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West Indies

Nickname(s)	Windies
Association	Cricket West Indies
Personnel
Test captain	Kraigg Brathwaite
One Day captain	Shai Hope
T20I captain	Rovman Powell
Test coach	Andre Coley
History
Test status acquired	1928 (96 years ago) (1928)
Hong Kong Sixes wins	1
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full Member (1926)
ICC region	Americas
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever Test 8th 1st (1 January 1964) ODI 10th 1st (1 June 1981) T20I 3rd 1st (10 January 2016)
Tests
First Test	v.  England at Lord's, London; 23–26 June 1928
Last Test	v.  South Africa at Providence Stadium, Providence; 15–17 August 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost Total 580 183/214 (182 draws, 1 tie) This year 7 1/5 (1 draw)
World Test Championship appearances	2 (first in 2021)
Best result	8th place (2021, 2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v.  England at Headingley, Leeds; 5 September 1973
Last ODI	v.  England at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown; 6 November 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total 879 423/415 (11 ties, 30 no results) This year 9 3/6 (0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances	12 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1975, 1979)
World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	Runners-up (2018)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 16 February 2006
Last T20I	v.  England at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet; 17 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total 213 93/106 (3 ties, 11 no results) This year 24 14/9 (0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2012, 2016)
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
As of 17 November 2024

The West Indies cricket team, officially The Windies, is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies—a group of mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region—and administered by Cricket West Indies. The players on this composite team are selected from a chain of fifteen Caribbean nation-states and territories. As of 12 July  2024 (2024 -07-12)^[update], the West Indies cricket team is ranked eighth in Tests, tenth in ODIs, and third in T20Is in the official ICC rankings.

From the mid-late 1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was the strongest in the world in both Test and One Day International cricket. A number of cricketers who were considered among the best in the world have hailed from the West Indies: 21 of these have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

The West Indies have won the ICC Cricket World Cup twice (1975 and 1979, when it was styled the Prudential Cup), the ICC T20 World Cup twice (2012 and 2016, when it was styled World Twenty20), the ICC Champions Trophy once (2004), the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup once (2016), and have also finished as runners-up in the Cricket World Cup (1983), the Under 19 Cricket World Cup (2004), and the ICC Champions Trophy (2006). The West Indies appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals (1975, 1979 and 1983), and were the first team to win back-to-back World Cups (1975 and 1979), both of these records have been surpassed only by Australia, who appeared in 4 consecutive World Cup Finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007) .

The West Indies have hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, and co-hosted (with the United States of America) the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.

Member states and dependencies

The current team represents:

• Sovereign states
  •  Antigua and Barbuda^L
  •  Barbados
  •  Dominica^W
  •  Grenada^W
  •  Guyana
  •  Jamaica
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis
    •  Nevis^L
    •  Saint Kitts^L
  •  Saint Lucia^W
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^W
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
• Constituent country of the  Kingdom of the Netherlands
  •  Sint Maarten^L
• Overseas Territories of the  United Kingdom
  •  Anguilla^L
  •  British Virgin Islands^L
  •  Montserrat^L
• Territory of the  United States
  •  U.S. Virgin Islands^L

Note

Affiliates in Cricket West Indies

Map of Cricket West Indies' members and affiliates. Full members are in bold, sub-members are in normal text, and affiliates in italics.

Cricket West Indies, the governing body of the team, consists of the six cricket associations of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. The Leeward Islands Cricket Association consists of three cricket associations from two sovereign states (one from Antigua and Barbuda, and two from Saint Kitts and Nevis), three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat), one U.S. territory (the U.S. Virgin Islands), and one Dutch constituent country (Sint Maarten). The Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control consists of associations of four sovereign states (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

Two more British Overseas Territories in the region that have once been historical parts of the former West Indies Federation, the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, have their own national teams currently.

National teams also exist for the various islands, which, as they are all separate countries, very much keep their local identities and support their local favourites. These national teams take part in the West Indian first-class competition, the Regional Four Day Competition (earlier known as the Busta Cup, Shell Shield, Carib Beer Cup, and various other names). It is also common for other international teams to play the island teams for warm-up games before they take on the combined West Indies team.

The combined population of these countries and territories is around 6 million people, comparable to fellow Full Members New Zealand and Ireland, and prominent Associate Member Scotland. Between 1928 and 2022 among the 385 men to play for West Indies, 67.8% hailed from either Barbados (98 players, 25.5%), Jamaica (83 players, 21.6%) or Trinidad and Tobago (83 players, 21.6%).

The member associations of Cricket West Indies are:

• Barbados Cricket Association (BCA)
• Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)
• Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA)
• Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA); itself composed of:
  • Anguilla Cricket Association
  • Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association
  • British Virgin Islands Cricket Association
  • Montserrat Cricket Association
  • Nevis Cricket Association (for the island of Nevis alone)
  • Saint Kitts Cricket Association (for the island of Saint Kitts alone)
  • Sint Maarten Cricket Association
  • United States Virgin Islands Cricket Association
• Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB)
• Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control (WICBC); itself composed of:
  • Dominica Cricket Association
  • Grenada Cricket Association
  • Saint Lucia Cricket Association
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association

Potential future members

• The Bahamas
• Overseas collectivities of France
  • Saint Barthélemy^L
  • Saint Martin^L
• Overseas regions of the French Republic
  • Guadeloupe^L
  • Martinique^W
• Special municipalities of the Netherlands
  • Saba^L
  • Sint Eustatius^L

History

Learie Constantine, who played Test cricket in the 1920s and 1930s, was one of the first great West Indian players.

Daren Sammy. The West Indies have won three major tournament titles: the Champions Trophy once, and the World Twenty20 twice. Both World T20s were won with Sammy as captain, making him the only West Indian captain besides Clive Lloyd with multiple ICC tournament victories.

The history of the West Indies cricket team began in the 1890s, when the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. The WICB joined the sport's international ruling body, the Imperial Cricket Conference, in 1926, and played their first official international match, granted Test status, in 1928, thus becoming the fourth Test 'nation'. In their early days in the 1930s, the side represented the British colonies that would later form the West Indies Federation plus British Guiana.

The last series the West Indies played before the outbreak of the Second World War was against England in 1939. There followed a hiatus that lasted until January 1948 when the MCC toured the West Indies. Of the West Indies players in that first match after the war only Gerry Gomez, George Headley, Jeffrey Stollmeyer, and Foffie Williams had previously played Test cricket. In 1948, leg spinner Wilfred Ferguson became the first West Indian bowler to take ten wickets in a Test, finishing with 11/229 in a match against England; later that same year Hines Johnson became the first West Indies fast bowler to achieve the feat, managing 10/96 against the same opponents.

The West Indies defeated England for the first time at Lord's on 29 June 1950. Ramadhin and Alf Valentine were the architects of the victory which inspired a calypso by Lord Beginner. Later on 16 August 1950, completed a 3–1 series win when they won at The Oval. Although blessed with some great players in their early days as a Test team, their successes remained sporadic until the 1960s when the side changed from a white-dominated to a black-dominated side under the successive captaincies of Frank Worrell and Gary Sobers.

The team won the inaugural World Cup in England in 1975, and successfully defended the title in 1979. By the late 1970s, the West Indies led by Clive Lloyd had a side recognised as unofficial world champions, a reputation they retained throughout the 1980s. During these glory years, the West Indies were noted for their four-man fast bowling attack, backed up by some of the best batsmen in the world. In 1976, fast bowler Michael Holding took 14/149 in the OvalTest against England, setting a record which still stands for best bowling figures in a Test by a West Indies bowler. The 1980s saw the team set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 "blackwashes" on England.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket declined, largely owing to the failure of the West Indian Cricket Board to move the game from an amateur pastime to a professional sport, coupled with the general economic decline in West Indian countries, and the team struggling to retain its past glory. Victory in the 2004 Champions Trophy and a runner-up showing in the 2006 Champions Trophy left some hopeful, but it was not until the inception of Twenty20 cricket that the West Indies began to regain a place among the cricketing elite and among cricket fans, as they developed ranks of players capable of taking over games with their power hitting, including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, DJ Bravo, Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite. They beat Australia and then host Sri Lanka in the 2012 World Twenty20 to win their first ICC world championship since the 1979 World Cup and then bested England to win the 2016 World Twenty20, making them the first team to win the World Twenty20 twice. As an added bonus, the West Indies also became the first to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20 on the same day, as the women's team beat three-time defending champion Australia for their first ICC world title immediately beforehand. For the first time in the history of the tournament, the team did not qualify for the 2023 World Cup after losing to Scotland in the Super Six stage of the Qualifiers.

