Nickname(s) | Windies | ||||||||||||
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Association | Cricket West Indies | ||||||||||||
Personnel | |||||||||||||
Test captain | Kraigg Brathwaite | ||||||||||||
One Day captain | Shai Hope | ||||||||||||
T20I captain | Rovman Powell | ||||||||||||
Coach | Test: Andre Coley ODI & T20I: Daren Sammy[1] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Test status acquired | 1928 | ||||||||||||
International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
ICC status | Full Member (1926) | ||||||||||||
ICC region | Americas | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
Best result | 8th place (2019–2021, 2021–2023) | ||||||||||||
One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
First ODI | v. England at Headingley, Leeds; 5 September 1973 | ||||||||||||
Last ODI | v. Australia at Manuka Oval, Sydney; 6 February 2024 | ||||||||||||
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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. South Africa at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando; 27 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (2012, 2016) | ||||||||||||
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As of 27 August 2024 |
The West Indies men's cricket team, nicknamed The Windies,[10] 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[update], the West Indies cricket team is ranked eighth in Tests, tenth in ODIs, and third in T20Is in the official ICC rankings.[11]
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.[12][13]
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.