Cricket in the Caribbean

[harsh.ag]

I realized the other day that I couldn't even name all the countries who play cricket under the name of West Indies. And in general, too, I don't know much about how they go about selecting players from these countries, and how the selection panel is formed etc.

I am putting up a list of the countries, and the cities and grounds where they play their cricket:

Anguilla - The Valley - Ronald Webster Park
Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua and North Sound - Antigua Recreation Ground and Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Barbados - Bridgetown - Kensington Oval and 3Ws Oval
British Virgin Islands - Road Town - A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Dominica - Roseau - Windsor Park
Grenada - St. George's - Queen's Park
Guyana - Georgetown and Providence - Bourda and Providence Stadium
Jamaica - Kingston - Sabina Park
Montserrat - Salem - Salem Oval
St. Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre - Warner Park
St. Lucia - Gros Islet - Beausejour Stadium
St. Vincent - Kingstown - Arnos Vale Stadium
Sint Maarten - Philipsburg - Carib Lumber Ball Park
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain and Pointe-a-Pierre - Queen's Park Oval and Guaracara Park
U.S. Virgin Islands - Charlotte Amelie - Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground

Feel free to add any bit of information about cricket in the Caribbean

 

[harsh.ag]

According to their website, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have the following members:

Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Windward Islands

The Leeward Islands include: British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Sint Maarten and Anguilla. There are many non-cricketing islands on the full list. They are so named because early Spanish colonizers called Puerto Rico and the islands to the west Sotavento, meaning leeward.

The Windward Islands include: Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada. They also include Martinique which does not seem to play cricket. The Windward Islands are so named because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the West Indies blow east to west.

 

[harsh.ag]

The WICB, originally named The West Indies Cricket Board of Control, was established in the early 1920s with the help of an influential MCC member, R.H. Mallet. Each of the above six members of the board have their own territorial cricket associations. Initially, after the first Board meeting in 1927, it was decided that Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and T&T would provide 2 delegates to the Board, with 1 each from Winward and Leeward. In 1982, the Board was enlarged and now each provides 2 Directors to the WICB, in addition to a number of non-member Directors.

The President is appointed by the Board at an Ordinary General Meeting and has 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 is for two years (eligible for re-election) or until his successor is appointed. Board members are also 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.

Back then, 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.

 

[harsh.ag]

Until 2007, the Board consisted of a president, vice president and twelve directors ― two each drawn from the six Territorial Boards. Early in 2007, the decision was taken to add four non-member directors appointed by the Board. This has brought the total number of directors to eighteen.

The Board has five sub-committees - Cricket Executive Development, Selection, Marketing, Finance & Investment, and Disciplinary - but it is not clear which of these are active. For example, the Marketing and Finance & Investment Committees have not met for sometime. Moreover, there does not seem to be established procedures for reporting to the Board. On occasion, matters are sent to the Executive Committee of the Board (consisting of the President and the six Presidents of the Territorial Boards) presumably when quick decisions are required, with apparently no settled procedures for reporting to the full Board.

 

[sledger]

Feel free to add any bit of information about cricket in the Caribbean

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