Cayman Islands national cricket team

Cayman Islands
Association Cayman Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Ramon Sealy
Coach Pearson Best
History
First-class debut Cayman Islands Cayman Islands v. Bermuda 
(Toronto, Canada; 27 August 2005)
List A debut Cayman Islands Cayman Islands v. Guyana 
(The Valley, Anguilla; 11 October 2000)
Twenty20 debut Cayman Islands Cayman Islands v. Bahamas 
(King City, Canada; 11 July 2006)
International Cricket Council
ICC status Affiliate member (1997)
Associate member (2002)
ICC region Americas
WCL n/a (regional tournaments)
International cricket
First international Cayman Islands Cayman Islands v. United States 
(King City, Canada; 7 August 2000)
As of 4 September 2015

The Cayman Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cayman Islands Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002, having previously been an affiliate member since 1997.[1]

The Cayman Islands debuted internationally at the 2000 Americas Cricket Cup in Canada,[2] and later in the year were invited to appear in the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl (the West Indian domestic limited-overs competition), where matches had list-A status.[3] During the early 2000s, the Caymans often competed with Bermuda as the third-best team in the ICC Americas region, behind Canada and the United States. When the U.S. was suspended from the 2005 Intercontinental Cup, they were replaced by the Cayman Islands,[4] with the team being afforded the opportunity to make its first-class debut.[5]

In 2006 and 2008, the Cayman Islands played in the Stanford 20/20 tournament (where matches had full Twenty20 status).[6] In between those competitions, the team had made its debut in the newly created World Cricket League (WCL), being placed into the 2007 Division Three tournament. The Caymans narrowly missed out on promotion there, losing a semi-final to Argentina, but at the 2009 Division Three tournament were relegated to 2010 Division Four. A further relegation followed to 2012 Division Five, while at the 2014 Division Five tournament the Cayman Islands placed fifth, meaning the team's next WCL event will be the 2015 Division Six tournament in England.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cameroon and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7] The Cayman Islands are scheduled to play their first T20I match in 2019, after finishing second in the Southern sub region qualification group, advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[8]

History

The Cayman Islands became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1997[1] and played their first tournament three years later when they played in the ICC Americas Championship in Canada. They finished fourth in the tournament, their only win coming against Argentina.[9] Later in the year, they played their first List A matches as part of the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl in the West Indies. They played against Bermuda, Guyana, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands in the first round, losing all their games.[10]

The Cayman Islands gained associate membership of the ICC in 2002, a year in which they finished third in the Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina after recording wins against Argentina, the Bahamas and Bermuda.[11] The 2004 Americas Championship served as a qualifying competition for the 2005 ICC Trophy, and a repeat of their third-place finish from 2002 would have qualified them for that tournament. Wins against Argentina and the Bahamas meant they could only finish fourth however.[12] This did qualify them for a place in a repêchage tournament in early 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They finished fifth in that tournament after beating Kuwait in a play-off match.[13]

Later in 2005, the Cayman Islands took part in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a tournament for ICC associate members with first-class status. They lost both their first round matches to Bermuda and Canada, thus not qualifying for the semi-finals.[14] In 2006, they first played in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. They beat the Bahamas in the preliminary round,[15] but lost to Trinidad & Tobago in the first round proper.[16]

In August 2006, they finished third in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship after wins against Argentina and Canada.[17] This qualified them for 2007 Division Three of the World Cricket League, which was played in May/June 2007 in Darwin, Australia. After beating Hong Kong and Tanzania in the first round, they lost to Argentina in the semi finals, and to Papua New Guinea in the third place play-off, thus finishing fourth in the tournament.[18] In 2009 they again placed in 2009 Division Three in which they came 5th thus relegating to Division Four. Like Argentina their bad run continued and again finished fifth only winning over Argentina. In 2012, they managed to stop the fall, finishing fourth in 2012 Division Five.

Tournament history

ICC Intercontinental Cup

World Cricket League

ICC Americas Championship

  • 2000: 4th place[9]
  • 2002: 3rd place[11]
  • 2004: 4th place[12]
  • 2006: 3rd place (Division One)[17]
  • 2008: 4th place (Division One)
  • 2010: 5th place (Division One)

Players

Current squad

The Cayman Islands' squad for the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in September 2017 were the following players:[21]

Performance by Cayman Island cricketers in World Cricket League matches

Current Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Ramon Sealy243440
Conroy Wright1832226
Omar Willis121731
Alessandro Morris2213417
Ainsley Hall204160
Ronald Ebanks162089
Darren Cato4600
Omar Bryan3401
Kervin Ebanks171179
Ricardo Roach121172
Troy Taylor64212
Ian Rotsey4140
Steve Gordon184350
Nicholas Sellars370
Former Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Pearson Best193450
Abali Hoilett9690
Ryan Bovell2330538
Alistair Ifill5140
Kevin Bazil18618
Marlon Bryan647
Saheed Mohamed1729414
Paul Chin2240
Jalon Linton3130
Keneil Irving101080
Kenute Tulloch113011
Franklyn Hinds51910
Michael Wight5114
Joseph Kirkconnell250
Ryan Ebanks550

Highest scores

Steve Gordon – 104* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007

Ainsley Hall – 100* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007

Pearson Best – 85 vs Italy at Centro Sportivo Ca'Nova, Medicina on 19 August 2010

Conroy Wright – 79* vs Jersey at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 10 March 2014

Pearson Best – 79 vs Guernsey at The Padang, Singapore on 25 February 2012

Best Bowling figures

Ryan Bovell – 5/9 vs Argentina at Indian Assoc. Ground, Singapore on 22 February 2012

Kervin Ebanks – 5/19 vs Guernsey at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur on 6 March 2014

Franklyn Hinds – 4/22 vs Hong Kong at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 28 May 2007

Michael Wight – 4/30 vs Uganda at Marrara Oval, Darwin on 30 May 2007

Ryan Bovell – 4/35 vs Papua New Guinea at Belgrano ACG, Buenos Aires on 24 January 2009

Other players

In addition to those listed above, the following Cayman Islands cricketers have played first-class, List A or official Twenty20 cricket:[22]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The Cayman Islands at Cricket Archive
  2. ↑ Other matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ↑ List A matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Deb K. Das (8 August 2005). "ICC expels USA from Intercontinental Cup" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ↑ First-class matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Twenty20 matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "The road to the men's ICC World T20 Australia 2020 heads to Kuwait as regional qualification groups are confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. 1 2 Americas Cup 2000 Archived 20 April 2007 at Archive.is at CricketEurope
  10. ↑ Red Stripe Bowl 2000/01 at Cricket Archive
  11. 1 2 Americas Cup 2002 Archived 20 April 2007 at Archive.is at CricketEurope
  12. 1 2 2005 ICC Trophy Americas qualifying Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  13. ↑ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at Cricket Archive
  14. 1 2 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  15. ↑ Scorecard of Bahamas v Cayman Islands, 11 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  16. ↑ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago, 25 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  17. 1 2 2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  18. 1 2 2007 World Cricket League Division Three Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  19. ↑ 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  20. ↑ 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. at CricketEurope
  21. ↑ "Road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 starts in South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  22. ↑ Cayman Islands players at Cricket Archive

See also

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