The West Indies’ most successful captains in Test cricket are Viv Richards (who has won 27 of his 50 Tests), Clive Lloyd (who won 36 of his 74 Tests), Frank Worrell (who won 9 of his 15 Tests) and Richie Richardson (who won 11 of his 24 Tests). None of the matches from the rebel tours were recognised as official Test matches and all players who toured South Africa at the time were banned from official international cricket matches for life. Es handelt sich um eine der „Nationalmannschaften“, in denen sich Spieler aus mehr als nur einem Staat befinden. This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained the West Indian cricket team at official international level in at least one match. World Series Cricket featured a West Indian side, and finally, there were two rebel West Indian tours to apartheid South Africa. This feat was repeated for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 when the West Indies' men's and women's teams made it to the semi-finals again under the captaincies of Darren Sammy and Merissa Aguillera. The West Indies became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 at the same time as India and New Zealand. 1920s January 1928. In one-day internationals the West Indies’ most successful captain is Clive Lloyd, who won 64 of his 84 matches. By Greg Stutchbury - 14 December 2020 . The table of results is complete to the only youth Test match of the 2011 Dubai Series between the West Indies U-19 team and the Australia U-19 team and includes the third Test against England in 2001. CLIVE LLOYD, the legendary former West Indies captain, has put pen to paper in order to try to instil belief in the current crop of players on tour in … West Indies captain Kimani Melius was also their top-scorer in the U19 World Cup earlier in the year. Odd Men In Frank Worrell: The captain who helped West Indies make their own West Indian way. Previously they were a finalist in 2003/04 and 2007/08 they won the plate final for the U-19 World Cup. Other opposition during these tours included amateur sides, the MCC, an England XI (once) and Scotland and Ireland (once each). It was also only the second time (after Australia in 2010) that men's and women's teams from the same country have reached the final in the same year of the ICC's premier Twenty20 tournaments. West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder and his Australian counterpart Steve Smith hold the Frank Worrell Trophy ahead of the first cricket Test match in Hobart on December 9, 2015. "Leadership was a white function. This match was the first tied Twenty20 International and also involved the first bowl-out (won by New Zealand). Jason Mohammed has said that his comeback into the West Indies team after more than two years, with the added bonus of being named the ODI captain, is his opportunity to get his place back when the main players are back. This match was the first tied Twenty20 International and also involved the first bowl-out (won by New Zealand). Cricket West Indies have named their squads for the tour, which includes three ODIs and two Tests in Chattogram and Dhaka. The Rest of the World teams that played in England and Australia in 1970 and 1971/2 respectively were captained by a West Indian. The first Twenty20 International involving West Indies women was played in June 2008 against Ireland in Dublin. The only women’s captain who has led her side to a victory in a women's Test match is Louise Browne in the 1976/77 Test series against India. This is a complete list of every man who has captained the West Indies in at least one twenty20 international. The successes of the senior men's team in international tournaments was never replicated at the youth level until the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup when Shimron Hetmyer lead the West Indies Under-19 team to their first ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title. In 1977/8 Kerry Packer financed a breakaway cricket movement by signing up top players from Australia, the West Indies and other cricket nations around the world. The table of results is complete to the sixth and final youth ODI match for the WI U-19 team in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and includes all six youth ODI match for the WI U-19 team in the 2019 Under-19 Tri-Nation Tournament in the West Indies, all six youth ODI matches for the WI U-19 team in 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, all three youth ODI match for the WI U-19 team in the 2017 West Indies Under-19 tour of Zimbabwe, all five matches for the WI U-19 team in the 2017 West Indies Under-19 tour of South Africa, all six matches for the WI U-19 team of the 2016 U-19 Cricket World Cup, all three matches for the WI U-19 team of 2015/2016 West Indies U-19 tour of Bangladesh, all six matches for the WI U-19 team of the 2014 U-19 Cricket World Cup, the one and only youth ODI match of the 2013/2014 West Indies U-19 tour of Bangladesh (the other six matches were cancelled following an explosion near the WI U-19 team hotel), all seven youth ODI matches of the 2013/2014 Bangladesh U-19 tour of the West Indies, the 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup (all six matches including the fifth place playoff), all seven youth ODI matches for the West Indies