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University of the West Indies cricket team

April 10, 2024

A cricket team representing the University of the West Indies (UWI) played several matches in West Indian domestic cricket during the early 2000s, and currently plays at lower levels.

University of the West Indies
Personnel
CaptainDave Cumberbatch (2002)
Philo Wallace (2003)
Team information
Foundedlate 1940s
Home groundSir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground (Jamaica), Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground (Trinidad), 3Ws Oval (Barbados)

The university's cricket team has been active since the school's foundation in 1948, and from the 1970s regularly played against touring international teams. With the backing of the university's Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hilary Beckles, the university established a Centre for Cricket Research in 1994, and subsequently upgraded facilities at each of its three campuses, in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Again largely due to Beckles' involvement, UWI's team was invited to compete in the 2002–03 and 2003–04 editions of the Red Stripe Bowl, West Indian cricket's domestic limited-overs competition. The team won only one match in two seasons, and was subsequently dropped from the competition. However, prior to the 2007–08 season the university was involved in the establishment of a Combined Campuses and Colleges team, which effectively continues UWI's prior role in West Indian domestic cricket. Grounds at three of the university's campuses—the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground in Mona, Jamaica; the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; and the 3Ws Oval in Cave Hill, Barbados—have been used for first-class matches.

History edit

Early years edit

 
The 3Ws Oval (entrance pictured), named after Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Clyde Walcott, and Sir Everton Weekes, is located on the university's campus in Cave Hill, Barbados, and often hosts university matches.

The university was founded as the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) in 1948, originally serving as a constituent college of the University of London. With its main campus in Mona, Jamaica, the university gained academic independence in 1962, with new campuses having been established in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (1960), and Cave Hill, Barbados (1963). The sport of cricket was played at the school from the beginning, and the university's team participated in the Senior Cup, the main club cricket tournament in Jamaica. Participation in the sport was encouraged by Sir Frank Worrell, who was a member of the UWI's staff after his retirement from playing, and Professor Gladstone Mills, who was chairman of the university's Sports Advisory Committee.[1] At the behest of Mills, in early 1971 the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) arranged for the touring New Zealand national cricket team to play a tour match against the university.[2] This trend of visiting teams playing the university continued throughout the 1970s, with matches against India and Australia occurring later in the decade.[3] However, these matches soon ceased, and from the early 1980s cricket matches were usually only played within the university.[1] It was not until the late 1990s and the early 2000s that UWI began to again play a role in West Indian cricket.[2] Led by the university's Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hilary Beckles, a Centre for Cricket Research was established at the Cave Hill campus in 1994, which resulted in the refurbishment of the on-campus 3Ws Oval. Two years later, in 1996, Beckles convinced what was now the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to organise a match between the touring New Zealanders and a University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI.[1] Matches between touring sides and the Vice Chancellor's XI have since become a regular, almost annual, event.[4][5]

Domestic competition edit

In July 2002, the WICB announced that the University of the West Indies would field a team in 2002–03 Red Stripe Bowl, the premier limited-overs competition in the West Indies.[6] The inclusion of new teams was driven by former international player Wes Hall, the WICB's president at the time, who wished to strengthen the development of West Indian players outside of the usual regions.[7] UWI's participation was largely a result of the efforts of Hilary Beckles, who had previously authored several texts on the history of West Indies cricket.[8] Prior to its debut, the university gained the sponsorship of the Sagicor Financial Corporation, a Barbados-based firm.[9] The team debuted in the competition in August 2002, in a match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Old Harbour Road ground in Port Esquivel, Jamaica.[10] Although Saint Vincent had been pre-match favourites, UWI scored 269/7 and then restricted their opponents to 244/9, winning the match by 25 runs. UWI's team had included nine debutants to Saint Vincent's one, with only captain Dave Cumberbatch and wicket-keeper Andre Coley having played in the competition previously.[11]

