is Jamaica,Trinidad and other Caribbean islands are independent countries or it is states under west indies?

Question

The islands like jamaica ,trinidad etc are represented in olympics and football as independent nations but when it comes to cricket they all combine and represent in the name of west indies. how this is possible. if west indies is a single independent nation with all these caribbean islands how it is possible for these islands to represent as a country in olympics and football.

Answer 1

islands like jamaica, trinidad and tobago are individaul countries, however when it comes to cricket they come as a federation:the west indies..

Answer 2

The West Indies is an island group, not a country. You are mistaken in thinking it is an independant nation.

The individual island nations, some of which you mention, are often very small with low populations. Given the relative popularity of cricket (or lack thereof) around the world, it is not surprising that they might pool their resources when it comes to a cricket team.

Answer 3

Jamaica,
is an independent country,
Independence from the United Kingdom August 6, 1962

for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica


Trinidad & Tobago
is an independent country,
Independence from the UK 31 August 1962 and became a republic in 1976.

for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago

More Caribbean Islands Countries:

Antigua & Barbuda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda

Aruba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba

The Bahamas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas

Barbados
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados

Belize
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize

etc,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Caribbean_countries

So,
they can send teams to olympics

Then,
as far as for cricket,
it only represents English-speaking Caribbean countries.
Pls see the history in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indian_cricket_team

Answer 4

No the West indies are no longer a united states of america. they are made out of international places and territories. a territory is a community of land,commonly an island owned by way of a united states of america a procedures away. some international places of the west indies are Cuba,Jamaica,Haiti,Dominican Republic THE Bahamas.Territories incorporate the Virgin Islands,cayman islands,Netherlands Antilles,Aruba ,Guadeloupe,and Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands owned by way of U.S./U.ok. Cayman Islands owned by way of U.ok. Netherlands Antilles owned by way of Netherlands Aruba owned by way of Netherlands Guadeloupe owned by way of France Puerto Rico owned by way of U.S. there are a number of others you may seem up.

Answer 5

they are all independent countries.