The British Virgin Islands cricket team has represented the

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of the

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. The team is not a member of the

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, but is a member of the

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, which itself is a member association of the

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, and players from the British Virgin Islands generally represent the

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at domestic level and the

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at international level. The British Virgin Islands have however played as a separate entity in matches which held

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status, but has not appeared in first-class or

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History

A British Virgin Islands cricket team first appeared in West Indian cricket in the 1991 Leeward Islands Tournament against the

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at the Lionel Roberts Stadium, Charlotte Amalie. Prior to that a Combined Virgin Islands team had taken part in the 1988 Leeward Islands Tournament. The following season the team played against a touring

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side and throughout the 1990s it participated in the Leeward Islands One-Day tournament. Its participation in that tournament continued until 1998 after which its place was taken by a reconstituted Combined Virgin Islands team before the BVI again started participating separately for the one-day tournaments in 2003 and 2004 while a Combined Virgin Islands team participated in the Leeward Islands 3-day tournament. In February 2002 the islands hosted their only first-class cricket match, when the

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played the

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at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Roadtown. In 2005 the BVI and USVI again ceased to participate separately in all Leeward Islands tournaments (one day and three-day tournaments) and their places were taken by the Combined Virgin Islands until 2008 after which they participated separately again in all Leeward Islands tournaments. As part of

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's vision for cricket in the West Indies, the United States Virgin Islands were invited to take part in the 2006 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official

status. Stanford gave US$100,000 for their participation. They played a single match in the tournament, losing to

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by 7 wickets in their preliminary round match. Two years later, they were invited to take part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20, playing a single preliminary round match against

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, which they lost by 66 runs. Following the reorganisation of domestic Twenty20 cricket in the West Indies in the aftermath of the fraud convictions against Allen Stanford, the United States Virgin Islands were excluded from the revamped regional tournament. The team's last recorded appearance in the Leeward Islands One-Day Tournament came against

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in 2011.

Notable players

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and :British Virgin Islands cricketers''

References

External links

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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:British Virgin Islands cricket team Cricket in the British Virgin Islands National cricket teams

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