The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed "The Windies", are one of the twelve Test cricket teams, having gained Test status in 1928. A combined West Indian team made its Test debut in 1976, and its One Day International in 1979. Military officials established cricket clubs, including the St. Annes Garrison Club, and integrated cricket pitches into garrisons in the Caribbean. Today the West Indies, better know as the Caribbean, is comprised of many island countries, dependencies and territories, and (as a group) remain one of the premier tourist destinations on the planet. In the sport of cricket, the West Indies is a sporting confederation of fifteen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, many of which historically formed the British West Indies. [1][2][3] In the 1890s, the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. In 2009, Worrell was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. In the case of the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 the following first-class domestic teams participate: Barbados cricket team. In the sport of cricket, the West Indies is a sporting confederation of fifteen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and territories, many of which historically formed the British West Indies. [2], Cricket has traditionally the most popular sport in the West Indies, both before and after independence. They are a symbol of pride and hope and their success on the cricket field united a region in tatters in the post colonial period. Jamaica, for example, has dominated athletics for the past decade and even qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Domestic competitions organised across the whole of the West Indies include the Regional Four Day Competition (First-class), the Regional Super50 (List A) and the Caribbean Premier League (Twenty20). Not many would be surprised to know this. The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing the West Indies.It is considered the second-tier of West Indies international cricket, below the top-level West Indies cricket team.. Cricket has liberated many a West Indian from the shackles of poverty and social backwardness and has elevated many players to the status of heroes and icons. As former West Indian cricket legend Michael Holding said, “We have different flags, different currencies, different accents and different national anthems... Cricket is the only thing the West Indies do together.”, The current West Indies side represents several Caribbean nations | AP, the Test series saw the Windies outclassed, hard-fought tie in the second game in Visakhapatnam, Shiv Sena proposes Urmila Matondkar's name for a Legislative Council seat, Joe Biden continues addressing campaign rally in Florida despite rain, Dhanush sings for AR Rahman for Bollywood film ‘Atrangi Re’, Loan moratorium: How can you avail interest-on-interest waiver? They were considered amongst the strongest Test teams from the 1960s, ushering a golden age in which they were undisputed champions for the latter part of the 1970s to the mid 1990s. TIMEHRI, Guyana, 3 April 2007 – Under banners proclaiming Unite for Children Unite against AIDS, young cricketers from across Guyana welcomed the West Indies cricket team as they arrived at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Timehri last week.. All you need to know, Scientists trace genetic legacy of modern dogs to Ice Age canines. Trinidad & Tobago. [5], The English were eager to promote cricket throughout the British Empire, and on 31 May 1926 the West Indian Cricket Board, along with their New Zealand and Indian counterparts, was elected to the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC), which previously consisted of the English and representatives of Australia and South Africa.