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Cayman Islands national cricket team

The Cayman Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cayman Islands Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002, having previously been an affiliate member since 1997.[5]

Cayman Islands
AssociationCayman Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainRamon Sealy
CoachSteve Gordon[1]
History
First-class debutv  Bermuda at Toronto, Canada; 27 August 2005
List A debutv  Guyana at The Valley, Anguilla; 11 October 2000
Twenty20 debutv  Bahamas at King City, Canada; 11 July 2006
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate member (1997)
Associate member (2002)
ICC regionAmericas
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 40th 38th (12 May 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv  United States at King City, Canada; 7 August 2000
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Canada at White Hill Field, Sandys Parish; 18 August 2019
Last T20Iv  Canada at Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton; 4 October 2023
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 19 9/10
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024

The Cayman Islands debuted internationally at the 2000 Americas Cricket Cup in Canada,[6] and later that year were invited to appear in the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl (the West Indian domestic limited-overs competition), where matches had list-A status.[7] During the early 2000s, the Caymans often competed with Bermuda as the third-best team in the ICC Americas region, behind Canada and the United States. When the U.S. was suspended from the 2005 Intercontinental Cup, they were replaced by the Cayman Islands,[8] with the team being afforded the opportunity to make its first-class debut.[9]

In 2006 and 2008, the Cayman Islands played in the Stanford 20/20 tournament (where matches had full Twenty20 status).[10] In the World Cricket League (WCL), Cayman Islands debuted in Division Three in 2007 but subsequently fell as low as Division Six before the WCL was abolished. The Caymans currently play in ICC Americas regional qualification tournaments.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cayman Islands and any other ICC member after 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.[11]

History

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The Cayman Islands became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1997[5] and played their first tournament three years later when they played in the ICC Americas Championship in Canada. They finished fourth in the tournament, their only win coming against Argentina.[12] Later in the year, they played their first List A matches as part of the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl in the West Indies. They played against Bermuda, Guyana, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands in the first round, losing all their games.[13]

The Cayman Islands gained associate membership of the ICC in 2002, a year in which they finished third in the Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina after recording wins against Argentina, the Bahamas and Bermuda.[14] The 2004 Americas Championship served as a qualifying competition for the 2005 ICC Trophy, and a repeat of their third-place finish from 2002 would have qualified them for that tournament. Wins against Argentina and the Bahamas meant they could only finish fourth however.[15] This did qualify them for a place in a repêchage tournament in early 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They finished fifth in that tournament after beating Kuwait in a play-off match.[16]

Later in 2005, the Cayman Islands took part in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a tournament for ICC associate members with first-class status. They lost both their first round matches to Bermuda and Canada, thus not qualifying for the semi-finals.[17] In 2006, they first played in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. They beat the Bahamas in the preliminary round,[18] but lost to Trinidad & Tobago in the first round proper.[19]

In August 2006, they finished third in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship after wins against Argentina and Canada.[20] This qualified them for 2007 Division Three of the World Cricket League, which was played in May/June 2007 in Darwin, Australia. After beating Hong Kong and Tanzania in the first round, they lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, and to Papua New Guinea in the third place play-off, thus finishing fourth in the tournament.[21] In 2009 they again placed in 2009 Division Three in which they came 5th thus relegating to Division Four. Like Argentina their bad run continued and again finished fifth only winning over Argentina. In 2012, they managed to stop the fall, finishing fourth in 2012 Division Five.

2018-Present

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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Cayman Islands and other ICC members from 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.[22]

The Cayman Islands played their first T20I match against Canada on 18 August 2019, after finishing second in the Southern sub region qualification group and advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[23]

18 August 2019
15:30
Scorecard
Canada  
196/6 (20 overs)
v
  Cayman Islands
112/7 (20 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 101 (48)
Paul Manning 2/3 (1 over)
Gregory Strydom 49 (34)
Romesh Eranga 3/19 (4 overs)
Canada won by 84 runs
White Hill Field, Sandys Parish
Umpires: Emmerson Carrington (Ber) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Ravinderpal Singh (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
  • First ever T20I match for Cayman Islands.

