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{{short description|The governing body for cricket in the West Indies}}
{{Short description|Governing body for cricket in the West Indies}}
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{{Infobox Sport governing body
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|abbrev = CWI
|abbrev = CWI
|image = Cricket West Indies Logo 2017.png
|image = Cricket West Indies Logo 2017.png
|image_size = 200
|sport = [[Cricket]]
|sport = [[Cricket]]
|category =
|category =
|caption = Cricket West Indies logo
|caption = Cricket West Indies logo
|jurisdiction = National
|jurisdiction = National
|founded = {{Start date|df=yes|1920}} ({{years ago|1920}} years ago)
|founded = {{Start date|1920}} ({{years ago|1920}} years ago)
|aff = [[International Cricket Council]]
|aff = [[International Cricket Council]]
|affdate = {{Start date|df=yes|1926|5|31}}
|affdate = {{Start date|df=yes|1926|5|31}}
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|headquarters = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
|headquarters = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
|location =
|location =
|president = [[Ricky Skerritt]]
|president = [[Kishore Shallow|Dr. Kishore Shallow]]
|vicepresident = Dr. [[Kishore Shallow]]
|vicepresident = Azim Bassarath
|chair =
|chair =
|chiefexec = [[Johnny Grave]]
|chiefexec = Johnny Grave
|secretary =
|secretary =
|coach = {{flagicon|TTO}} [[Phil Simmons]]
|coach = [[Andre Coley]] and [[Daren Sammy]]
|womenscoach = {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Courtney Walsh]]
|womenscoach = Shane Deitz
|key staff =
|key staff =Director of Cricket: Miles Bascombe
|operating income =
|operating income =
|sponsor = [[Sandals Resorts|Sandals]], CG Insurance, [[Betway]], Blue Waters, [[Castore (brand)|Castore]], [[Kookaburra Sport|Kookaburra]], Masuri, Phizz, [[JetBlue]],<ref name="Cricket West Indies">{{cite web|url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/about/our-partners|title=Cricket West Indies (CWI) - Our Partners|access-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093047/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/about/our-partners/|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Betway">{{cite web|url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/07/18/cwi-announces-betway-as-official-betting-partner/|title=CWI announces Betway as official betting partner|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122616/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/07/18/cwi-announces-betway-as-official-betting-partner/|archive-date=23 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|sponsor = CG Insurance, [[Betway]], Blue Waters, [[Castore (brand)|Castore]], [[Kookaburra Sport|Kookaburra]], Masuri, Phizz<ref name="Cricket West Indies">{{cite web|url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/about/our-partners|title=Cricket West Indies (CWI) – Our Partners|access-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093047/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/about/our-partners/|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Betway">{{cite web|url=http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/07/18/cwi-announces-betway-as-official-betting-partner/|title=CWI announces Betway as official betting partner|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122616/http://cricketwestindies.org/index.php/2018/07/18/cwi-announces-betway-as-official-betting-partner/|archive-date=23 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* West Indies Cricket Board of Control
* West Indies Cricket Board of Control
* West Indies Cricket Board}}
* West Indies Cricket Board}}
|url = https://www.windiescricket.com/
|url = https://www.windiescricket.com/
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'''Cricket West Indies''' ('''CWI''') is the governing body for [[cricket]] in the [[West Indies]] (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly [[Commonwealth Caribbean|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.


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CWI 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 [[Regional Super50]] domestic one-day (List A) competition. The CWI has also collaborated with Sir [[Allen Stanford]] in the organisation of the domestic [[Stanford 20/20]] competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket. Later they created their own Twenty20 league called [[Caribbean T20|Caribbean Twenty20]] after disbanding Stanford 20/20. In 2013 they created [[Caribbean Premier League]], a Professional Twenty20 league.
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'''Cricket West Indies''' ('''CWI'''), formerly known as '''West Indies Cricket Board''' ('''WICB'''), is the governing body for [[cricket]] in the [[West Indies]] (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly [[Commonwealth Caribbean|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 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.

