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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles,which lie in the West Indies,at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea,where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Ralph Everard Gonsalves is a Vincentian politician. He is currently the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,and leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP).
Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean is a West Indian cricketer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He featured in the role of a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played both Tests and ODIs for the West Indies. McLean also featured for the Windward Islands,Hampshire,KwaZulu-Natal,Somerset and the Canterbury Wizards in his cricketing career.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies. It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control,but changed its name to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 1996. In November 2015,the Board resolved to rename itself as Cricket West Indies as part of a restructuring exercise that would also see the creation of a separate commercial body. This rebranding formally occurred in May 2017.
The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cricket team is a cricket team representing Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. For cricketing purposes,players from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines generally represent the Windward Islands at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. However,the St Vincent &Grenadines team did appear four times in its own right at List A level in the 2002–03 Red Stripe Bowl,the domestic one day competition. The team had also played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status and they continues to compete in domestic Windward Islands cricket competitions including the Windward Islands two-day and Twenty20 cricket championships.
In the sport of cricket,the West Indies is a sporting confederation of fifteen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and territories,many of which historically formed the British West Indies. It consists of Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Barbados,the British Virgin Islands,Dominica,Grenada,Guyana,Jamaica,Montserrat,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Maarten,St. Vincent &the Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago and the United States Virgin Islands. The governing body for the confederation is Cricket West Indies (CWI),which is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC);beneath the CWI are six territorial governing bodies covering different nations and regions of the confederation. The CWI organises the West Indies cricket team,which represents the confederation in international cricket,as well as administering domestic cricket competitions across the West Indies.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Windward Islands Cricket Board is the ruling body for cricket in the following West Indian islands:Grenada,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica. Although Dominica is geographically part of the Leeward Islands,as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until its independence,its cricket federation remains a part of the Windward Islands.
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 9 December 1974. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party,which won ten of the 13 seats. Voter turnout was 63.2%.
Shakera Casandra Selman is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In October 2018,Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season. Later the same month,she was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020,she was named in West Indies' squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In May 2021,Selman was awarded with a central contract from Cricket West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados and Barbados Royals,and has previously played for Surrey,Trailblazers and Supernovas.
St Clair Leacock is a Vincentian politician. He is an opposition parliament member in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Leacock is also the New Democratic Party Central Kingstown candidate for 2020 Vincentian general election.
Nelcia Robinson-Hazell is a Black Carib poet,community organizer and activist. She has spearheaded the development of policy initiatives throughout the Caribbean on issues regarding gender and indigenous identity. Serving as the president of the National Council of Women of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,she began in the 1980s to change the organization toward political action. Recognizing a need to establish research on the needs of women,she was involved in the creation of both local and regional organizations to analyze and develop information about the socio-economic and political inequalities women faced. She created similar initiatives for indigenous peoples,beginning first in Saint Vincent and then expanding them regionally. Robinson has been involved in international directives including the World Summit for Social Development and the 1995 World Conference on Women,as well as follow-up conferences discussing such issues as poverty,economic empowerment and violence against women. She has served as a civil society representative on the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commissions and as chair of the Commonwealth Women's Network.
Richard 'Ricky' Skerritt is a Saint Kitts and Nevis politician affiliated to the St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party. He held several portfolios in the country's ministry from 2004 to 2015. He has also been closely associated with cricket in the Caribbean and has acted as the manager of West Indies cricket team.
Mexico–Saint Vincent and the Grenadines relations are the diplomatic relations between the United Mexican States and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States,Organization of American States and the United Nations.
The West Indies cricket team toured England to play three Test matches. The team were originally scheduled to tour the country in May and June 2020. However,the series was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cricket West Indies stated that they would do everything they can to help accommodate the fixtures,including moving the fixtures back or even hosting them in the West Indies. A revised tour schedule,with the first Test starting in July,was proposed at the end of May 2020. The fixtures were confirmed the following month,with the matches all played behind closed doors. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.
Peggy Carr is a Vincentian journalist,poet,and diplomat. Now based in Taiwan,she has served as a representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the country.
The West Indies cricket team toured Bangladesh in January and February 2021 to play two Tests and three One Day International (ODI) matches. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship and the ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.
The Australia cricket team toured the West Indies in June and July 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI matches formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. The fixtures for the tour were confirmed by Cricket West Indies (CWI) in May 2021. The Australian cricket team arrived in the West Indies on 28 May 2021,after the majority players had been vaccinated for COVID-19.
Kenneth Randolph Vincent John was a Vincentian lawyer and newspaper columnist. His column "This Week" appeared in national weekly The Vincentian over a period of thirty-nine years.
Benarva Browne is a Vincentian politician. On July 12,2023,she was sworn in as Senator and Minister of Urban Development,Energy,Seaports Administration &Development,Grenadines Affairs and Local Government in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Senator Browne is by profession a Town and Country Planner.
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