Tournament history

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

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World Cricket League

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ICC Americas Championship

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  • 2000: 4th place[12]
  • 2002: 3rd place[14]
  • 2004: 4th place[15]
  • 2006: 3rd place (Division One)[20]
  • 2008: 4th place (Division One)
  • 2010: 5th place (Division One)

Records

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International Match Summary — Cayman Islands[26]

Last updated 4 October 2023

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 19 9 10 0 0 18 August 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[26]

Records complete to T20I #2288. Last updated 4 October 2023.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
  Argentina 1 1 0 0 0 4 March 2023 4 March 2023
  Bahamas 6 6 0 0 0 13 April 2022 13 April 2022
  Bermuda 4 0 4 0 0 21 August 2019
  Canada 4 0 4 0 0 18 August 2019
  Panama 2 2 0 0 0 2 March 2023 2 March 2023
  United States 2 0 2 0 0 19 August 2019

Other results

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For a list of selected international matches played by Cayman Islands, see Cricket Archive.3

Players

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Performance by Cayman Island cricketers in World Cricket League matches

Current Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Ramon Sealy 24 344 0
Conroy Wright 18 322 26
Omar Willis 12 173 1
Alessandro Morris 22 134 17
Ainsley Hall 20 416 0
Ronald Ebanks 16 208 9
Darren Cato 4 60 0
Omar Bryan 3 40 1
Kervin Ebanks 17 117 9
Ricardo Roach 12 117 2
Troy Taylor 6 42 12
Ian Rotsey 4 14 0
Steve Gordon 18 435 0
Nicholas Sellars 3 7 0
Former Players
Name Matches Runs Wickets
Pearson Best 19 345 0
Abali Hoilett 9 69 0
Ryan Bovell 23 305 38
Alistair Ifill 5 14 0
Kevin Bazil 18 61 8
Marlon Bryan 6 4 7
Saheed Mohamed 17 294 14
Paul Chin 2 24 0
Jalon Linton 3 13 0
Keneil Irving 10 108 0
Kenute Tulloch 11 30 11
Franklyn Hinds 5 19 10
Michael Wight 5 11 4
Joseph Kirkconnell 2 5 0
Ryan Ebanks 5 5 0

Highest scores

Steve Gordon – 104* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007

Ainsley Hall – 100* vs Tanzania at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 27 May 2007

Pearson Best – 85 vs Italy at Centro Sportivo Ca'Nova, Medicina on 19 August 2010

Conroy Wright – 79* vs Jersey at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 10 March 2014

Pearson Best – 79 vs Guernsey at The Padang, Singapore on 25 February 2012

Best Bowling figures

Ryan Bovell – 5/9 vs Argentina at Indian Assoc. Ground, Singapore on 22 February 2012

Kervin Ebanks – 5/19 vs Guernsey at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur on 6 March 2014

Franklyn Hinds – 4/22 vs Hong Kong at Tracy Village Oval, Darwin on 28 May 2007

Michael Wight – 4/30 vs Uganda at Marrara Oval, Darwin on 30 May 2007

Ryan Bovell – 4/35 vs Papua New Guinea at Belgrano ACG, Buenos Aires on 24 January 2009

Other players

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For a complete list of Cayman Islands first-class cricketers, see List of Cayman Islands first-class cricketers.

In addition to those listed above, the following Cayman Islands cricketers have played first-class, List A or official Twenty20 cricket:[32]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cayman Cricket preps for World Cup qualifiers in Argentina". Cayman Compass. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ a b The Cayman Islands at Cricket Archive
  6. ^ Other matches played by Cayman Islands Archived 29 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ^ List A matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  8. ^ Deb K. Das (8 August 2005). "ICC expels USA from Intercontinental Cup" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. ^ First-class matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  10. ^ Twenty20 matches played by Cayman Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  11. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b Americas Cup 2000 Archived 20 April 2007 at archive.today at CricketEurope
  13. ^ Red Stripe Bowl 2000/01 at Cricket Archive
  14. ^ a b Americas Cup 2002 Archived 20 April 2007 at archive.today at CricketEurope
  15. ^ a b 2005 ICC Trophy Americas qualifying Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  16. ^ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at Cricket Archive
  17. ^ a b 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  18. ^ Scorecard of Bahamas v Cayman Islands, 11 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  19. ^ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Trinidad & Tobago, 25 July 2006 at Cricket Archive
  20. ^ a b 2006 ICC Americas Championship Division One Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  21. ^ a b 2007 World Cricket League Division Three Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  22. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  23. ^ "The road to the men's ICC World T20 Australia 2020 heads to Kuwait as regional qualification groups are confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  24. ^ 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  25. ^ 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup Archived 21 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  26. ^ a b "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  29. ^ "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  30. ^ "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Records / Cayman Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  32. ^ Cayman Islands players at Cricket Archive
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