"Windies" redirects here. For the geographical area, see
West Indies.
West Indies |
| Nickname(s) | Windies |
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| Association | Cricket West Indies |
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| Test captain | Roston Chase |
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| One Day captain | Shai Hope |
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| T20I captain | Shai Hope |
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| Test coach | Andre Coley |
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| One Day & T20 coach | Daren Sammy |
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| Test status acquired | 1928 (1928) |
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| Hong Kong Sixes wins | 1 |
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| ICC status | Full Member (1926) |
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| ICC region | Americas |
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| ICC Rankings |
Current |
Best-ever |
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| Test |
8th |
1st (1 January 1964) |
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| ODI |
9th |
1st (1 June 1981) |
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| T20I |
5th |
1st (10 January 2016) |
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| First Test | v. England at Lord's, London; 23–26 June 1928 |
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| Last Test | v. Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; 25–27 January 2025 |
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| Tests |
Played |
Won/Lost |
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| Total |
584 |
185/216
(182 draws, 1 tie) |
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| This year |
2 |
1/1 (0 draws) |
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| World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in 2021) |
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| Best result | 8th place (2021, 2023, 2025) |
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| First ODI | v. England at Headingley, Leeds; 5 September 1973 |
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| Last ODI | v. England at [The Oval]], London; 3 June 2025 |
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| ODIs |
Played |
Won/Lost |
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| Total |
888 |
427/419
(11 ties, 31 no results) |
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| This year |
6 |
1/4
(0 ties, 1 no result) |
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| World Cup appearances | 12 (first in 1975) |
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| Best result | Champions (1975, 1979) |
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| First T20I | v. New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 16 February 2006 |
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| Last T20I | v. Ireland at Bready Cricket Club Ground, Bready; 15 June 2025 |
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| T20Is |
Played |
Won/Lost |
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| Total |
220 |
94/112
(3 ties, 11 no results) |
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| This year |
4 |
1/3
(0 ties, 0 no results) |
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) |
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| Best result | Champions (2012, 2016) |
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| As of 15 June 2025 |
The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed The Windies, 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 territories. As of 25 March 2025, the West Indies cricket team is ranked eighth in Tests, Ninth in ODIs, and fifth in T20Is in the official ICC rankings.
From the mid-late 1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was the strongest in the world in both Test and One Day International cricket. A number of cricketers who were considered among the best in the world have hailed from the West Indies: 21 of these have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The West Indies have won the ICC Cricket World Cup twice (1975 and 1979, when it was styled the Prudential Cup), the ICC T20 World Cup twice (2012 and 2016, when it was styled World Twenty20), the ICC Champions Trophy once (2004), the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup once (2016), and have also finished as runners-up in the Cricket World Cup (1983), the Under 19 Cricket World Cup (2004), and the ICC Champions Trophy (2006). The West Indies appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals (1975, 1979 and 1983), and were the first team to win back-to-back World Cups (1975 and 1979), both of these records have been surpassed only by Australia, who appeared in four consecutive World Cup Finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007).
The West Indies have hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, and co-hosted (with the United States) the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.
