Leeward Islands cricket team

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{{Infobox cricket team

|name = Leeward Islands

|image = 200px

|colours = {{color box|Maroon}} Maroon {{color box|Gold}} Gold

|coach = {{flagicon|ATG}} Stuart Williams{{cite web|title=Hurricanes fit for the fight|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/hurricanes-fit-for-the-fight/article_7b0b8276-d3dc-11ec-9bbc-4f789f0dd051.html|publisher=Trinidad Express|author=Seepersad, Roger|date=14 May 2022|website=trinidadexpress.com}}

|captain = {{flagicon|ATG}} Rakheem Cornwall (First-class){{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/cricket/cricket-windies/item/99967-west-indies-championship-squads-updated-as-odi-representatives-head-to-the-netherlands|title=West Indies Championship squads updated as ODI representatives head to the Netherlands|date=26 May 2022|publisher=Sportsmax|website=sportsmax.tv}}
{{flagicon|AIA}} Jahmar Hamilton (List A)

|founded = 1980

|ground = {{flagicon|ATG}} Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
{{flagicon|SKN}} Warner Park
{{flagicon|SKN}} Edgar Gilbert Ground
{{flagicon|Nevis}} Elquemedo Willett Park
{{flagicon|MSR}} Salem Oval
{{flagicon|SXM}} Carib Lumber Ball Park
{{flagicon|VIR}} Addelita Cancryn

|title1 = Four Day

|title1wins = 3 (plus 1 shared)

|title2 = Super50 Cup

|title2wins = 5 (plus 2 shared)

|title3 = Twenty20

|title3wins = 0

|website = [https://www.facebook.com/leewardislandscricket/ Leeward Islands]

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The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, an associate of the West Indies Cricket Board. Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands{{cite web|url=http://www.windiescricket.com/article.asp?id=35539|title=Leeward Islands Cricket Association – Club Detail|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802192059/http://www.windiescricket.com/article.asp?id=35539|archive-date=2 August 2003|df=dmy-all}} and Sint Maarten{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1991_f.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=www.cricketarchive.com}} are members of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association. The team does not participate in any international competitions (though Antigua and Barbuda took part at the 1998 Commonwealth Games), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50. The team competes in regional cricket under the franchise name Leeward Islands Hurricanes.{{cite web|url=http://www.iriefm.net/news/sports/jamaica-franchise-home-against-leeward-island-hurricanes-wicb-pcl-action|title=Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207163235/http://www.iriefm.net/news/sports/jamaica-franchise-home-against-leeward-island-hurricanes-wicb-pcl-action|archive-date=7 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}

The Leeward Islands has won a total of ten domestic titles – four in first class cricket and six in one-day cricket, but their last title was in 1997–98 when they won the double (although the first-class title was shared with Guyana). The list of prominent cricketers who have played for the Leewards Islands includes Curtly Ambrose, Eldine Baptiste, Kenny Benjamin, Winston Benjamin, Sheldon Cottrell, George Ferris, Ridley Jacobs, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Andy Roberts and Hayden Walsh Jr.