Placed in "Zone A" of the competition, alongside Saint Vincent, Barbados, Jamaica, and a "Rest of Leeward Islands" team, UWI lost each of its remaining three matches to finish in last place in its zone.[12] These fixtures comprised a 102–run loss to Barbados, a nine-wicket loss to Rest of Leeward Islands, and a ten-wicket loss to Jamaica.[13] Despite these losses, the university was kept in the competition for the following season. The team gained former West Indian international player Philo Wallace for the 2003–04 competition, as well as two other players with previous experience, prompting one commentator to predict that UWI would be the Bowl's "most improved team".[14] Placed in "Zone B", with Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and the West Indies under-19s, UWI lost three matches, with the other abandoned due to rain interruption.[15] The university scored over 150 runs only once, against the under-19s team, and only one batsman, Shawn Graham, managed to score a half-century.[16] Due to the overall lack of competition provided by UWI and the other newly introduced teams, the WICB announced in July 2004 that the Red Stripe Bowl would revert to the traditional six-team format.[17] A list of matches the team played during its two seasons in the competition is given below:

№ Date Team batting first Team batting second Result Ground Ref
1 14 August 2002 University of the West Indies 7/269 (50 overs) St. Vincent and the Grenadines 9/244 (50 overs) University of the West Indies won by 25 runs Old Harbour Road Cricket Ground [11]
2 16 August 2002 Barbados 2/284 (50 overs) University of the West Indies 182 (41.4 overs) Barbados won by 102 runs Chedwin Park [18]
3 20 August 2002 University of the West Indies 140 (49.3 overs) Rest of Leeward Islands 1/141 (24 overs) Rest of Leeward Islands won by 9 wickets Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground [19]
4 22 August 2002 University of the West Indies 112 (38.3 overs) Jamaica 0/115 (16.2 overs) Jamaica won by 10 wickets Alpart Sports Club Ground [20]
5 2 October 2003 University of the West Indies 6/258 (50 overs) Barbados 3/176 (26.2 overs) Barbados won by 7 wickets (D/L) Antigua Recreation Ground [21]
6 4 October 2003 Guyana 2/284 (50 overs) University of the West Indies 144 (40.5 overs) Guyana won by 114 runs Antigua Recreation Ground [22]
7 7 October 2003 University of the West Indies 165 (42 overs) West Indies Under-19s 3/166 (33.4 overs) West Indies Under-19s won by 7 wickets Antigua Recreation Ground [23]
8 9 October 2003 Antigua and Barbuda University of the West Indies Match abandoned Antigua Recreation Ground [24]