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CWI 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 [[Regional Super50]] domestic one-day (List A) competition. The CWI has also collaborated with Sir [[Allen Stanford]] in the organisation of the domestic [[Stanford 20/20]] competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket. Later they created their own Twenty20 league called [[Caribbean T20|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.
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 [[Ricky Skerritt]], who replaced Dave Cameron in 2019. Johnny Grave is the Chief Executive Officer.
The president of CWI is Dr [[Kishore Shallow]], who replaced Ricky Skerrit in 2023. Johnny Grave 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.
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.
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[[File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg|thumb|right|200px|Pre-1999 Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team]]
[[File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg|thumb|right|200px|Pre-1999 Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team]]
[[File:West indies cricket board flag.png|thumb|right|200px|Flag of the West Indies Cricket Board and Team used until mid-2017]]
[[File:West indies cricket board flag.png|thumb|right|200px|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 [[Inter-Colonial Tournament]]s and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States. Such organisation as there was, was done by an informal coalition of the major clubs in the region.<ref name = "Patterson Report" >Patterson Report [http://www.windiescricket.com/sites/default/files/documents/Committee-on-Governance-of-West-Indies-Cricket-Final-Report.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821161352/http://www.windiescricket.com/sites/default/files/documents/Committee-on-Governance-of-West-Indies-Cricket-Final-Report.pdf |date=21 August 2013 }} p. 32</ref> West Indian cricketers however had felt the need for the establishment of such an organisation although geography and culture were to make such a task difficult. However, with the help of one influential [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] member, [[Harry Mallett|R. H. Mallett]] (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930–31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. The preliminary meeting was in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados, from which the informal ''West Indies Cricket Conference'' was founded in 1926. The West Indies Cricket Conference held its first official meeting on 22 January 1927 at the Bridgetown Club in Barbados attended by Mallett and representatives from the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Demerara (British Guiana). Delegates from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands were invited but unfortunately were unable to attend. At this January meeting the delegates present decided to form the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) which would be composed of a president, a secretary and two delegates each from Barbados, Demerara, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and one delegate each from the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in [[Port-of-Spain]], Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president.<ref>[[Keith A. P. Sandiford]] ''in'' Beckles ''et al.'', ''op. cit.'', p.30</ref> The Board as constituted was enlarged in 1982 when the Leeward and Windward Islands were given the same representation as the other full Members. The President was appointed by the Board at an Ordinary General Meeting and had to be a person resident in the West Indies who had shown a keen and active interest in West Indies cricket. His term of office was for two years (and eligible for re-election) or until his successor was appointed. Board members were also thenceforce to be appointed by their Cricket Associations although in British Guiana the Georgetown Cricket Club held this responsibility until 1943, and in Trinidad the Queens Park Oval Club until 1981 when their respective Cricket Associations were given recognition. There was a provision for Associate Members who would be entitled to attend Meetings but not to move resolutions or vote. [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]] and [[Belize national cricket team|Belize]] had been the only members in this category prior to their cessation as Associate Members.<ref name = "Patterson Report" /> According to Ram Hiralal,<ref name="Wisden: Suriname 2002">{{cite book|last=Connelly|first= Charlie|title=Wisden - Elk Stopped Play: And Other Tales from Wisden's 'Cricket Round the World'|year= 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-140-88-3237-0|pages=130–131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbVGAgAAQBAJ&q=suriname+cricket+wisden&pg=PT151}}</ref> former President of the [[Surinaamse Cricket Bond|Suriname Cricket Association]],<ref name="Special award for Ram Hiralal">[http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/28123 Special award for Ram Hiralal]</ref><ref name="Off the beaten track: Suriname">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/96233.html Off The Beaten Track: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivore, Lithuania, Suriname, Wallis & Futuna]</ref> up until 2002 when [[Suriname national cricket team|Suriname]] applied for and gained affiliate membership of the ICC, it was also an associate member of the West Indies Cricket Board.<ref name="Wisden: Suriname 2002"/>
From the 1880s onwards there had been no central body to co-ordinate the [[Inter-Colonial Tournament]]s and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States. Such organisation as there was, was done by an informal coalition of the major clubs in the region.<ref name="Patterson Report">Patterson Report [http://www.windiescricket.com/sites/default/files/documents/Committee-on-Governance-of-West-Indies-Cricket-Final-Report.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821161352/http://www.windiescricket.com/sites/default/files/documents/Committee-on-Governance-of-West-Indies-Cricket-Final-Report.pdf|date=21 August 2013}} p. 32</ref> West Indian cricketers however had felt the need for the establishment of such an organisation although geography and culture were to make such a task difficult. However, with the help of one influential [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] member, [[Harry Mallett|R. H. Mallett]] (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930–31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. The preliminary meeting was in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados, from which the informal ''West Indies Cricket Conference'' was founded in 1926. The West Indies Cricket Conference held its first official meeting on 22 January 1927 at the Bridgetown Club in Barbados attended by Mallett and representatives from the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Demerara (British Guiana). Delegates from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands were invited but unfortunately were unable to attend. At this January meeting the delegates present decided to form the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) which would be composed of a president, a secretary and two delegates each from Barbados, Demerara, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and one delegate each from the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in [[Port-of-Spain]], Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president.<ref>[[Keith A. P. Sandiford]] ''in'' Beckles ''et al.'', ''op. cit.'', p.30</ref> The board as constituted was enlarged in 1982 when the Leeward and Windward Islands were given the same representation as the other full Members. The president was appointed by the board at an ordinary general meeting and had to be a person resident in the West Indies who had shown a keen and active interest in West Indies cricket. His term of office was for two years (and eligible for re-election) or until his successor was appointed. Board members were also thenceforth to be appointed by their Cricket Associations although in British Guiana the Georgetown Cricket Club held this responsibility until 1943, and in Trinidad the Queens Park Oval Club until 1981 when their respective cricket associations were given recognition. There was a provision for associate members who would be entitled to attend meetings but not to move resolutions or vote. [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]] and [[Belize national cricket team|Belize]] had been the only members in this category prior to their cessation as Associate Members.<ref name = "Patterson Report" /> According to Ram Hiralal,<ref name="Wisden: Suriname 2002">{{cite book|last=Connelly|first= Charlie|title=Wisden – Elk Stopped Play: And Other Tales from Wisden's 'Cricket Round the World'|year= 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-140-88-3237-0|pages=130–131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbVGAgAAQBAJ&q=suriname+cricket+wisden&pg=PT151}}</ref> former president of the [[Surinaamse Cricket Bond|Suriname Cricket Association]],<ref name="Special award for Ram Hiralal">[http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/28123 Special award for Ram Hiralal]</ref><ref name="Off the beaten track: Suriname">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/96233.html Off The Beaten Track: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivore, Lithuania, Suriname, Wallis & Futuna]</ref> up until 2002 when [[Suriname national cricket team|Suriname]] applied for and gained affiliate membership of the ICC, it was also an associate member of the West Indies Cricket Board.<ref name="Wisden: Suriname 2002"/>


