{{Infobox cricket team | name = Nevis | image = Nevis Cricket Association.jpg | caption = | association = [[Nevis Cricket Association]] | conference = [[Leeward Islands Cricket Association]] | ground = [[Elquemedo Willett Park]] | captain = | coach = | colors = black, green and red | icc_status = Affiliate of [[Cricket West Indies]] (full member) | icc_member_year = | icc_region = [[ICC Americas|Americas]]
| asofdate = 2023 }} The '''Nevis cricket team''' is the representative team of the [[Caribbean]] island of [[Nevis]]. The team is organised by the Nevis Cricket Association (NCA) which is a member of the [[Leeward Islands Cricket Association]] (LICA), in turn an affiliate of [[Cricket West Indies]].
Players from Nevis represent the [[Leeward Islands cricket team]] in West Indian domestic cricket and the [[West Indies cricket team]] in international cricket. Nevis is the smaller island in the [[Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] – both islands field separate teams.
==History== Nevis was admitted to the Leeward Islands Cricket Association in 1949 and competed in the Leeward Islands Cricket Tournament for the first time in that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/69327|title=A historical perspective of 100 years of cricket in Leeward Islands|publisher=SKN Vibes|date=5 February 2013|access-date=16 May 2023|first=Loshaun|last=Dixon}}</ref> Its first match was played against [[Montserrat national cricket team|Montserrat]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.montserratspotlight.com/montserrat-concludes-leeward-islands-cricket-tournament-with-loss-to-st-kitts/|title=Montserrat concludes Leeward Islands cricket tournament with lopsided loss to St. Kitts|first=Edwin L.|last=Martin|date=1 March 2023|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref> The current Nevis Cricket Association (NCA) was formed in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/10771|title=Minister Powell: 1973 pivotal year in Nevis cricket|publisher=SKN Vibes|date=10 August 2009|access-date=16 May 2023|first=Donovan|last=Matthews}}</ref>
Nevis played in the [[Stanford 20/20]] tournament in 2006 and 2008, briefly turning professional under the sponsorship of American billionaire [[Allen Stanford]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/mar/02/cricket.news|title=We have lift-off|newspaper=The Observer|first=Andy|last=Bull|date=2 March 2008|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref> It lost to [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in the semi-finals of the 2006 tournament and to [[Jamaica national cricket team|Jamaica]] in the quarter-finals of the 2008 tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/series/stanford-twenty20-2006/|title=2006 Stanford Twenty20|publisher=Cricket West Indies|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>
==Grounds== The main cricket ground in Nevis is [[Elquemedo Willett Park]], previously known as Grove Park. The ground was renamed in 2010 in honour of [[Elquemedo Willett]], a Nevisian who became the first player from the Leeward Islands to represent the West Indies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nia.gov.kn/grove-park-renamed-in-cricketers-honour|title=Grove Park Renamed in Cricketer’s Honour|publisher=Nevis Island Administration|date=17 August 2010|access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>
==Notable players== {{further|:Category:Nevisian cricketers}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book|first=Stevenson|last=Manners|title=The Father, Son & Offsprings: The Enchanting Story of Nevis Cricket (1945 to 2023)|publisher=Stevenson Manners|year=2023|isbn=9692792862}}
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