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4 unusual facts about University of the West Indies cricket team


Regional Super50

Other West Indian domestic teams that have taken part include a University of the West Indies cricket team and most recently (in the 2007–08 edition to 2009–10 edition) a Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team and the West Indian Under-19 cricket team.

University of the West Indies cricket team

The team gained former West Indian international player Philo Wallace for the 2003–04 competition, as well as two other players with previous experience, prompting one commentator to predict that UWI would be the Bowl's "most improved team".

UWI's team had included nine debutants to St. Vincent's one debutants, with only captain Dave Cumberbatch and wicket-keeper Andre Coley having played in the competition previously.

The university was founded as the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) in 1948, originally serving as a constituent college of the University of London.



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