==Member associations==
==Member associations==
* [[Barbados Cricket Association]] (BCA)
* {{flagdeco|Barbados}} [[Barbados Cricket Association]] (BCA)
* [[Guyana Cricket Board]] (GCB)
* {{flagdeco|Guyana}} [[Guyana Cricket Board]] (GCB)
* [[Jamaica Cricket Association]] (JCA)
* {{flagdeco|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica Cricket Association]] (JCA)
* [[Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board]] (TTCB)
* {{flagdeco|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board]] (TTCB)
* [[Leeward Islands Cricket Association]] (LICA), itself composed of:
* [[Leeward Islands Cricket Association]] (LICA), itself composed of:
** [[Anguilla Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Anguilla}} [[Anguilla national cricket team|Anguilla Cricket Association]]
** [[Antigua Cricket Association|Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Antigua and Barbuda}} [[Antigua and Barbuda national cricket team|Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association]]
** [[British Virgin Islands Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|British Virgin Islands}} [[British Virgin Islands national cricket team|British Virgin Islands Cricket Association]]
** [[Montserrat Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Montserrat}} [[Montserrat cricket team|Montserrat Cricket Association]]
** [[Nevis Cricket Association]] (for the island of [[Nevis]] alone)
** {{flagdeco|Nevis}} Nevis Cricket Association (for the island of [[Nevis]] alone)
** [[St Kitts Cricket Association]] (for the island of [[Saint Kitts]] alone)
** {{flagdeco|Saint Kitts}} St Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of [[Saint Kitts]] alone)
** [[St Maarten Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Sint Maarten}} [[Sint Maarten national cricket team|St Maarten Cricket Association]]
** [[United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|United States Virgin Islands}} [[United States Virgin Islands national cricket team|United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association]]
* [[Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control]] (WICBC), itself composed of:
* [[Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control]] (WICBC), itself composed of:
** [[Dominica Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Dominica}} Dominica Cricket Association
** [[Grenada Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Grenada}} Grenada Cricket Association
** [[St Lucia Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Saint Lucia}} St Lucia Cricket Association
** [[St Vincent & the Grenadines Cricket Association]]
** {{flagdeco|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association


