West Indies Cricket Team

The West Indies cricket team shortened, also known as The Windies or The West Indies, sports Cricket is one of ten national teams, test cricket games are played. It is one of the " national ", in which players from more than one state are located.

• 6.1 Cricket World Cup
• 6.2 Champions Trophy
• 6.3 World Twenty20

History

His first official Test match against England took place at Lord 's Cricket Ground in London from 23 to June 26, 1928 instead. Between the mid- 1970s and early 1990s, the West Indies team was world belonged in the Test and one- day cricket and also won the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979, in 1983 they lost against underdogs India only in the finale. In 2004, the team indeed won the ICC Champions Trophy, but this was a "positive slip" in an incipient since the 90s and up to the tournament victory at the Twenty20 World Cup in 2012 continuing downward spiral.

The first major cricket tournament in the Caribbean was the Cricket World Cup 2007, in which the West Indies but disappointing sections.

First-class teams

The territory of the West Indies for the major part of the English-speaking Caribbean. Within this area there are six first-class teams that are fighting for the "national" championship, these are partially mergers of smaller countries or islands.

• Barbados Barbados
• Guyana Guyana
• Jamaica Jamaica
• Leeward Islands ( Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten St. Maarten)
• Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
• Windward Islands ( Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Other territories, such as the Bahamas or Bermuda are not a member of the West Indies Cricket Board, but independent members of the International Cricket Council with little sporting significance. Only Bermuda had from 1 January 2006 to 8 April 2009 the status of a One- Day International team.

Famous Players

Many of the most famous players in the history of cricket come from the Caribbean, for example:

Captains

Test Match Captains

So far, a total of 34 players have acted as captain for West Indies in a Test match.

Stadiums

The crew of the West Indies has been used on home soil 12 stadiums for hosting Test matches:

International Tournaments

Cricket World Cup

Champions Trophy

World Twenty20

• 2007 Preliminary
• 2009 semi-final
• 2010 Super 8
• 2012 winners