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Jamaica

The Jamaica cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Jamaica.

It does not take part in any international competitions (the 1998 Commonwealth Games tournament being an exception), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, who plays international cricket. Jamaica has won the domestic first class competition six times, and they have also won the one-day competition five times - and shared the title once.

Chris Gayle Captain of west indies Cricket Team

Jamaican Courtney Walsh took 519 Test wickets

The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica did not play regular first-class cricket until 1964. They played in the inaugural Shell Shield first-class competition, winning it on the fourth attempt, but then had to wait until 1977-78 for their next title - which was a shared one-day title with Leeward Islands.

From 1986 to 1992, Jamaica won a total of six titles (three first class and three one-day), but in the thirteen seasons since then they have added four to the cupboard, despite completing the double in 1999-2000. In 2004-05, they came back after a two-year drought, however - with seven wins in ten regular season matches, they were 47 points ahead of runners-up Leeward Islands on the regular season table to win the Carib Beer Cup, before defeating the Leeward Islands by eight wickets in the final to take the Carib Beer Challenge title as well. However, this was followed up by a last-place finish the following season.

The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Jamaica include Jimmy Adams, Gerry Alexander, Jeff Dujon, Chris Gayle, George Headley, Michael Holding, Lawrence Rowe, Alfred Valentine, Courtney Walsh and Frank Worrell.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
26	Brenton Parchment		24 June 1982 (1982-06-24) (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
45	Chris Gayle		21 September 1979 (1979-09-21) (age 30)	Left-handed	Right arm off break	List A captain
52	Marlon Samuels		5 January 1981 (1981-01-05) (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
10	Xavier Marshall		27 March 1986 (1986-03-27) (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
49	Brendan Nash		14 December 1977 (1977-12-14) (age 32)	Left-handed	Left arm medium pace
68	Wavell Hinds		7 September 1976 (1976-09-07) (age 33)	Left-handed	Right arm medium pace
??	Shawn Findlay		3 March 1984 (1984-03-03) (age 25)	Left-handed	Right arm medium pace
??	Andre McCarthy		8 June 1987 (1987-06-08) (age 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
??	Tamar Lambert		15 July 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	First-class captain
All-rounders
8	David Bernard		19 July 1981 (1981-07-19) (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
??	Donovan Sinclair		13 August 1985 (1985-08-13) (age 24)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
??	Danza Hyatt		17 March 1983 (1983-03-17) (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium pace
??	Lorenzo Ingram		14 April 1983 (1983-04-14) (age 26)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
35	Carlton Baugh		23 June 1982 (1982-06-23) (age 27)	Right-handed	—
??	Horace Miller		26 October 1989 (1989-10-26) (age 20)	Right-handed	—
??	Keith Hibbert		14 June 1980 (1980-06-14) (age 29)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
33	Nikita Miller		16 May 1982 (1982-05-16) (age 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
75	Jerome Taylor		22 June 1984 (1984-06-22) (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
??	Jermaine Lawson		13 January 1982 (1982-01-13) (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
39	Daren Powell		15 April 1978 (1978-04-15) (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
??	Andrew Richardson		6 September 1981 (1981-09-06) (age 28)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
??	Krishmar Santokie		20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) (age 25)	Left-handed	Left arm medium pace
20	Odean Brown		8 February 1982 (1982-02-08) (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
??	Gavin Wallace		22 December 1984 (1984-12-22) (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
??	Bevon Brown		2 September 1979 (1979-09-02) (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
??	Yanick Elliott		15 June 1986 (1986-06-15) (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
??	Andre Russell		29 April 1988 (1988-04-29) (age 21)	Right-handed	Right arm fast

Source: List A squad & First-class squad

Roll of honour

• Domestic first-class competition winners: 1968-69, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2007-08
• Domestic one-day competition winners: 1977-78 (shared), 1983-84, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1999-2000

Grounds

Jamaica's main ground is Sabina Park in Kingston, which has hosted 144 first-class games since 1895. Usually at least two or three games have been played there each year, although they played no games in 2005, opting instead to have Alpart Sports Club Ground in St Elizabeth as their main home ground with three of five games. That ground will also host one game in the 2005-06 Carib Beer Cup, along with Kensington Park in Kingston and Chedwin Park in Spanish Town.

References

• Cricinfo
• CricketArchive
• 2005-06 KFC Cup Squad from Cricinfo
• First-Class Matches played on Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

See also

• List of Jamaican C.C. players
• Jamaican women's cricket team