CRICKET West Indies (CWI) president Dr. Kishore Shallow has confirmed that Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Anguilla will represent the Caribbean at the 2025 Bolivarian Games but says the regional body is yet to finalise its lineup for the 2027 Pan American Games.
Shallow explained that CWI employed a straightforward and merit-based process to select the four teams for the Bolivarian Games, which will take place from November 22 to December 7 in honour of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
“For the Bolivarian Games in November this year, we will have four teams from the Caribbean. The PanAm Games are in 2027, but we haven’t quite finalised which teams will be present there. The intention would be to have more teams for that tournament,” Shallow said on on WESN TV’s Face of Sports on Thursday.
The chosen four were selected based on their performance in the most recent CG United Super50 Cup, CWI’s premier 50-over competition. While traditional powerhouses Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica were expected picks, Anguilla’s inclusion came through a more unique pathway.
“Anguilla qualified because we picked the top four teams in the last Super50. We didn’t have a T20 tournament recently, and the Breakout League wasn’t an option because all of the players weren’t eligible,” Shallow explained.
“The Leeward Islands were part of that Super50, but they recently hosted a T20 competition, and Anguilla emerged as champions, so we gave them the nod based on that performance,” he added.
The Bolivarian Games, governed by the Bolivarian Sports Organisation, is a multi-sport regional event involving countries and territories from Latin America. Along with the invited teams, the Games is expected to feature a diverse array of sports, including both Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines. While the official list of sports has yet to be finalised, previous editions have included athletics, swimming, boxing, and wrestling, among others. (Sportsmax)