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Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Jamaica. [ citation needed ] The Jamaica national cricket team has won ten Regional Four Day Competitions and seven WICB Cups . Jamaicans also play for the West Indies cricket team , which won the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cup , as well as the T20 International Cricket Council World Cup in 2012 and ...
Freddie Martin and Karl Nunes became the first Jamaicans to play international cricket when they appeared in the West Indies's inaugural Test match, against England in 1928. [1] Nunes captained the West Indies during this match, the first of seven Jamaicans to do so. [2] Chris Gayle has scored the most runs by a Jamaican in Tests, ODIs and ...
University of the West Indies Football Club (commonly abbreviated UWI F.C.), is a Jamaican association football club based at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, near Kingston. They were promoted to the National Premier League for first time after the 2014–15 season. [ 3 ]
It organises competitions and events in Jamaica whilst laying down rules and regulations and providing rewards to winners. [6] Athletics, particularly sprinting, is a national sport in Jamaica, and the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association plays a role in shaping development of the sport in the country.
The ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships (better known as Champs) is an annual Jamaican high school track and field meet held by Jamaica's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association. The five day event, held during the last week before Easter in Kingston , has been considered a proving ground for many Jamaican athletes.
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Jamaica. The team competes under the franchise name, Jamaica Scorpions in the Cricket West Indies ' Professional Cricket League which comprises both the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 .
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Jamaica national cricket team in the West Indies. [1] Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
Sports venues in the West Indies (1 C) W. Sport in the Windward Islands (1 C) Pages in category "Sport in the West Indies" This category contains only the following page.