Cayman Islands national cricket team

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Cayman Islands
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg
Association Cayman Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Ramon Sealy
Coach Steve Gordon [1]
History
First-class debutv Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda at Toronto, Canada; 27 August 2005
List A debutv Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana at The Valley, Anguilla; 11 October 2000
Twenty20 debutv Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas at King City, Canada; 11 July 2006
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate member (1997)
Associate member (2002)
ICC region Americas
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 38th 38th (12 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of the United States.svg  United States at King City, Canada; 7 August 2000
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada at White Hill Field, Sandys Parish; 18 August 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada at Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton; 4 October 2023
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 19 9/10
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

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. [5]

Contents

The Cayman Islands debuted internationally at the 2000 Americas Cricket Cup in Canada, [6] and later that 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. [7] 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, [8] with the team being afforded the opportunity to make its first-class debut. [9]

In 2006 and 2008, the Cayman Islands played in the Stanford 20/20 tournament (where matches had full Twenty20 status). [10] In the World Cricket League (WCL), Cayman Islands debuted in Division Three in 2007 but subsequently fell as low as Division Six before the WCL was abolished. The Caymans currently play in ICC Americas regional qualification tournaments.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cayman Islands and any other ICC member after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status. [11]

History

The Cayman Islands became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1997 [5] 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. [12] 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. [13]

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. [14] 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. [15] 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. [16]

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. [17] In 2006, they first played in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. They beat the Bahamas in the preliminary round, [18] but lost to Trinidad & Tobago in the first round proper. [19]

In August 2006, they finished third in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship after wins against Argentina and Canada. [20] 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. [21] 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.

2018-Present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cayman Islands and other ICC members from 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches. [22]

The Cayman Islands played their first T20I match against Canada on 18 August 2019, after finishing second in the Southern sub region qualification group and advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament. [23]

18 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
196/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
112/7 (20 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 101 (48)
Paul Manning 2/3 (1 over)
Gregory Strydom 49 (34)
Romesh Eranga 3/19 (4 overs)
Canada won by 84 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Ravinderpal Singh (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • First ever T20I match for Cayman Islands.

Tournament history

ICC Intercontinental Cup

World Cricket League

ICC Americas Championship

Records

International Match Summary — Cayman Islands [26]

Last updated 4 October 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals199100018 August 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [26]

Records complete to T20I #2288. Last updated 4 October 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 110004 March 20234 March 2023
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6600013 April 202213 April 2022
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 4040021 August 2019
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4040018 August 2019
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 220002 March 20232 March 2023
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2020019 August 2019

Other results

For a list of selected international matches played by Cayman Islands, see Cricket Archive.3

Players

Performance by Cayman Island cricketers in World Cricket League matches

Current Players
NameMatchesRunsWickets
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
NameMatchesRunsWickets
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: [32]

See also

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  2. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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  13. ↑ Red Stripe Bowl 2000/01 at Cricket Archive
  14. 1 2 Americas Cup 2002 Archived 20 April 2007 at archive.today at CricketEurope
  15. 1 2 2005 ICC Trophy Americas qualifying Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  16. ↑ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at Cricket Archive
  17. 1 2 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  18. ↑ Scorecard of Bahamas v Cayman Islands, 11 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  19. ↑ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago, 25 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  20. 1 2 2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  21. 1 2 2007 World Cricket League Division Three Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
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  25. ↑ 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
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