Sport | Cricket |
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Jurisdiction | National |
Abbreviation |
WICB CWI |
Founded | 1920s |
Affiliation | International Cricket Council |
Affiliation date | 31 May 1926 |
Headquarters | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |
President |
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Chairman | Whycliffe (Dave) Cameron |
Chief Exec | Michael Muirhead |
Secretary |
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Coach | Vacant |
Replaced |
West Indies Cricket Board of Control West Indies Cricket Board |
(founded) | 1920 |
Official website | |
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WICB
West Indies Women's
West Indies women's
West Indies Cricket Board of Control
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) formerly known as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies). It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (and is still sometimes referred by that name), but changed its name in 1996. In November 2015, the Board resolved to rename itself as Cricket West Indies as part of a restructuring exercise that would also see the creation of a separate commercial body. In Jan 2017 West Indies Cricket Board renamed & rebranded itself as Cricket West Indies.
The WICB has been a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1926. It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket team, organising Test tours and one-day internationals with other teams. It also organises domestic cricket in West Indies, including the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup domestic one-day (List A) competition. The WICB has also collaborated with Sir Allen Stanford in the organisation of the domestic Stanford 20/20 competition for the Twenty20 format of cricket. Later they created their own Twenty20 league called Caribbean Twenty20 after disbanding Stanford 20/20. In 2013 they Created Caribbean Premier League , a Professional Twenty20 league.
The WICB's membership includes the six territorial cricket associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first-class and limited-overs competition in the Caribbean. Each provides two directors, in addition to a number of non-member directors. Two of these associations are themselves multi-national boards representing a number of countries and dependencies.