Flag and anthem

Former flag of the West Indies cricket team used until 1999. This flag became public domain but the current version is copyrighted.

Most cricketing nations use their own national flags for cricketing purposes. However, as the West Indies represent a number of independent states and dependencies, there is no natural choice of flag. The WICB has, therefore, developed an insignia showing a palm tree and cricket stumps on a small sunny island (see the top of this article). The insignia, on a maroon background, makes up the West Indian flag. The background sometimes has a white stripe above a green stripe, which is separated by a maroon stripe, passing horizontally through the middle of the background. Prior to 1999, the WICB(C) had used a similar insignia featuring a cabbage palm tree and an island, but there were no stumps and, instead of the sun, there was the constellation Orion. It was designed in 1923 by Sir Algernon Aspinall, then Secretary of the West India Committee. Around the same time in the 1920s the suggested motto for the West Indies team was "Nec curat Orion leones", which comes from a quote by Horace, meaning that Orion, as symbolical of the West Indies XI, does not worry about the lions [of English cricket].

For ICC tournaments, an adapted version of "Rally 'Round the West Indies" by David Rudder is used as the team's anthem.

Venues

Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad

The following eleven stadiums have been used for at least one Test match. The number of Tests played at each venue followed by the number of One Day Internationals and twenty20 internationals played at that venue is in brackets as of 2 April 2021:

• Queen's Park Oval – Port of Spain, Trinidad (63/73/6): The Queen's Park Oval has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean and first hosted a Test match in 1930. The ground is considered one of the most picturesque venues in the world of cricket, featuring the view Trinidad's Northern Range. It has a capacity of over 18,000.
• Kensington Oval – Bridgetown, Barbados (55/48/32):Kensington Oval hosted the region's first Test match in 1930 and is recognised as the 'Mecca' of West Indies cricket. Its capacity was increased from 15,000 to 28,000 for the 2007 World Cup and down to its current capacity of 11,000 post – World Cup. It has hosted two ICC world finals – the 2007 Cricket World Cup Final, which Australia won over Sri Lanka, and the 2010 World Twenty20 Final, which England won against Australia.
• Bourda – Georgetown, Guyana (30/11/0): Bourda first hosted a Test match in 1930. It was the only Test ground in South America (until the use of Providence), and the only one below sea level and with its own moat (to prevent the pitch from frequent flooding). It has a capacity of around 22,000. It is remembered for the Pitch Invasion during an April 1999, One Day International between Australia and the West Indies, with Australia needing 3 runs to tie and 4 to win off the last ball, a full scale pitch invasion, resulted in the match being deemed a tie, due to the stumps having been stolen before the West Indian team could effect a run out.
• Sabina Park – Kingston, Jamaica (54/41/9): Sabina Park first hosted a Test match in 1930. The Blue Mountains, which are famed for their coffee, form the backdrop. Sabina Park played host to Garry Sobers' then world-record 365 not out. In 1998, the Test against England was abandoned here on the opening day because the pitch was too dangerous. It has a capacity of 15,000.
• Antigua Recreation Ground – St John's, Antigua (22/11/0): Antigua Recreation Ground first hosted a Test in 1981. Three Test triple centuries have been scored on this ground: Chris Gayle's 317 in 2005, and Brian Lara's world record scores of 375 in 1994 and 400 not out in 2004. The historic stadium was removed from the roster of grounds hosting international matches in June 2006, to make way for the island's new cricket stadium, being constructed 3 miles outside the capital city expected to be completed in time for its hosting of matches for Cricket World Cup 2007. However, after the abandoned Test match between England and the West Indies in February 2009 at the new North Sound ground, Test cricket returned to the ARG.
• Arnos Vale – Arnos Vale, Kingstown, St Vincent (3/23/7): The Arnos Vale Ground a.k.a. The Playing Fields first hosted a Test in 1997.
• National Cricket Stadium – St George's, Grenada (4/25/8): Queen's Park, Grenada first hosted a Test in 2002.
• Daren Sammy Cricket Ground – Gros Islet, St Lucia (10/26/26): Originally the Beauséjour Cricket Ground, first hosted a Test in 2003. It has a capacity of 12,000. This was the first stadium in the Caribbean to host a day-night cricket match. The match was between the West Indies and Zimbabwe. New Zealand was scheduled to play a test in 2014 to mark the return to Test cricket after a break of 8 years. Following the West Indies' victory in the 2016 World Twenty20, the St. Lucian government renamed the venue after captain Sammy, a native St. Lucian, with another St. Lucian – Johnson Charles – having a stand named in his honor after also being part of the 2012 and 2016 championship squads.
• Warner Park Stadium – Basseterre, St Kitts (3/18/10): The Warner Park Sporting Complex hosted its first One Day International on 23 May 2006 and its first Test match on 22 June 2006. The stadium has a permanent capacity of 8,000, with provisions for temporary stands to enable the hosting figure to past 10,000.
• Providence Stadium – Georgetown, Guyana (3/24/16): The Providence Stadium hosted its first One Day International on 28 March 2007 for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and its first Test match on 22 March 2008. The stadium has a permanent capacity of 15,000, and is to host Test cricket instead of Bourda.
• Sir Vivian Richards Stadium – North Sound, Antigua (12/24/12): The Sir Viv Richards Stadium hosted its first One Day International on 27 March 2007 for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and its first Test match on 30 May 2008. The stadium has a permanent capacity of 10,000, and is to host Test cricket instead of the Antigua Recreation Ground.
• Windsor Park Stadium – Roseau, Dominica (6/4/4): Windsor Park is another home venue for the West Indian team. Construction first started on it in 2005, and it finally opened in October 2007, too late to serve as a venue for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It hosts first-class cricket and hosted its first Test on 6 July 2011 against India, however it held its first One Day International on 26 July 2009. It has a seating capacity of 12,000.

