The island nation

Island nation

An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 of Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 is one of the regions which makes up the West Indies cricket team. It has produced international cricketers in all forms of the game—Tests

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Freddie Martin

Frank Martin (cricketer)

Frank Reginald Martin was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England....

 and Karl Nunes

Karl Nunes

Robert Karl Nunes was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England as wicketkeeper and captain....

 became the first Jamaicans to play international cricket when they appeared in the West Indies's inaugural Test match, against England in 1928. Nunes captained the West Indies during this match, the first of seven Jamaicans to do so.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle

Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...

 has scored the most runs by a Jamaican in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is also the highest overall scorer for the West Indies in T20Is—having made 617 runs. Courtney Walsh, who has also captained the West Indies, has taken the most wickets by a Jamaican in Tests and ODIs. He is also the highest wicket taking West Indian in Tests and ODIs, having taken 519 and 227 wickets respectively. With 132 appearances, Walsh has played the most matches by a West Indian in Tests.

Key

• Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
• Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
• Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.

  West Indies captains

Statistics correct as of: 2011 Cricket World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...

Name	International career	Apps	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	Wkts	Apps	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	Wkts	Apps	Runs Run (cricket) In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...	Wkts	References
		Tests Test cricket Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...			ODIs			T20Is Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...
	1928–1931
	1928–1930
	1928–1931
	1930–1939
	1930–1935
	1930
	1930
	1933
	1935–1939
	1935
	1935
	1939
	1948–1950
	1948–1954
	1948–1952
	1948–1949
	1948–1953
	1950–1962
	1953–1956
	1953
	1953
	1954–1959
	1955–1959
	1955–1958
	1957–1959
	1957–1961
	1958–1966
	1960
	1960–1962
	1962–1969
	1962–1968
	1969–1978
	1971–1975
	1971
	1971–1973
	1972–1980
	1973
	1975–1987
	1978
	1978–1979
	1979
	1981
	1981–1991
	1984–2001
	1986–1993
	1989–1991
	1992–2001
	1996–2001
	1996–1997
	1997–2000
	1999–2000
	1999–2005
	2000–2010
	2000–2011
	2000–2008
	2001
	2001–2005
	2002–2009
	2002
	2003–2011
	2003–2010
	2003–2010
	2005–2009
	2005
	2005
	2007–2008
	2008–2009
	2008–2011
	2009
	2010–2011

See also

• List of West Indies Test cricketers
• List of West Indies ODI cricketers
• List of West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers