HISTORY OF CAYMAN CRICKET TEAM

The History of Cricket in Cayman Island has well known as like other West Indians countries. They started to play cricket from 1940 on the mud or marl pitches. The majority of the matches were played among the district of West bay and George Town. They organized the matches to suitable of the age with the visits by Royal Navy ship in the year of 1970. In 1973 they organized a competitive cricket league where involved five teams. They developed the ground and pavilion and the place named Smith Royal Oval. The Venue is now considered as the Mecca of cricketing excitement in Cayman Islands.

Cayman quickly developed their economy by the tourism and financial industries; they brought a large number of expatriates many cricketers were among them. The league began to expanded and increase their quality of the game. They began to increase cricket from the school level in 1996. The cricket included in the five other sporting group of the focus sports. For the reorganizing the constitution of cricket the government appointed a coach to development the quality of cricket in 1997. In 2002 Cayman Island got the affiliate membership of ICC which was improved to Associate membership.

The national team of Cayman Islands entered first regional tournament as an Affiliate country in 2000. they played against Argentina, Bermuda, Canada and USA. The country made a brief history for achievement some outstanding by participating in West Indies for one day regional tournament  against Guyana, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and Bermuda in 2000. The achieved first place of American Affiliate  ICC tournament which was held in Jamaica  in the year of 2001 and winning the fifth place of the plate tournaments  in the World cup. They qualified the tournament Division five in Malaysia 2005.

Cayman Island secured fourth place in Darwin in Australia 2007 of the World Cup League Division three. There participating Argentina, PNG, Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy Tanzania, and Uganda. Cayman Islands played in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division three in Buenos Aires, They placing fifth in Argentina 2009 against Argentina, Papua, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Uganda and Hong Kong. Their place slowly dropped down in the World Cricket league Division four, it was competed in August 2010 tournament in Italy.