Cricket in the West Indies Cricket in the West Indies The 2005-06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this period but are to play home matches during April, May and June 2006. The season began on 2005-10-03 with the first matches of the one-day KFC Cup, and is scheduled to last until 2006-03-19 when England A depart after their tour which will include one-day and first class matches against the West Indies A team. The West Indies will not play any home Tests during their home season, but they have toured Australia (losing the 3-Test series 0–3), and will tour New Zealand in February and March, immediately after the conclusion of the 2005-06 Carib Beer Cup, the first class competition. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005-06 West Indian cricket season"
Australia cricket team toured the West Indies for five Test matches and four first class matches in the spring of 1955. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian cricket team in West Indies in 1954-55"
The Carib Beer Cup is the current name of the first class cricket competition in the West Indies which is contested between the six teams with permanent first class status. Four of these teams come from separate countries, while the last two are island combinations - like the West Indies, but on a smaller scale. Barbados has won the most titles, with nineteen (including one shared), while Jamaica are runners-up with seven titles, and they are also holders of the title. The competition is administrated by the West Indies Cricket Board. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carib Beer Cup"
The Frank Worrell Trophy is awarded for the winner of the West Indies - Australia Test match series in cricket. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Worrell Trophy"
The history of the West Indian cricket team begins in the 1890s, when the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. Administered by the West Indies Cricket Board ("WICB") , and known colloquially as The Windies, the West Indies cricket team represents a sporting confederation of English-speaking Caribbean countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of the West Indian cricket team"
The KFC Cup is the current name of the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies, named after its chief sponsor, the fast food chain KFC. In recent years, it has been run over a week's time as a group stage followed by knock-out stages, unlike the sister competitions, the ING Cup in Australia and National League in England, which run as league competitions over the course of six months. Guyana are the current holders, after they beat Barbados in the final, and they are also the team to have won it most, with nine titles, although two of them have been shared. Trinidad and Tobago are second in that history, having won seven titles. ...more on Wikipedia about "KFC Cup"
For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...more on Wikipedia about "West Indian cricket team"
West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka for two Test matches and a ODI tri-series in July and August 2005. West Indies were severely depleted owing to a contract dispute, which led to players like Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Corey Collymore refusing to play. Thus, Sri Lanka went into the series as even more overwhelming favourites, their strong game at home and West Indies' poor form - with only one Test win in the last ten attempts. And they confirmed their favourite status, winning both Tests in rather emphatic style, although their batting showed worrying weaknesses against West Indian bowlers who bowled with more heart than talent at times. ...more on Wikipedia about "West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005"
This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained the West Indian cricket team at official international level in at least one match. ...more on Wikipedia about "West Indian national cricket captains"
Highest Test innings total ...more on Wikipedia about "West Indian Test match records"
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. (These are the countries of the former West Indies Federation, plus Guyana on the South American mainland, being originally British colonies.) It is the "second tier" of international cricket below the full West Indian cricket team. ...more on Wikipedia about "West Indies A cricket team"
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