West Indies Cricket Board
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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket
in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean
countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (and is still sometimes referred by that name), but changed its name in 1996. The Board has its headquarters in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
.
The WICB has been a full member of the International Cricket Council
(ICC) since 1926. It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket team
, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. It also organises domestic cricket in West Indies, including the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup domestic one-day (List A) competition. The WICB has also collaborated with Sir Allen Stanford in the organization of the domestic Stanford 20/20
competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket.
The WICB's membership includes the 6 territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. Each provides two (2) Directors, in addition to a number of non-member Directors. Two (2) of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies. The member associations are:
Note:
In the future, Saba & Sint Eustatius, Saint Barthélemy and Guadeloupe may affiliate to Leeward Islands Cricket Association; and Martinique, Curaçao, and Bonaire may affiliate to Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control.
The President of WICB is Dr. Julian Hunte (since 29 July 2007, replacing Kenneth Gordon) and Ernest Hilaire is the Chief Executive Officer.
Since 2005, as per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with the WICB. The President of the WIWCF is Ms. Carol Whilby-Maxwell and the Secretary is Michael Seepersaud.
The WICB is charged with aiding regional development of cricket in the Americas region, under the ICC's development program.
The West Indies' two major domestic competitions are the Regional Four Day Competition (First-class
competition) and the WICB President's Cup (List A one-day competition) and more recently the Caribbean T20 (domestic Twenty20
competition - replacing the Stanford 20/20 competition which was mainly funded and organized by Sir Allen Stanford
). Other domestic competitions include the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (three-day first class competition), TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series (one-day limited overs competition), CLICO West Indies Under-15 competition and the WIWCF Women's
Senior Tournament. One prominent former competition (not originally organized by the WICB) was the Inter-Colonial Tournament
.
In the case of the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup the following first-class domestic teams participate:
For the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (both the first class and limited overs competitions) it is the Under-19 squads for these teams which participate, while for the CLICO Under-15 West Indies tournament it is the Under-15 squads for these teams which pariticipate. In the 2004 TCL Under-19 Challenge the Under-19 Bermuda cricket team and an Under-19 combined Americas cricket team also took part.
In the WIWCF Senior Tournament and the Stanford 20/20 competition the separate components of the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands compete individually. Additionally for the Stanford 20/20 competition teams from outside the West Indies sporting confederation, but within the Caribbean, also compete including the Bahamas
, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands
, Cuba
(which was barred from competing in 2008 by the U.S. embargo), the Turks and Caicos Islands
(both competing in 2008) as well as the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (announced for the 2009 edition of the Stanford 20/20).
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (and is still sometimes referred by that name), but changed its name in 1996. The Board has its headquarters in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
St John's is the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, a country located in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. St John's is located at...
.
The WICB has been a full member of the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
(ICC) since 1926. It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket team
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago...
, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. It also organises domestic cricket in West Indies, including the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup domestic one-day (List A) competition. The WICB has also collaborated with Sir Allen Stanford in the organization of the domestic Stanford 20/20
Stanford 20/20
The Stanford 20/20 Tournament was a 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 the same place the year after...
competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket.
The WICB's membership includes the 6 territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. Each provides two (2) Directors, in addition to a number of non-member Directors. Two (2) of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies. The member associations are:
- Barbados Cricket AssociationBarbados Cricket AssociationThe Barbados Cricket Association is the ruling body for cricket in Barbados. The BCA was sstablished in 1933 by an Act of Parliament to replace the Barbados Cricket Challenge Cup Committee, which had administered Barbadian cricket since its formation in 1892...
(BCA) - Guyana Cricket BoardGuyana Cricket BoardThe Guyana Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in Guyana.Cricket in Guyana has grown beyond being a mere pastime and those who excel can look forward to substantial rewards...
(GCB) - Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA)
- Leeward Islands Cricket AssociationLeeward Islands Cricket AssociationThe Leeward Islands Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in the following West Indian islands: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten...