Three further stadia have been used for One Day Internationals, or Twenty20 Internationals but not Test matches. The number of One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals played at each venue is shown in the table below:

ODI and T20I grounds

The following four stadiums have been used for at least one international match other than Test matches.

Clothing

Viv Richards, who has a Test batting average of 50.23 from 121 matches, captained the West Indies from 1985–86 to 1991, a period throughout which the West Indies were the best Test match side in the world.

When playing one-day cricket, the West Indies cricket team wear a maroon-coloured shirt and trousers. The shirt also sports the logo of the West Indian Cricket Board and the name of their suppliers Macron. The one-day cap is maroon with the WICB logo on the left of the front, with two yellow stripes.

When playing T20I cricket, the team dons a yellow-coloured shirt with maroon-coloured sleeves, with two stripes of sky blue and yellow. The shirt also features the logo of the manufacturer along with the crest of the Cricket Board.

When playing first-class cricket, in addition to their cricket flannels West Indian fielders sometimes wear a maroon sunhat with a wide brim or a maroon baggy cap. The WICB logo is on the front of the hat. Helmets are coloured similarly. The sweater was edged with Maroon, green and grey. Gold was added to the stripes in the early 2000s. The design reverted to a simple maroon facing when the West Indies began wearing fleeces. In 2020 they again wore the traditional cable knit sweaters edged with Maroon and Green. When the team toured they wore maroon caps but in test matches in the Caribbean, it was customary for the team to wear dark blue caps until the late 1970s. The blazers awarded for home tests were dark blue with white and green facings. An example is displayed in the museum at Lord's. After 1977 home and away teams both wore maroon caps and the blazers were the same colours.

During World Series Cricket, coloured uniforms were adopted. The initial West Indies uniform was pink and was later changed to maroon to match their Test match caps. Grey was also added as a secondary colour. In some of their uniforms grey has been dominant over the traditional maroon. Some uniforms had green, yellow or white as accent colour.

Former uniform suppliers were Castore (2019–2023), BLK (2017–2019), Joma (2015–2017), Woodworm (2008–2015), Admiral (2000–2005), Asics (1999 World Cup), UK Sportsgear (1997–1998), ISC (1992–1996) and Adidas (1979–1991).

