Jamaica cricket team
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| Captain: | Nikita Miller (First-class & List A) |
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| Coach: | Junior Bennett |
| Colours: | Gold green black |
| Founded: | 1888 |
| Home ground: | Sabina Park, Kingston |
| Capacity: | 22,000 |
| First-class debut: | RS Lucas' XI in 1895 at Sabina Park, Kingston |
| Four Day wins: | 12 |
| WICB Cup wins: | 6 (plus 1 shared) |
| Twenty20 wins: | 0 |
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.
The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica did not play regular first-class cricket until 1964. They played in the inaugural Shell Shield first-class competition, winning it on the fourth attempt, but then had to wait until 1977–78 for their next title – which was a shared one-day title with Leeward Islands.
From 1986 to 1992, Jamaica won a total of six titles (three first class and three one-day), but in the thirteen seasons since then they have added four to the cupboard, despite completing the double in 1999–2000. In 2004–05, they came back after a two-year drought, however – with seven wins in ten regular season matches, they were 47 points ahead of runners-up Leeward Islands on the regular season table to win the Carib Beer Cup, before defeating the Leeward Islands by eight wickets in the final to take the Carib Beer Challenge title as well. However, this was followed up by a last-place finish the following season.
The team does not take part in any international competitions (the 1998 Commonwealth Games tournament being an exception), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies cricket team, which plays international cricket. Jamaica has won the domestic first class competition eight times, and they have also won the one-day competition six times – and shared the title once.
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