(LICA); itself composed of:- Anguilla Cricket Association
- Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (also just called the Antigua Cricket Association)
- British Virgin Islands Cricket Association
- St. Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of St. Kitts alone)
- Nevis Cricket Association (for the island of NevisNevisNevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...
alone) - Montserrat Cricket Association
- St. Maarten Cricket Association (for Dutch Sint Maarten only)
- United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association
- Trinidad & Tobago Cricket BoardTrinidad & Tobago Cricket BoardThe Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in Trinidad & Tobago.Cricket in Trinidad & Tobago has grown beyond being a mere pastime and those who excel can look forward to substantial rewards...
(TTCB) - Windward Islands Cricket Board of ControlWindward Islands Cricket Board of ControlThe Windward Islands 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...
(WICBC); itself composed of:- Dominica Cricket Association
- Grenada Cricket Association
- St. Lucia Cricket Association
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines Cricket Association
Note:
In the future, Saba & Sint Eustatius, Saint Barthélemy and Guadeloupe may affiliate to Leeward Islands Cricket Association; and Martinique, Curaçao, and Bonaire may affiliate to Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control.
The President of WICB is Dr. Julian Hunte (since 29 July 2007, replacing Kenneth Gordon) and Ernest Hilaire is the Chief Executive Officer.
Since 2005, as per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with the WICB. The President of the WIWCF is Ms. Carol Whilby-Maxwell and the Secretary is Michael Seepersaud.
The WICB is charged with aiding regional development of cricket in the Americas region, under the ICC's development program.
Domestic competition
The West Indies' two major domestic competitions are the Regional Four Day Competition (First-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
competition) and the WICB President's Cup (List A one-day competition) and more recently the Caribbean T20 (domestic Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
competition - replacing the Stanford 20/20 competition which was mainly funded and organized by Sir Allen Stanford
Allen Stanford
Robert Allen Stanford is a former prominent financier and sponsor of professional sports who is in prison awaiting trial on charges his investment company was a massive Ponzi scheme and fraud. Stanford was the chairman of the now defunct Stanford Financial Group of Companies. A fifth-generation...
). Other domestic competitions include the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (three-day first class competition), TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series (one-day limited overs competition), CLICO West Indies Under-15 competition and the WIWCF Women's
Women's cricket
Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket that is played by women.-History:The first recorded match of women's cricket was reported in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745, a match contested "between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white." The...
Senior Tournament. One prominent former competition (not originally organized by the WICB) was the Inter-Colonial Tournament
Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies before World War II.- Competing teams :* Barbados* British Guiana* Trinidad...
.
In the case of the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup the following first-class domestic teams participate:
- Barbados cricket team
- Guyana cricket team
- Jamaica cricket team
- Leeward Islands cricket teamLeeward Islands cricket teamThe Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not...
- Trinidad and Tobago cricket teamTrinidad and Tobago cricket teamThe Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies...
- Windward Islands cricket teamWindward Islands cricket teamThe Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. The team plays in the West Indies regional tournament....
For the TCL Under-19 West Indies Challenge (both the first class and limited overs competitions) it is the Under-19 squads for these teams which participate, while for the CLICO Under-15 West Indies tournament it is the Under-15 squads for these teams which pariticipate. In the 2004 TCL Under-19 Challenge the Under-19 Bermuda cricket team and an Under-19 combined Americas cricket team also took part.
In the WIWCF Senior Tournament and the Stanford 20/20 competition the separate components of the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands compete individually. Additionally for the Stanford 20/20 competition teams from outside the West Indies sporting confederation, but within the Caribbean, also compete including the Bahamas
Bahamas cricket team
The Bahamas cricket team is the team that represents the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in international cricket matches.-A brief outline:The Bahamas became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1987, although they didn't appear in international competition until the ICC Americas Championship in 2002....
, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands cricket team
The Cayman Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands in international cricket matches...
, Cuba
Cuban cricket team
The origins of the Cuban cricket team began in the 1920s when an influx of sugar workers from Jamaica and Barbados brought cricket to the plantations on the east of Cuba...
(which was barred from competing in 2008 by the U.S. embargo), the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team
The Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002...
(both competing in 2008) as well as the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (announced for the 2009 edition of the Stanford 20/20).
External links
- West Indies Cricket Board - Official website
- Official Facebook page of West Indies Cricket team.
- WindiesFans.com Portal site for West Indies cricket fans