourist destinations in the cou ...

, Saint Lucia. The Mindoo Philip Park has not seen any first-class cricket since 2001, and has been replaced by the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in

, which has hosted four matches in three years.

References

External links

Cricinfo

CricketArchive

Official website
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