Recent years edit

Although UWI no longer had List A status, the university continued to play a large role in West Indian cricket from the mid-2000s onward. Grounds at the Cave Hill and St. Augustine campuses were used for warm-up matches at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, and continue to be used occasionally for domestic matches.[1] From the 2007–08 season onwards, UWI combined with other Caribbean universities to form the Combined Campuses and Colleges, which participates in domestic first-class, List A, and Twenty20 matches.[25] However, the majority of the team's players attend UWI campuses. The demand for players has necessitated the introduction of cricket scholarships for players from other islands.[26] In the late 2000s, the university's team was admitted into the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), and has won four consecutive league titles from the 2009 season.[27][28] In May 2010, the West Indies High Performance Centre, based at the Cave Hill Campus, was opened by the WICB, which the board's president, Julian Hunte, described as "a very significant step forward in the future development of cricket in the Caribbean".[29] Later that year, the university's team participated as "special guests" at the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship, held in Florida.[26]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d VC Viewpoint: Symbols of the West Indian Spirit – The Pelican. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Beckles, Hilary (1999). "Appendix IV: UWI and WICB Joint Press Release Inaugurating the Vice Chancellor's XI Match". The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 1: The Age of Globalization. p. 156. Originally published by Pluto Press, 1999.
  3. ^ Other matches played by University of West Indies 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  4. ^ Other matches played by University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. ^ Buchanan-Hind, Elizabeth. Tracing the Journey: The Vice Chancellor's XI cricket match – The Pelican. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  6. ^ Nicholas, Derrick (2002). St Vincent, Grenadines to compete separately in the Red Stripe Bowl – ESPNcricinfo. Published 28 July 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  7. ^ WICB Boss Hypes Red Stripe Expansion – Caribbean Cricket. Published 12 August 2002. Originally published in the Barbados Nation. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  8. ^ Popplewell, Georgia (2004). Who's Really Who In West Indies Cricket 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine – Caribbean Beat. Issue 66 (March/April 2004). Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  9. ^ Sponsorship of the UWI Cricket Team – Sagicor Financial Corporation. Published 1 June 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  10. ^ Red Stripe Bowl bowls off – Jamaica Gleaner. Published 14 August 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  11. ^ a b University of West Indies v St Vincent and the Grenadines – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  12. ^ Red Stripe Bowl 2002/03 Points Table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  13. ^ List A matches played by University of West Indies (8) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  14. ^ CW Red Stripe Bowl Preview – Cricket Web. Published 1 October 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  15. ^ Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04 Points Table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  16. ^ Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04: Batting and fielding for University of West Indies – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  17. ^ No Room for Antigua, UWI – Caribbean Cricket. Published 10 July 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  18. ^ University of the West Indies v Barbados, Red Stripe Bowl 2002/03 (Zone A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  19. ^ University of the West Indies v Rest of Leeward Islands, Red Stripe Bowl 2002/03 (Zone A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  20. ^ Jamaica v University of the West Indies, Red Stripe Bowl 2002/03 (Zone A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  21. ^ Barbados v University of the West Indies, Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04 (Zone B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  22. ^ Guyana v University of the West Indies, Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04 (Zone B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  23. ^ University of the West Indies v West Indies Under-19s, Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04 (Zone B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  24. ^ Antigua and Barbuda v University of the West Indies, Red Stripe Bowl 2003/04 (Zone B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  25. ^ Combined Campuses and Colleges – CricketArchive. Retrieved January 2013.
  26. ^ a b University Of The West Indies – A New Force In WI Cricket – New York Cricket. Published 27 August 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  27. ^ Bynoe, Kenmore (2012). Sir Hilary's formula – Nation News. Published 26 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  28. ^ CHILL Cover Article : Cricket Rebirth – The University of the West Indies. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  29. ^ Fifteen players for WI Cricket high performance center – WI Cric News. Published 29 May 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

