Personnel | |||
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Coach | Rayon Griffith | ||
Team information | |||
Founded | 1992 | ||
History | |||
First-class debut | England A in March 1992 at Queens Park Oval [1] | ||
Official website | West Indies Cricket | ||
The West Indies 'A' cricket team represents Cricket West Indies and is considered its second-tier team in international cricket, below the top-level West Indies cricket team. The 'A' team is currently captained by wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva in first-class cricket and coached by former Guyanese cricketer Rayon Griffith. [2]
Matches played by West Indies 'A' are not Tests or One Day Internationals, but they are usually first-class and List A games respectively. West Indies A had toured Nepal in late April 2024 for five T20 matches in which they won the series 3-2. [3]
Name | Age | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club |
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Batsmen | ||||
Kirk McKenzie | 23 | Left-handed | Right-arm offspin | Jamaica |
Alick Athanaze | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Windward Islands |
Keacy Carty | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Leeward Islands |
Tagenarine Chanderpaul | 28 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Guyana |
Tevin Imlach | 27 | Right-handed | Guyana | |
Zachary McCaskie | 27 | Right-handed | Barbados | |
Brandon King | 29 | Right-handed | Jamaica | |
All-rounders | ||||
Raymon Reifer | 33 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Barbados |
Wicket-keeper | ||||
Joshua Da Silva | 26 [n 1] | Right-handed | Trinidad and Tobago | |
Spin Bowlers | ||||
Gudakesh Motie | 29 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Guyana |
Kevin Sinclair | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Guyana |
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Akeem Jordan | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
Jair McAllister | 27 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Barbados |
Anderson Phillip | 29 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Trinidad and Tobago |
West Indies A matches | First-class v A team | Other first-class | List A v A team | Other List A | |||||||||
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Season | Venue | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | NR | W | L | NR |
1991-92 | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1994-95 | West Indies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1996-97 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1997-98 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
West Indies | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1998-99 [decimal 1] | West Indies | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bangladesh | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
West Indies | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1999-2000 | West Indies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [decimal 2] | - | - | - |
2000 | West Indies | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 [decimal 2] | - | - | - |
2002 | England | - | - | - | 1 | 3 [decimal 3] | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2005 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 [decimal 3] | - | - | - |
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