The Anguilla national cricket team is the representative

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team of

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. The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the

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, but has only appeared in senior cricket twice, in the two

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tournaments. For domestic first-class and

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purposes, Anguilla is subsumed into the

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. The first Anguillan to play

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for

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was

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in 2003.

History

Representative cricket has been played by Anguilla since the late 1970s. Early games were played as part of the three-day (but not first-class) Heineken Challenge Trophy (the sponsored Leeward Islands Tournament), although at first the team was not a full participant and played only two games each year in the 1977, 1978 and 1979 tournaments. The team suffered a run of heavy defeats in their early years; Anguilla's first win in the competition came against

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in the 1980 tournament.

Notable players

Current Leeward Islands players *

Montcin Hodge Montcin Verniel Hodge (born 29 September 1987) is an Anguillian cricketer and current member of the Leeward Islands cricket team. Playing career After making his Twenty20 debut for Anguilla in 2006, Hodge made his first class cricket debut for ...

Jahmar Hamilton Jahmar Neville Hamilton (born 22 September 1990) is an Anguillan cricketer. He plays as wicket-keeper and is part of the Leeward Islands cricket team. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in August 2019. Domestic ca ...

* Kelbert Walters * Lyndel Richardson * Chesney Hughes * Yannick Leonard Former Leeward Islands players *

(2001 - 2013) * Chaka Hodge (2002 - 2008) * Alex Adams (1997 - 2005) * Lanville Harrigan (1988 - 2003) * Eustace Proctor (1986) Other *

Cardigan Connor Cardigan Adolphus Connor (born 24 March 1961) is an Anguillan born former English cricketer. Connor was a right-handed Batting (cricket), batsman and a right-arm Seam bowling, fast-medium bowler. Career Connor left his home island of Anguilla ...

(played English county cricket)

Stanford 20/20

Anguilla's only games of senior cricket have come in

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, as part of the

competitions in 2006 and 2007–08. Their debut at this level was against

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at the

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in Coolidge,

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on 18 July 2006; Barbados won the match by 38 runs. On 3 February 2008, they played

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, who won by 16 runs despite a 39-ball unbeaten 75 from Anguilla's

. 2006 Stanford 20/20 Squad *

* Alex Adams * Terrence Adams * Chaka Hodge *

* Chesney Hughes * Leon Lake * Delano Mussington * Daniel Proctor * Lyndel Richardson * Irving Rogers * Delon Skellekie * Kelbert Walters 2007/2008 Stanford 20/20 Squad * Chaka Hodge *

* Terrence Adams * Masimba Bowen * Marlon Bryson *

* Chesney Hughes *

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* Leon Lake * Rondal Lake * Yannick Leonard * Daniel Proctor * Shridath Rey * Lyndel Richardson * Kelbert Walters Source:'
2006 Squad

Notes

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