==Domestic competitions==
==Domestic competitions==


The West Indies' major domestic competitions are the [[Regional Four Day Competition]] ([[first-class cricket|first-class]] competition) and the [[Regional Super50]] ([[List A]] one-day competition) and more recently the Hero [[Caribbean Premier League]] (domestic [[Twenty20]] competition - replacing the Caribbean Twenty20, which in turn replaced the [[Stanford 20/20]] that had been financed and organised by [[Allen Stanford]]).
The West Indies' major men's domestic competitions are the [[Regional Four Day Competition]] ([[first-class cricket|first-class]] competition) and the [[Regional Super50]] ([[List A]] one-day competition) and more recently the [[Caribbean Premier League]] (domestic [[Twenty20]] competition – replacing the Caribbean Twenty20, which in turn replaced the [[Stanford 20/20]] that had been financed and organised by [[Allen Stanford]]). Meanwhile, the major women's domestic competitions are the [[Women's Super50 Cup]] and 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 cricket|Women's]] Senior Tournament. One prominent former competition (not originally organized by the WICB) was the [[Inter-Colonial Tournament]].
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 cricket|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 the case of the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 the following first-class domestic teams participate:
*[[Barbados cricket team]]
*[[Barbados national cricket team]]
*[[Guyana cricket team]]
*[[Guyana national cricket team]]
*[[Jamaica cricket team]]
*[[Jamaica national cricket team]]
*[[Leeward Islands cricket team]]
*[[Leeward Islands cricket team]]
*[[Windward Islands cricket team]]
*[[Windward Islands cricket team]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago cricket team]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team]]
*[[Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team]]
*[[Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team]]


In 1978 [[Belize national cricket team|Belize]] had requested (through the then [[Belize National Cricket Association|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.<ref name = "A Letter from the Belize Cricket Association" >{{cite journal |year= 1978 |journal=The West Indies Cricket Annual |publisher= Literary Features Limited |quote= 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 }}</ref>
In 1978 [[Belize national cricket team|Belize]] had requested (through the then [[Belize National Cricket Association|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.<ref name = "A Letter from the Belize Cricket Association" >{{cite journal |year= 1978 |title=Letter from the Belize Cricket Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlENAAAAYAAJ&q=belize |journal=The West Indies Cricket Annual |publisher= Literary Features Limited |page=86 |quote= 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}}</ref>


