2023–24 West Indies Championship
Domestic Four Day regional red ball cricket tournament in the West Indies
Cricket tournament
The 2023–24 West Indies Championship was the 56th edition of the Regional Four Day Competition , the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI). It began on 7 February and the last game ended on 20 April 2024. The six franchise teams from the previous season participated as well as two new teams were added to the circuit time. The West Indies Academy team made their debut in the West Indies first-class season and the Combined Campuses and Colleges team, made a return after a few years’ absence.[ 1] [ 2]
The prize money of the championship was set at US$ 250,000 for the winner and US$100,000 for the runners up.[ 3]
With the match between the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands ending in a draw, Guyana retain their championship and continue their dominance after winning seven championships in the last nine year.[ 4]
Points table
Champions
Match Points: 12 points for a win, 3 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
Match Summary
Each team's cumulative total points at the end of each round are listed.
Fixtures
Round 1
Windward Islands elected to field
Shadrack Descarte (Windward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Points: Windward Islands 21.4, Jamaica 4.4
v
344/8 (72.2 overs)
Kevin Wickham 139 (135)Romario Greaves 2/54 (10 overs)
Combined Campuses & Colleges elected to field
Demario Richards, Govasta Edmond, Jediah Blades, Kirstan Kallicharan , Romario Greaves, Sion Hackett, Shatrughan Rambaran, Shaqkere Parris, Zishan Motara (Combined Campuses And Colleges) made their first-class debut.
Points: Barbados 19, Combined Campuses and Colleges 3
West Indies Academy won the toss and elected to field
Joshua James , Kadeem Alleyne , Mbeki Joseph, Rivaldo Clarke (West Indies Academy) and Joshua Grant, Mikyle Louis (Leeward Islands) made their first-class debut.Points: West Indies Academy 17.4, Leeward Islands 5.6
Trinidad and Tobago elected to bat
No play was possible on Day 2, 3 and 4 due to rain and a wet outfield.
Neiland Cadogan, Ronaldo Alimohamed , Raymond Perez and Steven Sankar (Guyana) made their First Class debut.
Points: Trinidad & Tobago 3, Guyana 4.4
Round 2
Jamaica elected to field
Points: Jamaica 20, Combined Campuses and Colleges 6.6
v
214 (49.5 overs)
Kevin Wickham 74 (104) Ryan John 4/47 (16 overs)
Windward Islands elected to field
Darel Cyrus (Windward Islands) made his first-class debut.Points: Windward Islands 21, Barbados 3.8
Leeward Islands Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
Jewel Andrew (Leeward Islands) made his first-class debut.Points: Leeward Islands 20.2, Guyana 6
West Indies Academy elected to bat
Points: Trinidad & Tobago 20.2, West Indies Academy 2
Round 3
Leeward Islands elected to field
Points: Leeward Islands 19.8, Trinidad & Tobago 4.4
Guyana won the toss and elected to bat
Points: Guyana 16, West Indies Academy 4.6
v
292 (83.2 overs)
Abhijai Mansingh 54 (103)Shaquille Cumberbatch 5/46 (14.2 overs)
Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
Shaquille Cumberbatch (Barbados) made his first-class debut.
Points: Barbados 21, Jamaica 5.2
v
204 (71.3 overs)
Demario Richards 46 (104) Darel Cyrus 6/72 (25 overs)
395 (105.4 overs)
Kavem Hodge 158* (250)Romario Greaves 5/142 (38 overs)
Windward Islands elected to field
Damel Evelyn, Sadique Henry (Combined Campuses and Colleges) and Gillon Tyson (Windward Islands) made their first-class debut.
Points: Windward Islands 19.8, Combined Campuses and Colleges 5
Round 4
Trinidad & Tobago won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Trinidad & Tobago 19.6, Windward Islands 5.2
Combined Campuses and Colleges won the toss and elected to bat.
Amari Goodridge (Combined C&C) made his first-class debut.
Points: Leeward Islands 18.6, Combined Campuses and Colleges 5.2
Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
Shian Brathwaite (Barbados) made his first-class debut.Points: Guyana 19.8, Barbados 4.4
Jamaica won the toss and elected to field.
Joshua Dorne (West Indies Academy) made his first-class debut.
Points: Jamaica 20.6, West Indies Academy 6.8
Round 5
Trinidad & Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
Guyana won the toss and elected to bat.
Combined Campuses and Colleges won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
v
591/7d (123 overs)
Amir Jangoo 218 (238)Amari Goodridge 5/92 (22 overs)
325 (108.3 overs)
Damel Evelyn 73 (182) Bryan Charles 4/46 (23.3 overs)
Combined Campuses and Colleges elected to field first
Points: Trinidad & Tobago 21.8, Combined Campuses and Colleges 2.4
Barbados elected to bat
Demetrius Richards and Javed Leacock (Barbados) made their first-class debut.
Points: Barbados 20.2, Leeward Islands 3.4
Windward Islands elected to bat
Stephan Pascal (Windward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Points: Windward Islands 18.4, West Indies Academy 4.4
Jamaica elected to field first
Javaughn Buchanan (Jamaica) made his first-class debut.
Points: Guyana 20.4, Jamaica 3.6
Round 7
Jamaica elected to field
Andrea Dennis and Justin Beckford (Jamaica) made their first-class debut.
Points: Trinidad and Tobago 19.2, Jamaica 2.4
v
200 (55.5 overs)
Demario Richards 43 (83) Nial Smith 3/45 (12 overs)
182/2 (34.5 overs)
Raymond Perez 79* (92)Romario Greaves 1/34 (6 overs)
Combined Campuses and Colleges elected to bat
Avinash Mahabirsingh and Jarion Hoyte (Combined Campus and Colleges) made their first-class debut.Avinash Mahabirsingh took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 6] Points: Guyana 16.6, Combined Campuses and Colleges 3.6
v
296/7 (94 overs)
Stephan Pascal 64 (113) Daniel Doram 4/65 (31 overs)
Leeward Islands elected to bat
Points: Leeward Islands 9.4, Windward Islands 8.2
Barbados elected to bat
Wesst Indies Academy 17.4, Barbados 5
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2023–24
First-class List A Twenty20
