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Davon Alphonso Williams is a Montserratian former cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-handed batsman.
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Rahkeem Rashawn Shane Cornwall is an Antiguan cricketer. A right-arm off-break bowler, Cornwall has played for Leeward Islands cricket team and featured in the line-up for the Antigua Hawksbills in the Caribbean Premier League. In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the Championship Player of the Year. Later the same month, he made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team. He also set the record for the heaviest cricketer to play Test cricket, weighing more than 140 kg. For the Leewards Islands, he is their second highest wicket-taker in both First Class and List A cricket, while only Kieran Powell has scored more than his four List A hundreds for the side.
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Shane Kelly Elliott Burton is an Antiguan cricketer who has represented the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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The Montserrat cricket team has represented the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in cricket. The team is not a member of the International Cricket Council, but the Montserrat Cricket Association is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board, and players from Montserrat generally represent the Leeward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. Montserrat has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status, but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket. The team's current coach is Abdiel Hughes, who was appointed in April 2012. The current captain is McPherson Meade.
Recaldo Bassue is a Kittitian cricketer. He played in one List A and two first-class matches for the Leeward Islands in 1989/90.
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- ↑ "Former National Cricketer Gene Gould Believes 'Politics' Kept Him Out Of Windies Squad". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