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 cricket team]] and an Under-19 combined Americas cricket team also took part.
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 [[Bahamas cricket team|Bahamas]], [[Bermuda cricket team|Bermuda]], the [[Cayman Islands cricket team|Cayman Islands]], [[Cuban cricket team|Cuba]] (which was barred from competing in 2008 by the US embargo), the [[Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team|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 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 [[Bahamas cricket team|Bahamas]], [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]], the [[Cayman Islands cricket team|Cayman Islands]], [[Cuban cricket team|Cuba]] (which was barred from competing in 2008 by the US embargo), the [[Turks and Caicos Islands cricket team|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:
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:
* [[Barbados Tridents|Tridents]] - representing Barbados
* [[Barbados Tridents|Royals]] – representing Barbados
* [[Guyana Amazon Warriors|Amazon Warriors]] - representing Guyana
* [[Guyana Amazon Warriors|Amazon Warriors]] – representing Guyana
* [[Jamaica Tallawahs|Tallawahs]] - representing Jamaica
* [[Jamaica Tallawahs|Tallawahs]] – representing Jamaica
* [[St Kitts and Nevis Patriots|Patriots]] - representing St. Kitts and Nevis, and the rest of the Leeward Islands
* [[St Kitts and Nevis Patriots|Patriots]] – representing St. Kitts and Nevis, and the rest of the Leeward Islands
* [[St Lucia Zouks|Zouks]] - representing St. Lucia and the rest of the Windward Islands
* [[St Lucia Zouks|Kings]] – representing St. Lucia and the rest of the Windward Islands
* [[Trinbago Knight Riders|Knight Riders]] - representing Trinidad and Tobago
* [[Trinbago Knight Riders|Knight Riders]] – representing Trinidad and Tobago


==Principals of the West Indies Cricket Board==
==Principals of the West Indies Cricket Board==
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*[[Harold Austin|Sir Harold Austin]]
*[[Harold Austin|Sir Harold Austin]]
*Laurie Yearwood
*Laurie Yearwood
*[[Fred Grant]]
*[[Fred Grant (cricketer)|Fred Grant]]
*[[Karl Nunes]]: 1945–1952
*[[Karl Nunes]]: 1945–1952
*Sir Errol Dos Santos
*Sir Errol Dos Santos
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*[[Julian Hunte]]: 2007–2013
*[[Julian Hunte]]: 2007–2013
*[[Whycliffe Cameron|Whycliffe (Dave) Cameron]]: 2013–2019
*[[Whycliffe Cameron|Whycliffe (Dave) Cameron]]: 2013–2019
*[[Ricky Skerritt]]: 2019–present
*[[Ricky Skerritt]]: 2019–2023
*Dr. [[Kishore Shallow]]: 2023–present


===WIWCF Presidents===
===WIWCF Presidents===
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Cricket in the West Indies]]
* [[Cricket in the West Indies]]
* [[Rally 'Round the West Indies]]


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


==References==
==References==
* [[Michael Manley]], ''A History of West Indies Cricket'', 1988 (revised edition by [[Donna Symmonds]], London, Andre Deutsch, 2002 ({{ISBN|023305037X}}))
* [[Michael Manley]], ''A History of West Indies Cricket'', 1988 (revised edition by [[Donna Symmonds]], London, Andre Deutsch, 2002 ({{ISBN|023305037X}}))
* [[Hilary Beckles]] et al., [https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=pqUpkdmCJWMC ''A Spirit of Dominance: Cricket and Nationalism in the West Indies : Essays in Honour of Viv Richards on the 21st Anniversary of His Test Début''], Canoe Press, 1998 ({{ISBN|976-8125-37-3}})
* [[Hilary Beckles]] et al., [https://books.google.com/books?id=pqUpkdmCJWMC ''A Spirit of Dominance: Cricket and Nationalism in the West Indies : Essays in Honour of Viv Richards on the 21st Anniversary of His Test Début''], Canoe Press, 1998 ({{ISBN|976-8125-37-3}})
* Cricket West Indies - http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/West-Indies-Cricket-Board-renamed-rebrands-itself/article17041097.ece
* Cricket West Indies – http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/West-Indies-Cricket-Board-renamed-rebrands-itself/article17041097.ece


