The Anguilla national cricket team is the representative

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team of

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...

. The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the

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, but has only appeared in senior cricket twice, in the two

Stanford 20/20 The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the sam ...

tournaments. For domestic first-class and

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purposes, Anguilla is subsumed into the

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 ...

. The first Anguillian to play

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for

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was Omari Banks in 2003.

History

Representative cricket has been played by Anguilla since the late 1970s. Early games were played as part of the three-day (but not first-class) Heineken Challenge Trophy (the sponsored Leeward Islands Tournament), although at first the team was not a full participant and played only two games each year in the 1977, 1978 and 1979 tournaments. The team suffered a run of heavy defeats in their early years; Anguilla's first win in the competition came against

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in the 1980 tournament.

Notable players

Current Leeward Islands players *

Montcin Hodge Montcin Verniel Hodge (born 29 September 1987) is an Anguillian cricketer and current member of the Leeward Islands cricket team. Playing career After making his Twenty20 debut for Anguilla in 2006, Hodge made his first class cricket debut for ...

* Jahmar Hamilton * Kelbert Walters * Lyndel Richardson *

Chesney Hughes Chesney Francis Hughes (born 20 January 1991) is a West Indian cricketer who plays for the Leeward Islands cricket team. He was born in Anguilla. Having held a British passport, Hughes signed for Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire in Jun ...

* Yannick Leonard Former Leeward Islands players * Omari Banks (2001 - 2013) *

Chaka Hodge Chaka Jara Kwahme Hodge (born 20 November 1982) is an Anguillan cricketer who has played for the Leeward Islands cricket team, Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as several other teams. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler and ...

(2002 - 2008) * Alex Adams (1997 - 2005) * Lanville Harrigan (1988 - 2003) * Eustace Proctor (1986) Other * Cardigan Connor (played English county cricket)

Stanford 20/20

Anguilla's only games of senior cricket have come in

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, as part of the

competitions in 2006 and 2007-08. Their debut at this level was against

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at the

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in Coolidge,

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on 18 July 2006; Barbados won the match by 38 runs. On 3 February 2008, they played

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, who won by 16 runs despite a 39-ball unbeaten 75 from Anguilla's

. 2006 Stanford 20/20 Squad * Omari Banks * Alex Adams * Terrence Adams *

* Leon Lake * Delano Mussington * Daniel Proctor * Lyndel Richardson * Irving Rogers * Delon Skellekie * Kelbert Walters 2007/2008 Stanford 20/20 Squad *

* Omari Banks * Terrence Adams * Masimba Bowen * Marlon Bryson * Jahmar Hamilton *

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* Leon Lake * Rondal Lake * Yannick Leonard * Daniel Proctor * Shridath Rey * Lyndel Richardson * Kelbert Walters Source:'
2006 Squad

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