Leeward Islands (Cricketteam)

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Leeward Islands
Alternative names Leeward Islands Hurricanes
founded 1958/1980
Colours Bordeaux red / gold
Home stadium Warner Park Sporting Complex
other stages Antigua Recreation Ground
First class championships 3 + 1 shared
One Day Cup victories 5 + 2 shared
T20 Cup victories 0
As of June 15, 2016

The Lewaard Islands are a first class cricket team that represents the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association. You have been playing first-class cricket games on the West Indies cricket board since 1958 , but have only been taking part independently in first-class competitions since 1980.

Associations

The Association of the Lewaard Islands is an amalgamation of the associations of the island states of the British Leeward Islands , which were dissolved in 1958 , whereby Dominica was assigned to the Winward Islands rather than the Leeward Islands according to the classic division of the islands over the wind . Nevis and St. Kitts also have independent associations, although they are now united in the state of St. Kitts and Nevis . The participating associations are:

history

First games and combined islands

The first first class match took place on July 5, 1958 between the Leeward Islands and Jamaica . Jamaica won with 1 innings and 19 runs. The Leeward Islands achieved their first victory against Guyana in the 1968/69 season on February 12, 1969. The Leeward Islands won with 43 runs. From the 1976/77 season, the Leeward Islands took part as an independent team in the one-day competition in the West Indies . Until the 1980/81 season, the players of the Leeward Islands played together with those of the Winward Islands as Combined Islands in the Regional Four Day Competition . After their first win of the championship, the two teams parted ways.

The successful decade

In the 1990s the team celebrated numerous successes and dominated one-day cricket in particular. So they were able to win all games in first-class competition in the 1989/90 season and thus secured the championship before Barbados . In the 1992/93 season they shared the championship in the One-Day Cup with Guyana and the Winward Islands. Until 1997/98 the team was able to compete three times (divided once) in the first-class competition and three times in the one-day competition.

Stages

The primary home stadium is the Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre , St. Kitts and Nevis , where the association's headquarters are also located. However, other stadiums are also used for home games. International cricket venues in the Leeward Islands are Antigua Recreation Ground in St.John’s and Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound , both in Antigua and Barbuda.

successes

First class cricket

Winning the Regional Four Day Competition (3 + 1 shared): 1989/90 , 1993/94 , 1995/96 , 1997/98 (shared),

One-day cricket

Winning the WICB Cup : (shared 5 + 2) 1977/78 , 1981/82 , 1992/93 (shared), 1993/94 , 1994/95 , 1997/98 , 2010/2011 (divided)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leeward Islands vs Jamaica ( English ) CricketArchive. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Leeward Islands vs Gyana ( English ) CricketArchive. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b A brief history of West Indies domestic one-day cricket ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  4. ^ First-class domestic competitions ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Red Stripe Cup 1989/90 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Geddes Grant Shield 1992/93 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved June 15, 2016.