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.windiescricket.com/ Cricket West Indies] – Official website
* {{Official website}}


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Cricket West Indies
SportCricket
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationCWI
Founded1920 (1920) (104 years ago)
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date31 May 1926 (1926-05-31)
HeadquartersSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
PresidentDr. Kishore Shallow
CEOJohnny Grave
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, Betway, Blue Waters, Castore, Kookaburra, Masuri, Phizz[1][2]
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 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 Regional Super50 domestic one-day (List A) competition. The CWI has also collaborated with Sir Allen Stanford in the organisation of the domestic Stanford 20/20 competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket. Later they created their own Twenty20 league called 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. Johnny Grave 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

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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 Inter-Colonial Tournaments and matches, select composite West Indian XIs for tours and against touring sides and to organise the West Indian tours of England, Canada and the United States. Such organisation as there was, was done by an informal coalition of the major clubs in the region.[3] West Indian cricketers however had felt the need for the establishment of such an organisation although geography and culture were to make such a task difficult. However, with the help of one influential Marylebone Cricket Club member, R. H. Mallett (the manager of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours and future manager of the 1930–31 West Indian tour to Australia), representatives of the various territories finally got together and ultimately formed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control. The preliminary meeting was in Bridgetown, Barbados, from which the informal West Indies Cricket Conference was founded in 1926. The West Indies Cricket Conference held its first official meeting on 22 January 1927 at the Bridgetown Club in Barbados attended by Mallett and representatives from the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Demerara (British Guiana). Delegates from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands were invited but unfortunately were unable to attend. At this January meeting the delegates present decided to form the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) which would be composed of a president, a secretary and two delegates each from Barbados, Demerara, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and one delegate each from the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. The WICBC's first meeting was held on 17 and 18 June 1927 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad with Harold Austin (the former captain of the 1906 and 1923 West Indian tours of England) serving as the first president.[4] The board as constituted was enlarged in 1982 when the Leeward and Windward Islands were given the same representation as the other full Members. The president was appointed by the board at an ordinary general meeting and had to be a person resident in the West Indies who had shown a keen and active interest in West Indies cricket. His term of office was for two years (and eligible for re-election) or until his successor was appointed. Board members were also thenceforth to be appointed by their Cricket Associations although in British Guiana the Georgetown Cricket Club held this responsibility until 1943, and in Trinidad the Queens Park Oval Club until 1981 when their respective cricket associations were given recognition. There was a provision for associate members who would be entitled to attend meetings but not to move resolutions or vote. Bermuda and Belize had been the only members in this category prior to their cessation as Associate Members.[3] According to Ram Hiralal,[5] former president of the Suriname Cricket Association,[6][7] 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.[5]

Member associations

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Domestic competitions

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The West Indies' major men's domestic competitions are the Regional Four Day Competition (first-class competition) and the Regional Super50 (List A one-day competition) and more recently the Caribbean Premier League (domestic Twenty20 competition – replacing the Caribbean Twenty20, which in turn replaced the Stanford 20/20 that had been financed and organised by Allen Stanford). Meanwhile, the major women's domestic competitions are the Women's Super50 Cup and 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.[8]

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 Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cuba (which was barred from competing in 2008 by the US 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).

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

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WICB(C) Presidents (men's cricket)

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WIWCF Presidents

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  • Carol Whilby-Maxwell

Secretaries / chief executive officers

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  • 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–present

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Cricket West Indies (CWI) – Our Partners". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. ^ "CWI announces Betway as official betting partner". Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b Patterson Report [1] Archived 21 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine p. 32
  4. ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford in Beckles et al., op. cit., p.30
  5. ^ a b Connelly, Charlie (2014). Wisden – Elk Stopped Play: And Other Tales from Wisden's 'Cricket Round the World'. A&C Black. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-140-88-3237-0.
  6. ^ Special award for Ram Hiralal
  7. ^ Off The Beaten Track: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivore, Lithuania, Suriname, Wallis & Futuna
  8. ^ "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

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