April 10, 2024
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A cricket team representing the University of the West Indies UWI played several matches in West Indian domestic cricket during the early 2000s and currently plays at lower levels University of the West IndiesPersonnelCaptainDave Cumberbatch 2002 Philo Wallace 2003 Team informationFoundedlate 1940sHome groundSir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground Jamaica Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground Trinidad 3Ws Oval Barbados The university s cricket team has been active since the school s foundation in 1948 and from the 1970s regularly played against touring international teams With the backing of the university s Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Hilary Beckles the university established a Centre for Cricket Research in 1994 and subsequently upgraded facilities at each of its three campuses in Barbados Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago Again largely due to Beckles involvement UWI s team was invited to compete in the 2002 03 and 2003 04 editions of the Red Stripe Bowl West Indian cricket s domestic limited overs competition The team won only one match in two seasons and was subsequently dropped from the competition However prior to the 2007 08 season the university was involved in the establishment of a Combined Campuses and Colleges team which effectively continues UWI s prior role in West Indian domestic cricket Grounds at three of the university s campuses the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground in Mona Jamaica the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground in St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago and the 3Ws Oval in Cave Hill Barbados have been used for first class matches Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Domestic competition 1 3 Recent years 2 ReferencesHistory editEarly years edit nbsp The 3Ws Oval entrance pictured named after Sir Frank Worrell Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes is located on the university s campus in Cave Hill Barbados and often hosts university matches The university was founded as the University College of the West Indies UCWI in 1948 originally serving as a constituent college of the University of London With its main campus in Mona Jamaica the university gained academic independence in 1962 with new campuses having been established in St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago 1960 and Cave Hill Barbados 1963 The sport of cricket was played at the school from the beginning and the university s team participated in the Senior Cup the main club cricket tournament in Jamaica Participation in the sport was encouraged by Sir Frank Worrell who was a member of the UWI s staff after his retirement from playing and Professor Gladstone Mills who was chairman of the university s Sports Advisory Committee 1 At the behest of Mills in early 1971 the West Indies Cricket Board of Control WICBC arranged for the touring New Zealand national cricket team to play a tour match against the university 2 This trend of visiting teams playing the university continued throughout the 1970s with matches against India and Australia occurring later in the decade 3 However these matches soon ceased and from the early 1980s cricket matches were usually only played within the university 1 It was not until the late 1990s and the early 2000s that UWI began to again play a role in West Indian cricket 2 Led by the university s Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Hilary Beckles a Centre for Cricket Research was established at the Cave Hill campus in 1994 which resulted in the refurbishment of the on campus 3Ws Oval Two years later in 1996 Beckles convinced what was now the West Indies Cricket Board WICB to organise a match between the touring New Zealanders and a University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor s XI 1 Matches between touring sides and the Vice Chancellor s XI have since become a regular almost annual event 4 5 Domestic competition edit In July 2002 the WICB announced that the University of the West Indies would field a team in 2002 03 Red Stripe Bowl the premier limited overs competition in the West Indies 6 The inclusion of new teams was driven by former international player Wes Hall the WICB s president at the time who wished to strengthen the development of West Indian players outside of the usual regions 7 UWI s participation was largely a result of the efforts of Hilary Beckles who had previously authored several texts on the history of West Indies cricket 8 Prior to its debut the university gained the sponsorship of the Sagicor Financial Corporation a Barbados based firm 9 The team debuted in the competition in August 2002 in a match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Old Harbour Road ground in Port Esquivel Jamaica 10 Although Saint Vincent had been pre match favourites UWI scored 269 7 and then restricted their opponents to 244 9 winning the match by 25 runs UWI s team had included nine debutants to Saint Vincent s one with only captain Dave Cumberbatch and wicket keeper Andre Coley having played in the competition previously 11 Placed in Zone A of the competition alongside Saint Vincent Barbados Jamaica and a Rest of Leeward Islands team UWI lost each of its remaining three matches to finish in last place in its zone 12 These fixtures comprised a 102 run loss to Barbados a nine wicket loss to Rest of Leeward Islands and a ten wicket loss to Jamaica 13 Despite these losses the university was kept in the competition for the following season The team gained former West Indian international player Philo Wallace for the 2003 04 competition as well as two other players with previous experience prompting one commentator to predict that UWI would be the Bowl s most improved team 14 Placed in Zone B with Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Guyana and the West Indies under 19s UWI lost three matches with the other abandoned due to rain interruption 15 The university scored over 150 runs only once against the under 19s team and only one batsman Shawn Graham managed to score a half century 16 Due to the overall lack of competition provided by UWI and the other newly introduced teams the WICB announced in July 2004 that the Red Stripe Bowl would revert to the traditional six team format 17 A list of matches the team played during its two seasons in