The Cayman Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the

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of the

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. The team is organised by the Cayman Islands Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 2002, having previously been an affiliate member since 1997.The Cayman Islands
at Cricket Archive The Cayman Islands debuted internationally at the 2000 Americas Cricket Cup in Canada, and later in the year were invited to appear in the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl (the West Indian domestic limited-overs competition), where matches had

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status. During the early 2000s, the Caymans often competed with

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as the third-best team in the

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region, behind

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and the

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. When the U.S. was suspended from the

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, they were replaced by the Cayman Islands, with the team being afforded the opportunity to make its first-class debut. In 2006 and 2008, the Cayman Islands played in the

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tournament (where matches had full

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status). In between those competitions, the team had made its debut in the newly created

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(WCL), being placed into the 2007 Division Three tournament. The Caymans narrowly missed out on promotion there, losing a semi-final to

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, but at the 2009 Division Three tournament were relegated to 2010 Division Four. A further relegation followed to 2012 Division Five, while at the 2014 Division Five tournament the Cayman Islands placed fifth, meaning the team's next WCL event will be the 2015 Division Six tournament in England.

History

The Cayman Islands became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1997 and played their first tournament three years later when they played in the

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in Canada. They finished fourth in the tournament, their only win coming against

.Americas Cup 2000
at CricketEurope Later in the year, they played their first

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matches as part of the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl in the

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. They played against

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, the

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and the

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in the first round, losing all their games. The Cayman Islands gained

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in 2002, a year in which they finished third in the Americas Championship in

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, Argentina after recording wins against Argentina, the

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and Bermuda.Americas Cup 2002
at CricketEurope The 2004 Americas Championship served as a qualifying competition for the

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, and a repeat of their third-place finish from 2002 would have qualified them for that tournament. Wins against Argentina and the Bahamas meant they could only finish fourth however.2005 ICC Trophy Americas qualifying
at CricketEurope This did qualify them for a place in a repêchage tournament in early 2005 in

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, Malaysia. They finished fifth in that tournament after beating

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in a play-off match. Later in 2005, the Cayman Islands took part in the

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, a tournament for ICC associate members with first-class status. They lost both their first round matches to Bermuda and

, thus not qualifying for the semi-finals.2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
at CricketEurope In 2006, they first played in the inaugural

tournament. They beat the Bahamas in the preliminary round, but lost to

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in the first round proper. In August 2006, they finished third in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship after wins against Argentina and Canada.2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One
at CricketEurope This qualified them for 2007 Division Three of the World Cricket League, which was played in May/June 2007 in Darwin, Australia. After beating

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and

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in the first round, they lost to Argentina in the semi finals, and to

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in the third place play-off, thus finishing fourth in the tournament.2007 World Cricket League Division Three
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their bad run continued and again finished fifth only winning over Argentina. In 2012, they managed to stop the fall, finishing fourth in 2012 Division Five.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

matches played between Cayman Islands and other

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from 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches. The Cayman Islands played their first T20I match against

on 18 August 2019, after finishing second in the Southern sub region qualification group and advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.

Tournament history

ICC Intercontinental Cup

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: Did not participate *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: First round *

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: Did not participate * 2007–08: Did not participate * 2009–10: Did not participate

World Cricket League

*2007: 4th in

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*2009: 5th in

*2010: 5th in

*2012: 4th in Division Five *2014: 6th in Division Five *2015: 6th in Division Six *2017: 8th in Division Five

ICC Americas Championship

*2000: 4th place *2002: 3rd place *2004: 4th place *2006: 3rd place (Division One) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: 4th place (Division One) *2010: 5th place (Division One)

Records

International Match Summary — Cayman Islands ''Last updated 17 April 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 180/6 v

on 17 April 2022 at Smith Road Oval, George Town * Highest individual score: 73 *, Ramon Sealy v

on 16 April 2022 at Smith Road Oval, George Town * Best individual bowling figures: 4/6, Alessandro Morris v

on 14 April 2022 at Jimmy Powell Oval, George Town Most T20I runs for Cayman Islands Most T20I wickets for Cayman Islands T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1512. Last updated 17 April 2022.''

Other results

For a list of selected international matches played by Cayman Islands, se
Cricket Archive

Players

Performance by Cayman Island cricketers in

matches Highest scores Steve Gordon – 104* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007 Ainsley Hall – 100* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007 Pearson Best – 85 vs Italy at Centro Sportivo Ca'Nova,

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on 19 August 2010 Conroy Wright – 79* vs Jersey at Bayuemas Oval,

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on 10 March 2014 Pearson Best – 79 vs Guernsey at The Padang, Singapore on 25 February 2012 Best Bowling figures Ryan Bovell – 5/9 vs Argentina at Indian Assoc. Ground, Singapore on 22 February 2012 Kervin Ebanks – 5/19 vs Guernsey at

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, Kuala Lumpur on 6 March 2014 Franklyn Hinds – 4/22 vs Hong Kong at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 28 May 2007 Michael Wight – 4/30 vs Uganda at

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, Darwin on 30 May 2007 Ryan Bovell – 4/35 vs Papua New Guinea at Belgrano ACG,

on 24 January 2009

Other players

In addition to those listed above, the following Cayman Islands cricketers have played first-class, List A or official

cricket:Cayman Islands players
at Cricket Archive *

Marc Chin Marc Chin (born 8 September 1987) is a Caymanian cricketer. Chin is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. Chin made a single first-class appearance for the Cayman Islands against Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Cur ...

*Steadman Gray *Charles Greaves * Abali Hoilett *Carley James * Oscar Owen * Christopher Wight * David Wight * Philip Wight *

Conroy Wright Conroy Wright (born 18 April 1985) is a Caymanian cricketer. Wright is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. Wright made his debut for the Cayman Islands in a Twenty20 match against the Bahamas in the 2006 Stanford 20/20. ...

References

External links

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