West Indies A cricket team
Second-tier national team
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The West Indies 'A' cricket team represents Cricket West Indies and is considered its second-tier team in international cricket, below the top-level West Indies cricket team. The 'A' team is currently captained by wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva in first-class cricket and coached by former Guyanese cricketer Rayon Griffith.[2]
CoachRayon Griffith
Founded1992
First-class debutEngland A
in March 1992
at Queens Park Oval[1]
in March 1992
at Queens Park Oval[1]
Official websiteWest Indies Cricket
| Personnel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Rayon Griffith | ||
| Team information | |||
| Founded | 1992 | ||
| History | |||
| First-class debut | England A in March 1992 at Queens Park Oval[1] | ||
| Official website | West Indies Cricket | ||
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Matches played by West Indies 'A' are not Tests or One Day Internationals, but they usually have the first-class and List A status, respectively. West Indies A had toured Nepal in late April 2024 for five T20 matches where they won the series 3-2.[3]
Current squad
| Name | Age | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||
 Kirk McKenzie |
25 | Left-handed | Right-arm offspin | Jamaica |
 Alick Athanaze |
27 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Windward Islands |
 Keacy Carty |
29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Leeward Islands |
 Tagenarine Chanderpaul |
30 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Guyana |
| Tevin Imlach |
29 | Right-handed | Guyana | |
 Zachary McCaskie |
29 | Right-handed | Barbados | |
| Brandon King |
31 | Right-handed | Jamaica | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Raymon Reifer |
35 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Barbados |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||
 Joshua Da Silva |
28 [n 1] | Right-handed | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||
| Gudakesh Motie |
31 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Guyana |
| Kevin Sinclair |
28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Guyana |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Akeem Jordan |
31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Jair McAllister |
29 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Barbados |
| Anderson Phillip |
31 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Trinidad and Tobago |
- Table notes
- First-class Captain
Results
| West Indies A matches | First-class v A team | Other first-class | List A v A team | Other List A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Venue | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | NR | W | L | NR |
| 1991-92 | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994-95 | West Indies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Indies | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1998-99[1] | West Indies | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bangladesh | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Indies | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1999-2000 | West Indies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[2] | - | - | - |
| 2000 | West Indies | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0[2] | - | - | - |
| 2002 | England | - | - | - | 1 | 3[3] | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0[3] | - | - | - |