the competition is given below Date Team batting first Team batting second Result Ground Ref1 14 August 2002 University of the West Indies 7 269 50 overs St Vincent and the Grenadines 9 244 50 overs University of the West Indies won by 25 runs Old Harbour Road Cricket Ground 11 2 16 August 2002 Barbados 2 284 50 overs University of the West Indies 182 41 4 overs Barbados won by 102 runs Chedwin Park 18 3 20 August 2002 University of the West Indies 140 49 3 overs Rest of Leeward Islands 1 141 24 overs Rest of Leeward Islands won by 9 wickets Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground 19 4 22 August 2002 University of the West Indies 112 38 3 overs Jamaica 0 115 16 2 overs Jamaica won by 10 wickets Alpart Sports Club Ground 20 5 2 October 2003 University of the West Indies 6 258 50 overs Barbados 3 176 26 2 overs Barbados won by 7 wickets D L Antigua Recreation Ground 21 6 4 October 2003 Guyana 2 284 50 overs University of the West Indies 144 40 5 overs Guyana won by 114 runs Antigua Recreation Ground 22 7 7 October 2003 University of the West Indies 165 42 overs West Indies Under 19s 3 166 33 4 overs West Indies Under 19s won by 7 wickets Antigua Recreation Ground 23 8 9 October 2003 Antigua and Barbuda University of the West Indies Match abandoned Antigua Recreation Ground 24 Recent years edit Although UWI no longer had List A status the university continued to play a large role in West Indian cricket from the mid 2000s onward Grounds at the Cave Hill and St Augustine campuses were used for warm up matches at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup and continue to be used occasionally for domestic matches 1 From the 2007 08 season onwards UWI combined with other Caribbean universities to form the Combined Campuses and Colleges which participates in domestic first class List A and Twenty20 matches 25 However the majority of the team s players attend UWI campuses The demand for players has necessitated the introduction of cricket scholarships for players from other islands 26 In the late 2000s the university s team was admitted into the Barbados Cricket Association BCA and has won four consecutive league titles from the 2009 season 27 28 In May 2010 the West Indies High Performance Centre based at the Cave Hill Campus was opened by the WICB which the board s president Julian Hunte described as a very significant step forward in the future development of cricket in the Caribbean 29 Later that year the university s team participated as special guests at the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship held in Florida 26 References edit a b c d VC Viewpoint Symbols of the West Indian Spirit The Pelican Retrieved 2 January 2013 a b Beckles Hilary 1999 Appendix IV UWI and WICB Joint Press Release Inaugurating the Vice Chancellor s XI Match The Development of West Indies Cricket Vol 1 The Age of Globalization p 156 Originally published by Pluto Press 1999 Other matches played by University of West Indies Archived 2014 08 08 at the Wayback Machine CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 Other matches played by University of West Indies Vice Chancellor s XI Archived 2018 12 15 at the Wayback Machine CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2012 Buchanan Hind Elizabeth Tracing the Journey The Vice Chancellor s XI cricket match The Pelican Retrieved 2 January 2013 Nicholas Derrick 2002 St Vincent Grenadines to compete separately in the Red Stripe Bowl ESPNcricinfo Published 28 July 2002 Retrieved 2 January 2013 WICB Boss Hypes Red Stripe Expansion Caribbean Cricket Published 12 August 2002 Originally published in the Barbados Nation Retrieved 2 January 2013 Popplewell Georgia 2004 Who s Really Who In West Indies Cricket Archived 2013 01 14 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Beat Issue 66 March April 2004 Retrieved 2 January 2013 Sponsorship of the UWI Cricket Team Sagicor Financial Corporation Published 1 June 2002 Retrieved 2 January 2012 Red Stripe Bowl bowls off Jamaica Gleaner Published 14 August 2002 Retrieved 2 January 2013 a b University of West Indies v St Vincent and the Grenadines CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 Red Stripe Bowl 2002 03 Points Table CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 List A matches played by University of West Indies 8 CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 CW Red Stripe Bowl Preview Cricket Web Published 1 October 2003 Retrieved 2 January 2013 Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Points Table CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Batting and fielding for University of West Indies CricketArchive Retrieved 2 January 2013 No Room for Antigua UWI Caribbean Cricket Published 10 July 2004 Retrieved 2 January 2013 University of the West Indies v Barbados Red Stripe Bowl 2002 03 Zone A CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 University of the West Indies v Rest of Leeward Islands Red Stripe Bowl 2002 03 Zone A CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 Jamaica v University of the West Indies Red Stripe Bowl 2002 03 Zone A CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 Barbados v University of the West Indies Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Zone B CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 Guyana v University of the West Indies Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Zone B CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 University of the West Indies v West Indies Under 19s Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Zone B CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 Antigua and Barbuda v University of the West Indies Red Stripe Bowl 2003 04 Zone B CricketArchive Retrieved 3 January 2013 Combined Campuses and Colleges CricketArchive Retrieved January 2013 a b University Of The West Indies A New Force In WI Cricket New York Cricket Published 27 August 2010 Retrieved 2 January 2013 Bynoe Kenmore 2012 Sir Hilary s formula Nation News Published 26 December 2012 Retrieved 2 January 2013 CHILL Cover Article Cricket Rebirth The University of the West Indies Retrieved 2 January 2013 Fifteen players for WI Cricket high performance center WI Cric News Published 29 May 2010 Retrieved 2 January 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of the West Indies cricket team amp oldid 1158824040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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