2007-01-12 09:17:44 · 6 answers · asked by frederic w 2 in Sports ➔ Cricket
the team is known as the West Indies cause they are named for the group of islands not the nationality of its players
2007-01-13 00:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by cric_tatz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought Afro-Caribbean meant Caribbean (one R, two Bs !) of African descent, i.e. Black Caribbean. Since the West Indian Cricket Team is made up of people of all sorts of origins (mostly African and Asian, though) it would be inappropriate to call it the Afro Caribbean Cricket Team.
A more pertinent question is: Why do we still use the old misnomer 'West Indies' ? The European explorers of the 15th century thought they had discovered a western route to the Indies and, when they realised their mistake, renamed the islands 'West Indies'. Perhaps we should think seriously about abandoning this outdated term.
2007-01-12 17:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by deedsallan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mexican Red & Columbian Gold Rollers.
2007-01-12 17:21:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
West Indies - with added GRUNT!
2007-01-12 17:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caribland or Afroland
2007-01-12 19:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by Le Saqib 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the african brudaas elevan
2007-01-12 17:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by meditation and mango juice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