Nevis cricket team
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Nevis
| image = Nevis Cricket Association.jpg
| caption =
| association = Nevis Cricket Association
| conference = Leeward Islands Cricket Association
| ground = Elquemedo Willett Park
| captain =
| coach =
| colors = black, green and red
| icc_status = Affiliate of Cricket West Indies (full member)
| icc_member_year =
| icc_region = Americas
| asofdate = 2023
}}
The Nevis cricket team is the representative team of the Caribbean island of Nevis. The team is organised by the Nevis Cricket Association (NCA) which is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA), in turn an affiliate of Cricket West Indies.
Players from Nevis represent the Leeward Islands cricket team in West Indian domestic cricket and the West Indies cricket team in international cricket. Nevis is the smaller island in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis – both islands field separate teams.
History
Nevis was admitted to the Leeward Islands Cricket Association in 1949 and competed in the Leeward Islands Cricket Tournament for the first time in that year.{{cite news|url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/69327|title=A historical perspective of 100 years of cricket in Leeward Islands|publisher=SKN Vibes|date=5 February 2013|access-date=16 May 2023|first=Loshaun|last=Dixon}} Its first match was played against Montserrat.{{cite news|url=https://www.montserratspotlight.com/montserrat-concludes-leeward-islands-cricket-tournament-with-loss-to-st-kitts/|title=Montserrat concludes Leeward Islands cricket tournament with lopsided loss to St. Kitts|first=Edwin L.|last=Martin|date=1 March 2023|access-date=16 May 2023}} The current Nevis Cricket Association (NCA) was formed in 1973.{{cite news|url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/10771|title=Minister Powell: 1973 pivotal year in Nevis cricket|publisher=SKN Vibes|date=10 August 2009|access-date=16 May 2023|first=Donovan|last=Matthews}}
Nevis played in the Stanford 20/20 tournament in 2006 and 2008, briefly turning professional under the sponsorship of American billionaire Allen Stanford.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/mar/02/cricket.news|title=We have lift-off|newspaper=The Observer|first=Andy|last=Bull|date=2 March 2008|access-date=16 May 2023}} It lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-finals of the 2006 tournament and to Jamaica in the quarter-finals of the 2008 tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/series/stanford-twenty20-2006/|title=2006 Stanford Twenty20|publisher=Cricket West Indies|access-date=16 May 2023}}
Grounds
The main cricket ground in Nevis is Elquemedo Willett Park, previously known as Grove Park. The ground was renamed in 2010 in honour of Elquemedo Willett, a Nevisian who became the first player from the Leeward Islands to represent the West Indies.{{cite news|url=https://nia.gov.kn/grove-park-renamed-in-cricketers-honour|title=Grove Park Renamed in Cricketer’s Honour|publisher=Nevis Island Administration|date=17 August 2010|access-date=16 May 2023}}
Notable players
{{further|:Category:Nevisian cricketers}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|first=Stevenson|last=Manners|title=The Father, Son & Offsprings: The Enchanting Story of Nevis Cricket (1945 to 2023)|publisher=Stevenson Manners|year=2023|isbn=9692792862}}
{{West Indies first class cricket teams}}