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The Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. It includes the islands that the English define as among the Windward Islands - except for Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, who have their own teams. Thus, it includes Dominica (technically a part of the Leeward Islands, but as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until independence, its cricket federation remains a part of the Windward Islands), Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The team does not take part in any international competitions (although the member nation of Grenada took part at the 1998 Commonwealth Games), 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, which plays international cricket.

The Windward Islands team is the least successful of the six West Indian first class teams, having failed to win a first-class title and with two one-day titles in 32 attempts. They played their first first-class match in 1959-60 against the touring England side, losing by ten wickets, and until 1980-81 they mainly played as a part of the Combined Islands. However, from 1981-82 onwards they have played as a separate entity. The list of prominent cricketers who have represented the Windward Islands includes Cameron Cuffy, Winston Davis, Junior Murray, Rawl Lewis and Devon Smith.

• Domestic one-day competition winners: 1988-89, 2000-01

The Windward Islands team has played the most matches (29 out of 103) at the Amos Vale Ground in Kingstown, Saint Vincent, closely followed by the Queen's Park in Grenada (25 matches), Mindoo Philip Park in Saint Lucia (21 matches), and Windsor Park in Dominica (16 matches). The Mindoo Philip Park has not seen any first-class cricket since 2001, and has been replaced by the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, which has hosted four matches in three years. However, cricket had been scheduled to return to Mindoo Philip Park in 2006, when the Windward Islands hosted the Leeward Islands. However, the match was abandoned due to rain.

• Cricinfo
• CricketArchive
• 2005-06 KFC Cup Squad from Cricinfo
• Windward Islands Cricket - Info from West Indies Cricket Board