Former sponsors were Sandals (2018–2021) Digicel (2005–2018), KFC (2006–2009), Cable & Wireless (2000–2004), Carib Beer (1999–2001) and Kingfisher (1996–1999).

West Indies women's cricket team

The West Indies women's cricket team have a much lower profile than the men's team. They played 11 Test matches between 1975–76 and 1979, winning once, losing three times, and drawing the other games. Since then, they have only played one further Test match, a drawn game against Pakistan in 2003–04. They also have an infrequent record in One Day Internationals. A team from Trinidad and Tobago and a team from Jamaica played in the first women's World Cup in 1973, with both sides faring poorly, finishing fifth and sixth respectively out of a field of seven. The Windies united as a team to play their first ODI in 1979, but thereafter did not play until the 1993 World Cup. The side has never been one of the leading sides in the world, however, since the 2013 World Cup, where the team finished runner-ups, the team has improved reasonably well. Their main success being achieving second place in the International Women's Cricket Council Trophy, a competition for the second tier of women's national cricket teams, in 2003. Their overall record in one-dayers is to have played 177, won 80, lost 91 with one tie and 5 no results .

Because of the women's side's relatively low profile, there are few well-known names in the game. The most notable is probably Nadine George, a wicket-keeper/batsman, who became the first, and to date only, West Indian woman to score a Test century, in Karachi, Pakistan in 2003–04. George is a prominent supporter of sport in the West Indies, and in particular, in her native St Lucia, and in 2005 was made an MBE by the Prince of Wales for services to sport.

2016 saw the West Indies women win their first ICC world championship – the 2016 Women's World Twenty20, after beating three-time defending champion Australia by eight wickets at Eden Gardens with members of the men's team in the crowd to support.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within West Indies

ICC World Test Championship

Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
Hosts, Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1975	Champions	1/8	5	5	0	0	0
1979			5	4	0	0	1
1983	Runners-up	2/8	8	6	2	0	0
1987	Round 1	5/8	6	3	3	0	0
1992		6/9	8	4	4	0	0
1996	Semi-finals	4/12	7	3	4	0	0
1999	Round 1	7/12	5	3	2	0	0
2003		7/14	6	3	2	0	1
2007	Super 8	6/16	10	5	5	0	0
2011	Quarter-finals	8/14	7	3	4	0	0
2015		8/14	7	3	4	0	0
2019	Group stage	9/10	9	2	6	0	1
2023	Did not qualify
Total	12/13	2 Titles	80	43	35	0	2

ICC Trophy/ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

• 1979–2014: Not eligible (top 8 in ODI rankings and Full Member of ICC)
• 2018: Runner-up (qualified for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019)
• 2023: Super Six (5th Position)

ICC T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record
Hosts, Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2007	Group stage	11/12	2	0	2	0	0
2009	Semi-finals	4/12	6	3	3	0	0
2010	Super 8	6/12	5	3	2	0	0
2012	Champions	1/12	7	3	2	1	1
2014	Semi-finals	3/16	5	3	2	0	0
2016	Champions	1/16	6	5	1	0	0
2021	Super 12	9/16	5	1	4	0	0
2022	Group Stage	15/16	3	1	2	0	0
2024	Super 8	5/20	7	5	2	0	0
Total	9/9	2 titles	46	24	20	1	1

ICC Champions Trophy

Known as the 'ICC Knockout' in 1998 and 2000.

Champions Trophy record
Hosts, Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1998	Runners-up	2/9	3	2	1	0	0
2000	Round 1	11/11	1	0	1	0	0
2002		7/12	2	1	1	0	0
2004	Champions	1/12	4	4	0	0	0
2006	Runners-up	2/10	8	5	3	0	0
2009	Round 1	8/8	3	0	3	0	0
2013		6/8	3	1	1	1	0
2017	Did not qualify
2025
Total	7/9	1 title	24	13	10	1	0

Honours

• World Cup:
  • Champions (2): 1975, 1979
  • Runners-up (1): 1983
• T20 World Cup:
  • Champions (2): 2012, 2016
• Champions Trophy:
  • Champions (1): 2004
  • Runners-up (2): 1998, 2006

Statistics and records

Source:

Brian Lara holds the world record for highest score in Test cricket (400 v. England in 2003–04)

