West Indies 'A'
Personnel
CoachRayon Griffith
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in March 1992
at Queens Park Oval[1]
Official websiteWest Indies Cricket

First-class

List A

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.

Current squad

Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Club
Batsmen
Jamaica Kirk McKenzie 23 Left-handed Right-arm offspin Jamaica
Dominica Alick Athanaze 25 Right-handed Right-arm off break Windward Islands
Sint Maarten Keacy Carty 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium Leeward Islands
Guyana Tagenarine Chanderpaul 27 Left-handed Right-arm leg break Guyana
Guyana Tevin Imlach 27 Right-handed Guyana
Barbados Zachary McCaskie 27 Right-handed Barbados
Jamaica Brandon King 29 Right-handed Jamaica
All-rounders
Barbados Raymon Reifer 32 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Barbados
Wicket-keeper
Trinidad and Tobago Joshua Da Silva 25 [n 1] Right-handed Trinidad and Tobago
Spin Bowlers
Guyana Gudakesh Motie 28 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Guyana
Guyana Kevin Sinclair 26 Right-handed Right-arm off break Guyana
Pace Bowlers
Barbados Akeem Jordan 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium Barbados
Barbados Jair McAllister 27 Right-handed Right arm medium Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago Anderson Phillip 29 Right-handed Right arm fast medium Trinidad and Tobago

[3]

Table notes
  1. ^ First-class Captain

Results

West Indies A matches First-class v A team Other first-class List A v A team Other List A
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[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[2] - - -
2000 West Indies 0 2 0 - - - 0 2 0[2] - - -
2002 England - - - 1 3[3] 1 - - - 3 2 0
2005 Sri Lanka 1 0 2 - - - 1 3 0[3] - - -

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The season was topped and tailed in the West Indies; the two overseas tours intervened.
  2. ^ a b One further match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
  3. ^ a b One further match was tied.

References

  1. ^ "1st 'TEST': West Indies A v England A, at Queens Park Oval, 14-17 March 1992". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Griffith confirmed WI A-team head coach for Bangladesh tour". Stabroek News. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Da Silva to lead West Indies 'A' on three-match 'Test' tour to play Bangladesh 'A'". West Indies Cricket. Retrieved 15 May 2023.


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