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This is a list of West Indian Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap.
Carlisle Alonza Best (born 14 May 1959) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He represented the West Indies at the 1987 World Cup. A right-handed batsman, Best hit his first scoring shot on his Test debut for six runs.
George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II.Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Headley also represented Jamaica and played professional club cricket in England.
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed The Windies, [10] is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies—a group of mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region—and administered by Cricket West Indies. The players on this composite team are selected from a chain of fifteen Caribbean nation-states and ...
West Indies' narrowest win by wickets is by 1 wicket, which they have achieved thrice, has come in the third Test of the 1998-99 Australia tour at Kensington Oval, Barbados and twice against Pakistan, once Pakistan's tour in 2000 at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's and during the 2021 tour at Sabina Park, Kingston. These are three of only ...
Christopher Henry Gayle OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies from 1999 to 2021. [1] Nicknamed "The Universe Boss", Gayle is widely regarded as the greatest Twenty20 batsman ever.
Shai Diego Hope (born 10 November 1993) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays as a wicketkeeper/batsman for the West Indies cricket team. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is also the current ODI captain of the Windies. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In June 2018, he was named the Men's Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the annual ...
The West Indies lost the series 2–0 as Bangladesh secured their first overseas series win. [19] All the players who played for the West Indies during the contract dispute were given central contracts by the WICB, including Best. [20] Best signed a contract with Yorkshire County Cricket Club in April 2010 to represent them until the end of May ...