U-19 team in the 2011/12 U-19 Quadrangular Series in India, all three youth ODI matches of the 2011 Dubai Series between the West Indies U-19 team and the Australia U-19 team and all six matches of the West Indies team in the 2009/10 U-19 Cricket World Cup where they lost in the semi-finals to the Pakistan U-19 cricket team but beat the Sri Lanka U-19 cricket team in the playoff to place third in the tournament. The only women’s captain to who has led her side to a victory in a women's Test match is Louise Brown in the 1976/77 Test series against India. It is complete up to the fifth and final ODI match against Bangladesh in the 2012 West Indian tour of Bangladesh. The captains of those West Indian sides are also listed below. These matches do not have official ODI status. This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained the West Indian cricket team at official international level in at least one match. Along with men and women's teams from New Zealand (in 2016), England (2016), South Africa (2014), and Australia (2012 and 2010) who also made it the semi-finals in the previous tournaments, this was the eighth time men's and women's teams from the same country have reached the semi-finals in the same year of the ICC World Twenty20. Combined West Indian teams have played more regular first-class cricket under the name “West Indies” since 1897 usually against amateur sides touring from England, such as Lord Brackley’s XI or RA Bennett’s XI, but from 1912 onwards the MCC also played on tour against the West Indies. This is a complete list of every man who has captained the West Indies in at least one One Day International. Merissa Aguilleira led West Indies women to the semi-finals in the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and also led the women to their first title in an international Women's Twenty20 tournament during the 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge. West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of unseen Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the second day of the first Test match at the Feroz... Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images In a return tour by the United States in 1888, the combined West Indian team was captained by Edward Wright. The West Indies became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 at the same time as India and New Zealand.It played its first test match in 1928 against England at Lord's. West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder speaks during a press conference at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the Gulf Emirate on October 12 the day before Pakistan and the West Indies play... Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies falls into three eras –. The first Twenty20 International played in the West Indies was played on 20 June 2008 against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados. AFP PHOTO /... Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images Some of the matches played on the various West Indian tours of England were deemed not to be first-class matches. Rebel tour to South Africa, 1982/3 and 1983/4, Development of the Test captaincy of West Indies, 2019-20 India women's tour of West Indies, Canada Cricket online – scroll to "West Indies 1886 tour to Canada", The Development of West Indies Cricket Google Book results pages 22 and 23, Canada Cricket online – scroll to "The first West Indies cricket tour", West Indies versus the Gentlemen of the United States of America 1888, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_West_Indies_cricket_captains&oldid=994183143, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 14:12. Frank Worrell came to the West Indies captaincy late … The table of results is complete up to the second and final Test match against Bangladesh in the 2012 West Indian tour of Bangladesh. In addition to the above official Tests and ODIs, there have been West Indian captains of other leading sides. He is the only West Indies captain in history who has never lost a test series. —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) “ All cries are thin and terse; The field has droned the summer’s final mass; A cricket like a dwindled hearse Crawls from the dry grass. The Rest of the World team was captained by a West Indian, Garfield Sobers. World Series Cricket featured a West Indian side, and finally, there were two rebel West Indian tours to apartheid South Africa. In 1982/3 and 1983/4 a group of West Indian cricketers toured apartheid South Africa. West Indies captain Jason Holder achieved a unique double during the third day's play at Old Trafford. This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian U-19 cricket team for at least one U-19 One Day International. [2] In a return tour by the United States in 1888, the combined West Indian team was captained by Edward Wright. List of West Indies Cricket Captains | Russell Jesse | ISBN: 9785509334030 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. The table of results is complete to the third and final match for the team in the 2019-20 India women's tour of West Indies (all three matches of which count as part of the 2017-2020 ICC Women's Championship). West Indies returned to Sri Lanka to play a three match ODI series which was to... Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images During this time (1897 to 1926) the various West Indies captains were Aucher Warner, Stanley Sproston (non-first-class matches only), Harold Austin, Clement King, Alfred Harrigan, Edwin Moulder, William Sherlock, Percy Tarilton, Malcolm Austin and Karl Nunes, This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete to the Test against Pakistan in 2003/4. World Series Cricket featured a West Indian side, and finally, there were two rebel West Indian tours to apartheid South Africa. The teams played a mixture of unofficial Test matches, styled as Supertests, and unofficial ODIs. Prior to becoming a member of the ICC, the first combined West Indian team was formed in 1884 and toured Canada and the United States in 1886 under the captaincies of Charles Guy Austin Wyatt of Demeraraand Laurence Fyfe of Jamaica (also vice captain under Wyatt). Three sides were constructed: an Australian team, a West Indian team and a World team, with the World teams including some West Indians too. The first Twenty20 International involving West Indies was played in February 2006 against New Zealand in Auckland. West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder last set foot in his house in Barbados in June. The West Indian team's greatest successes in One Day Internationals came in 1975 and 1979, when they won the Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd, and in 2004 when they won the ICC Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Brian Lara. West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy and Kieron Pollard run during a training session ahead of the second One Day International match between India and West Indies at The Y.S. This is a complete list of every man who has captained the West Indies in at least one twenty20 international. Both the West Indies' men's and women's teams made it to the semi-finals of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 under the captaincies of Darren Sammy and Merissa Aguilleira respectively; the third time the men's and women's teams from the same country have done this in the ICC World Twenty20 after Australia's men and women's teams achieved the feat in 2010 and 2012. This was bettered in 2016 when both the West Indies' men's and women's teams not only made it to the semi-finals but won the tournaments for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 under the captaincies of Darren Sammy and Stafanie Taylor. Their first game against other opposition came in 1930/31 when they played Australia. In addition to the above official Tests and ODIs, there have been West Indian captains of other leading sides. When the South African tour to England due to take place in 1970 was cancelled, five matches were arranged against a Rest of the World team, all of which were recognised as Tests at the time, although they were later stripped of Test status. This is a list of cricketers who have captained the West Indian women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The first Twenty20 International involving West Indies was played in February 2006 against New Zealand in Auckland. Some of the matches played on the various West Indian tours of England were deemed not to be first-class matches. The West Indies also toured England in 1900, 1906 and 1923 with the opposition usually being various English first-class and minor county sides. Both the West Indies' men's and women's teams made it to the semi-finals of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 under the captaincies of Darren Sammy and Merissa Aguilleira respectively; the third time the men's and women's teams from the same country have done this in the ICC World Twenty20 after Australia's men and women's teams achieved the feat in 2010 and 2012. In 1982/3 and 1983/4 a group of West Indian cricketers toured apartheid South Africa. The first Twenty20 International involving West Indies women was played in June 2008 against Ireland in Dublin. A similar situation also arose with the proposed South African tour of Australia that was due to take place in 1971/2, when the Rest of the World team also played two one-day matches. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Two years later in December 2008, another match between New Zealand and West Indies at the same venue in Auckland was also tied and this match involved the first elimination over/Super Over (won by West Indies) which is meant to replace the bowl-out. The Rest of the World teams that played in England and Australia in 1970 and 1971/2 respectively were captained by a West Indian. These matches do not have official ODI status. List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith, https://internationalcricket.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_West_Indies_cricket_captains?oldid=19379. Cricket: West Indies captain Jason Holder questions use of 'home' umpires after test series defeat to Black Caps 14 Dec, 2020 01:42 AM 3 minutes to read Jason Holder. So in the economy, so in cricket." West Indies captain Jason Holder pulled off the catch of the summer to dismiss Will Young, just when it looked like New Zealand's first partnership of note was established. 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