Will a Kittitian ever make the West Indies team?

Tue, Nov 6, '12

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - IN a Federation that boasts seven cricketers who has played for the West Indian side and all coming from Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, the question many cricket enthusiasts are asking is when will a Kittitian play for the regional side.

The likes of Elquemedo Willett, Keith Arthurton , Stuart Williams, Derek Parry, Carl Tuckett, the late Runako Morton and the young Kieran Powell have all graced the highest level for the regional side, but all have hailed from Nevis, giving them the record as producing the most international cricketers per capita.

In St. Kitts however, a number of cricketers came close to playing for the regional side but were never able to break the island’s duck.

Edgar Gilbert, Noel Guishard, Victor Eddy and Luther Kelly have been described as those from St. Kitts who came closest to making it in the West Indies team, and in some quarters it was said that they were at times unfairly treated.