Cricket West Indies

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Cricket West Indies
SportCricket
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationCWI
Founded1920 (1920) (105 years ago)
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date31 May 1926 (1926-05-31)
HeadquartersSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
PresidentDr. Kishore Shallow
CEOChris Dehring
Vice president(s)Azim Bassarath
Men's coachAndre Coley and Daren Sammy
Women's coachShane Deitz
Other key staffDirector of Cricket: Miles Bascombe
SponsorCG Insurance, Macron, Dafabet, Blue Waters, Kookaburra, Masuri
Replaced
  • West Indies Cricket Board of Control
  • West Indies Cricket Board
Official website
www.windiescricket.com
Cricket West Indies

Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, but changed its name to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 1996. In November 2015, the Board resolved to rename itself as Cricket West Indies as part of a restructuring exercise that would also see the creation of a separate commercial body. This rebranding formally occurred in May 2017.

CWI has been a full member of the

Caribbean Twenty20 after disbanding Stanford 20/20. In 2013 they created Caribbean Premier League
, a Professional Twenty20 league.

CWI's membership includes the six 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 directors, in addition to a number of non-member directors. Two of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies.

The president of CWI is Dr Kishore Shallow, who replaced Ricky Skerrit in 2023. Chris Dehring is its chief executive officer.

Since 2005, per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation (WIWCF) has been integrated with CWI. The President of the WIWCF is Carol Whilby-Maxwell and the Secretary is Michael Seepersaud.

CWI is charged with aiding regional development of cricket in the Americas region, under the ICC's development program.

History

Pre-1999 Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team
Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team used until mid-2017

From the 1880s onwards there had been no central body to co-ordinate the

Suriname Cricket Association,[4][5] up until 2002 when Suriname applied for and gained affiliate membership of the ICC, it was also an associate member of the West Indies Cricket Board.[3]

Member associations

Domestic competitions

The West Indies' major men's domestic competitions are the

Twenty20 Blaze
.

Other CWI 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 Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 the following first-class domestic teams participate:

In 1978 Belize had requested (through the then Belize Cricket Association) in a letter to the WICBC to participate in the Shell Shield and the List A competitions, but the WICBC was unable to entertain their request.[6]

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 participate. In the 2004 TCL Under-19 Challenge the Under-19 Bermuda national cricket team and an Under-19 combined Americas cricket team also took part.

In the women's 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

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).

In the Caribbean Premier League there are franchise teams competing, with each franchise currently representing one of the six traditional cricketing territories in the West Indies:

  • Royals
    – representing Barbados
  • Amazon Warriors – representing Guyana
  • Tallawahs – representing Jamaica
  • Patriots
    – representing St. Kitts and Nevis, and the rest of the Leeward Islands
  • Kings
    – representing St. Lucia and the rest of the Windward Islands
  • Knight Riders – representing Trinidad and Tobago

Principals of the West Indies Cricket Board

WICB(C) Presidents (men's cricket)

WIWCF Presidents

  • Carol Whilby-Maxwell

Secretaries or chief executive officers

  • Stephen Camacho
    : 1982–2000
  • Gregory Shillingford: 2000–2002
  • Roger Brathwaite: 2003–2007 (acting from 2002)
  • Bruce Aanensen: 2007–2007
  • Donald Peters: 2007–2009
  • Ernest Hilaire: 2009–2012
  • Michael Muirhead: 2012–2016
  • Johnny Grave: 2017–2025
  • Chris Dehring: 2025–present

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Patterson Report [1] Archived 21 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine p. 32
  2. ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford in Beckles et al., op. cit., p.30
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-140-88-3237-0
    .
  4. ^ Special award for Ram Hiralal
  5. ^ Off The Beaten Track: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivore, Lithuania, Suriname, Wallis & Futuna
  6. ^ "Letter from the Belize Cricket Association". The West Indies Cricket Annual. Literary Features Limited: 86. 1978. LETTER FROM BELIZE CRICKET ASSOCIATION:- A request from the Belize Cricket Association to participate in the Shell Shield and Benson & Hedges Tournaments could not be entertained at this time

References

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