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Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Arawaks and later, Hewanorra, the name given by the native Caribs, two separate Amerindian peoples. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census. Its capital is Castries.
Cyrille Regis, MBE was an English international footballer who played as a forward. His professional playing career spanned 19 years, where he made 614 league appearances and scored 158 league goals, most prolifically at West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City. Regis also won five caps with the England national team.
Sir Julian Robert Hunte, SLC, KCMG, OBE, was the foreign minister of Saint Lucia from April 2001 to 26 October 2004, when he was succeeded by Petrus Compton. He is the Permanent Representative for Saint Lucia to the United Nations, after presenting his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 7 December 2004.
Gros Islet is the newest town in Saint Lucia, having been promoted a village to a town in 1985. It is the location of the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium where both One Day International and Test Cricket is played. Parts of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and 2010 ICC World Twenty20 were played there. It is the administrative centre of the Gros Island Quarter, a region of Saint Lucia which includes the island's northernmost point, Cap Point and the notable Cap Estate, where the renowned St. Lucia Golf and Country Club is located.
The Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, previously the Beausejour Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground located near Gros Islet, Saint Lucia standard seating capacity of 15,000. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators.
The Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. The team plays in the West Indies Professional Cricket League under the franchise name Windward Islands Volcanoes.
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly English-speaking nations 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 territories, which are parts of several different countries and dependencies. As of 10 March 2020, the West Indies cricket team is ranked eighth in the world in Tests, ninth in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and ninth in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) in the official International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.
Rugby union in St Lucia is a minor but growing sport. They are currently ranked 80th by the IRB.
Conroy Wright is a Caymanian cricketer. Wright is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.
Johnson Charles is a St Lucian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Charles started his ODI career against Australia in March 2012. His first T20I came against England in September 2011, and he became just the second cricketer from the island of St Lucia to play for the West Indies. Johnson was included in the West Indies' 15-man squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 held in September and October that year.
Keddy Lesporis is a St Lucian cricketer from a fishing town called Laboire. and Top-order batsman who plays for the Windward Islands cricket team. He ha splayed for the Sagicor High Performance Centre, St Lucia, and the St Lucia Zouks. He bats right handed and bowls with a right-arm offbreak. He is quoted as saying "The game of cricket is a perfect metaphor for life. It’s about relationships and teamwork. It’s about being alert, grasping opportunities and knocking badly bowled balls across boundaries. It is about fighting to stand in the face of the unexpected yorker." Keddy has released several different species of merchandise. Every sale he will donate 0.25 cents to help "young men and women from Saint Lucia access the tools, books and training that will help them develop the skills and mind frame to remain ‘Kl at the Crease’ of life."
Philern Junville Davis is a British Virgin Islands cricketer. Davis is a right-handed batsman.
Vijay Jhappan is a former British Virgin Islands cricketer. Jhappan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
The St Lucia national cricket team represents the country of Saint Lucia in cricket. The team is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control, which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board. Players from St Lucia generally represent the Windward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. St Lucia has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status, but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket. St Lucia competes with St Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada and Dominica in domestic Windward Islands cricket competitions including the Windward Islands two-day and Twenty20 cricket championships. The team's captain, as of 2014, is Craig Emmanuel.
Patricia "Patsy" Felicien was a Saint Lucian cricketer who represented the West Indies at the 1993 World Cup in England. She was a right-arm fast bowler who batted right-handed.
Cletus Mathurin is a former Saint Lucian cricketer who played for the Saint Lucia national cricket team in Stanford 20/20 in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed opening batsman as well as right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Shervin Mitchel Charles is a former Saint Lucian cricketer who played for the Saint Lucia national cricket team in Stanford 20/20 in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed batsman as well as right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Mervin Wells is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played for the Saint Lucia national cricket team in Stanford 20/20 as well as Windward Islands cricket team in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed batsman.
Alleyn Prospere is a former Saint Lucian cricketer who played for the Saint Lucia national cricket team in Stanford 20/20 in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed batsman as well as right-arm offbreak bowler.
The 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) was the sixth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league in the West Indies. Matches were played in seven countries – Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, with three of the matches were played at Lauderhill, Florida, United States. The tournament started on 8 August 2018.
