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The history of the West Indies cricket
team begins in the 1890s, when the first
representative sides were selected to play
visiting English sides. Administered by the
West Indies Cricket Board ("WICB"),and known
colloquially as The Windies, the West Indies
cricket team represents a sporting
confederation of English-speaking Caribbean
countries.
The WICB joined the sport's international
ruling body, the Imperial Cricket Council,
in 1926,[3] and played their first official
international match, granted Test status, in
1928.Although blessed with some great
players in their early days as a Test
nation, their successes remained sporadic
until the 1960s, by which time the side had
changed from a white-dominated to a
black-dominated side. By the 1970s, the West
Indies had a side recognised as unofficial
world champions, a title they retained
throughout the 1980s During these glory
years, the Windies were noted for their
four-man fast bowling attack, backed up by
some of the best batsmen in the world. The
1980s saw them set a then-record streak of
11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and
inflict two 5–0 "blackwashes" against the
old enemy of England. Throughout the 1990s
and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket
declined, largely due to the failure of the
West Indian Cricket Board to move the game
from an amateur pastime to a professional
sport coupled with the general economic
decline in West Indian countries, and the
team today is struggling to regain its past
glory.
In their early days in the 1930s, the side
represented the British colonies of the West
Indies Federation plus British Guiana. The
current side represents the now independent
states of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago,
the British dependencies of Anguilla,
Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands,
plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Maarten.[7]
National teams also exist for the various
different islands, which, as they are all
separate countries, very much keep their
local identities and support their local
favourites. These national teams take part
in the West Indian first-class competition,
the Carib Beer Cup (earlier known as the
Busta Cup, Shell Shield and various other
names).[8] It is also common for other
international teams to play the island teams
for warm-up games before they take on the
combined West Indies team.
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Captain |
Chris Gayle |
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Coach |
David Moore |
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| Most
Runs |
10405, Brian Lara |
| Most
Wicket |
227, Courtney Walsh |
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| Most
Runs |
11912 ,Brian Lara |
| Most
Wicket |
519, Courtney Walsh |
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| Most
Runs |
193, Chris Gayle |
| Most
Wicket |
7, JE Taylor &
DJG Sammy |
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Date |
Opponent |
Match |
Venue |
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22-26 Mar |
v Sri Lanka |
1st Test |
Guyana |
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3-7 Apr 08 |
v Sri Lanka |
2nd Test |
Port of Spain |
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10 Apr
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v
Sri Lanka |
1st ODI |
Port of Spain |
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12 Apr
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v
Sri Lnaka |
2nd ODI |
Port of Spain |
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15 Apr 08 |
v Sri Lanka |
3rd ODI |
St Lucia |
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22-26 May |
v Australia |
1st Test |
Jamaica |
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30 May3 Jun |
v Australia |
2nd Test |
Antigua |
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12-16 Jun |
v Australia |
3rd Test |
Barbados |
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20 Jun |
v Australia |
T20I Only |
Barbados |
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24 Jun |
v Australia |
1s ODI |
St Vincent |
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27 Jun |
v Australia |
2nd ODI |
Grenada |
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29 Jun |
v Australia |
3rd ODI |
Grenada |
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04 Jul |
v Australia |
4th ODI |
St Kitts |
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06 Jul |
v Australia |
5th ODI |
St Kitts |
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