| Cayman Islands | |
| Cayman Islands | |
| ICC membership granted | 1997 |
| ICC member status | Associate Member |
| ICC development region | Americas |
| World Cricket League division | Five |
| Captain | Ryan Bovell |
| Coach | {{{current_coach}}} |
| First recorded match | 7 August 2000 v USA at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario, Canada |
| First class cricket | |
| First class matches played | 2 |
| First class wins/losses | 0/2 |
| List A cricket | |
| List A matches played | 4 |
| List A wins/losses | 0/4 |
| As of 5 August 2007 | |
The Cayman Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002, having previously been an affiliate member since 1997.[1]
They have played in international competition since the year 2000, and played in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2] They are in Division Three of the World Cricket League[3] and are ranked at 24th in the world by the ICC, the fourth ranked non-test team in the Americas region.[4]
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The Cayman Islands became an affiliate member of the ICC in 1997[1] 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.[5] Later in the year, they played their first List A matches as part of the 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[2] In 2006, they first played in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament. They beat the Bahamas in the preliminary round,[10] but lost to Trinidad & Tobago in the first round proper.[11]
In August 2006, they finished third in Division One of the ICC Americas Championship after wins against Argentina and Canada.[12] 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.[13] 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. Now they will play 2012 Division Five
The Cayman Islands will take part in Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2012.
The Cayman Islands squad at the World Cricket League Division Three tournament was as follows:[16]
| Name | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | |||
| Ryan Bovell | RHB | Right-arm medium-fast | – |
| Wicketkeepers | |||
| Ryan Ebanks | RHB | – | No relation to Ronald Ebanks |
| Ainsley Hall | RHB | Right-arm medium | – |
| Keneil Irving | RHB | Right-arm medium | – |
| Opening Batsmen | |||
| Steve Gordon | RHB | Right-arm medium | Previously played for Jamaica |
| Ainsley Hall | RHB | Right-arm medium | – |
| Middle Order Batsmen | |||
| Ronald Ebanks | RHB | Right-arm medium/off spin | No relation to Ryan Ebanks |
| Jalon Linton | RHB | – | – |
| Saheed Mohamed | RHB | Off spin | – |
| All-rounders | |||
| Pearson Best | RHB | Right-arm slow-medium | – |
| Franklyn Hinds | RHB | Right-arm medium | – |
| Joseph Kirkconnell | RHB | Right-arm medium | – |
| Spin bowler | |||
| Michael Wight | RHB | Leg spin | – |
| Fast bowlers | |||
| Kenute Tulloch | RHB | Right-arm medium-fast | – |
| Troy Taylor | RHB | Right-arm medium-fast | – |
In addition to those listed above, the following Cayman Islands cricketers have played first-class, List A or official Twenty20 cricket:[17]
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