Innings totals above 700

For: 790 for 3 declared against Pakistan in Kingston in 1957–58; 751 for 5 declared against England in St John's in 2003–04; 747 all out against South Africa in St John's in 2004–05; 749 for 9 declared against England in Bridgetown in 2008–2009
Against: 849 by England in Kingston in 1929–30; 758 for 8 declared by Australia in Kingston in 1954–55

Innings totals below 60

For: 47 against England in Kingston in 2003–04; 51 against Australia in Port of Spain in 1998–99; 53 against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1986–87; 54 against England at Lord's in 2000; 60 against Pakistan in Karachi in 2017–18 (60/9 (Surrender))
Against: 46 by England in Port of Spain in 1993–94; 51 by England in Kingston in 2008–09

Triple centuries scored for the Windies

400 not out by Brian Lara against England at St John's in 2003–04; 375 by Brian Lara against England at St John's in 1993–94; 365 not out by Garry Sobers against Pakistan at Kingston in 1957–58; 333 by Chris Gayle against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2010–11; 317 by Chris Gayle against South Africa at St John's in 2004–05; 302 by Lawrence Rowe against England at Bridgetown in 1973–74

Twelve or more wickets were taken for the Windies in a Test match

14 for the cost of 149 runs by Michael Holding against England at the Oval in 1976; 13 for 55 by Courtney Walsh against New Zealand in Wellington in 1994–95; Shanon Gabriel took 13 for 121 against Sri Lanka.:12 for 121 by Andy Roberts against India in Madras in 1974–

Hat-tricks

Wes Hall against Pakistan in 1959; Lance Gibbs against Australia in 1961; Courtney Walsh against Australia in 1988; and Jermaine Lawson against Australia in 2003

One-day matches

Hat-trick

An ODI hat-trick performance was made by Jerome Taylor on 19 October 2006 at Mumbai in an ICC Champions Trophy league match against Australia

At the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup, Kemar Roach became the sixth bowler to claim a World Cup hat-trick against the Netherlands.

Test captains

The following men have captained the West Indian cricket team in at least one Test match:

Courtney Walsh, who captained the West Indies between 1993–94 and 1997–98.

Current squad

West Indies released the list of their 2024–2025 national contracts on 2 October 2024. 2-year contracts were offered for the first time. 15 players have been contracted, with 6 players being offered 2-year contracts based on their recent international performances.

This is a list of every active player who is contracted to West Indies, has played for West Indies since November 2023 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Contracted players are listed in bold, uncapped players are listed in italics.

Last updated: 18th November 2024

• Forms – This refers to the forms they've played for West Indies in the past year, not over their whole West Indies career
• S/N – Shirt number

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	S/N	Captain	Last Test	Last ODI	Last T20I
Batters
Jewel Andrew	18	Right-handed	N/A	Leeward Islands	ODI	N/A		N/A	2024	N/A
Alick Athanaze	26	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Windward Islands	Test, ODI, T20I	28		2024	2024	2024
Teddy Bishop	21	Right-handed	N/A	Windward Islands	ODI	50		N/A	2024	N/A
Kraigg Brathwaite	32	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Barbados	Test	11	Test (C)	2024	2017	N/A
Keacy Carty	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Leeward Islands	Test, ODI	96		2024	2024	N/A
Tagenarine Chanderpaul	28	Left-handed	N/A	Guyana	Test	30		2024	N/A	N/A
Johnson Charles	35	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Windward Islands	T20I	25		N/A	2023	2024
Shimron Hetmyer	27	Left-handed	N/A	Guyana	ODI, T20I	2		2019	2024	2024
Tevin Imlach	28	Right-handed	N/A	Guyana	Test	N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A
Brandon King	30	Right-handed	N/A	Jamaica	ODI, T20I	53		N/A	2024	2024
Evin Lewis	32	Left-handed	N/A	Trinidad and Tobago	ODI, T20I	17		N/A	2024	2024
Mikyle Louis	24	Right-handed	N/A	Leeward Islands	Test	80		2024	N/A	N/A
Kirk McKenzie	24	Left-handed	N/A	Jamaica	Test	73		2024	N/A	N/A
Kjorn Ottley	35	Left-handed	N/A	Trinidad and Tobago	ODI	67		N/A	2024	N/A
Rovman Powell	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Jamaica	T20I	52	T20I (C)	N/A	2023	2024
Sherfane Rutherford	26	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Jamaica	ODI, T20I	50		N/A	2024	2024
All-rounders
Fabian Allen	29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Jamaica	T20I	97		N/A	2022	2024
Roston Chase	32	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Barbados	ODI, T20I	10	T20I (VC)	2023	2024	2024
Justin Greaves	30	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Leeward Islands	Test, ODI	66		2024	2024	N/A
Kavem Hodge	31	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Windward Islands	Test, ODI	22		2024	2024	N/A
Jason Holder	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Barbados	Test, T20I	98		2024	2023	2024
Kyle Mayers	32	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Barbados	T20I	71		2023	2023	2024
Andre Russell	36	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Jamaica	T20I	12		2010	2019	2024
Romario Shepherd	30	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Guyana	ODI, T20I	16		N/A	2024	2024
Shamar Springer	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Windward Islands	T20I	N/A		N/A	N/A	2024
Wicket-keepers
Joshua da Silva	26	Right-handed	N/A	Trinidad and Tobago	Test	35	Test (VC)	2024	2021	N/A
Andre Fletcher	37	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast, leg spin	Windward Islands	T20I	72		N/A	2016	2024
Shai Hope	31	Right-handed	N/A	Barbados	ODI, T20I	4	ODI (C)	2021	2024	2024
Nicholas Pooran	29	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Trinidad and Tobago	T20I	29		N/A	2023	2024
Pace bowlers
Matthew Forde	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CCC	ODI, T20I	5		N/A	2024	2024
Terrance Hinds	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Trinidad and Tobago	T20I	N/A		N/A	N/A	2024
Alzarri Joseph	28	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Leeward Islands	Test, ODI, T20I	8	ODI (VC)	2024	2024	2024
Shamar Joseph	25	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Guyana	Test, ODI, T20I	70		2024	2024	2024
Obed McCoy	27	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Windward Islands	T20I	61		N/A	2018	2024
Anderson Phillip	28	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Trinidad and Tobago	Test	48		2022	2022	N/A
Kemar Roach	36	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Barbados	Test	24		2024	2022	2012
Jayden Seales	23	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Trinidad and Tobago	Test, ODI	33		2024	2024	N/A
Oshane Thomas	27	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Leeward Islands	ODI, T20I	42		N/A	2024	2023
Spin bowlers
Yannic Cariah	32	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Trinidad and Tobago	ODI	59		N/A	2023	2022
Akeal Hosein	31	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Trinidad and Tobago	T20I	7		N/A	2023	2024
Gudakesh Motie	29	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Guyana	Test, ODI, T20I	64		2024	2024	2024
Kevin Sinclair	25	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Guyana	Test	77		2024	2023	2021
Hayden Walsh	32	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Leeward Islands	ODI, T20I	86		N/A	2024	2024
Jomel Warrican	32	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Barbados	Test	65		2024	N/A	N/A

Coaching staff

Test

Limited overs

Coaching history

• 1992–1995: Rohan Kanhai
• 1995–1996: Andy Roberts
• 1996–1999: Malcolm Marshall
• 1999: Viv Richards (interim)
• 2000–2003: Roger Harper
• 2003–2004: Gus Logie
• 2004–2007: Bennett King
• 2007: David Moore (interim)
• 2007–2009: John Dyson
• 2009–2010: David Williams (interim)
• 2010–2014: Ottis Gibson
• 2015–2016: Phil Simmons
• 2017–2018: Stuart Law
• 2018: Nic Pothas (interim)
• 2019: Richard Pybus (interim)
• 2019: Floyd Reifer (interim)
• 2019–2022: Phil Simmons
• 2022: Andre Coley (interim)
• 2023–present: Andre Coley (Test) and Daren Sammy (Limited overs)

See also

In Spanish: Selección de críquet de Indias Occidentales para niños

• Cricket in the West Indies
• Cricket West Indies
• Fire in Babylon
• History of the West Indian cricket team
• List of West Indies Test cricket records
• West Indies A cricket team
• West Indies High Performance Centre
• West Indies women's cricket team
• West Indies under-19 cricket team