West Indies Cricket Board

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cricket board sports governing body

The West Indies Cricket Board was the former governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing cricket in the Caribbean region, including the West Indies international team.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cricket West Indies	14
West Indies Cricket Board canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6093979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Indies Cricket Board
Context triple: [West Indies cricket team, formerName, West Indies Cricket Board]

A. West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team is a multinational team representing a group of Caribbean nations and territories in international cricket, renowned for its historically dominant fast bowlers and charismatic style of play.
B. Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia is the national governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting professional and grassroots cricket across Australia.
C. International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the global governing body for the sport of cricket, responsible for organizing major international tournaments and overseeing the rules and development of the game worldwide.
D. England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body responsible for overseeing professional and recreational cricket in England and Wales, including organizing major competitions and managing the England national teams.
E. Bangladesh Cricket Board
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is the national governing body responsible for organizing, regulating, and developing professional and international cricket in Bangladesh.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Indies Cricket Board
Target entity description: The West Indies Cricket Board was the former governing body responsible for organizing and overseeing cricket in the Caribbean region, including the West Indies international team.

A. West Indies cricket team
The West Indies cricket team is a multinational team representing a group of Caribbean nations and territories in international cricket, renowned for its historically dominant fast bowlers and charismatic style of play.
B. Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia is the national governing body responsible for overseeing and promoting professional and grassroots cricket across Australia.
C. International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the global governing body for the sport of cricket, responsible for organizing major international tournaments and overseeing the rules and development of the game worldwide.
D. England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body responsible for overseeing professional and recreational cricket in England and Wales, including organizing major competitions and managing the England national teams.
E. Bangladesh Cricket Board
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is the national governing body responsible for organizing, regulating, and developing professional and international cricket in Bangladesh.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cricket board ⓘ sports governing body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WICB ⓘ
controls	scheduling of West Indies international cricket fixtures ⓘ selection of West Indies international cricket teams ⓘ
country	West Indies ⓘ
fieldedTeamIn	One Day International cricket ⓘ Test cricket ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket ⓘ
governs	West Indies cricket team ⓘ West Indies men’s national cricket team ⓘ linked to: West Indies cricket team West Indies women’s national cricket team ⓘ linked to: West Indies cricket team
headquartersLocation	Caribbean region ⓘ linked to: Caribbean
jurisdiction	full member territory of the International Cricket Council ⓘ
memberOf	International Cricket Council ⓘ
organizes	regional List A cricket competitions in the West Indies ⓘ regional Twenty20 cricket competitions in the West Indies ⓘ regional first-class cricket competitions in the West Indies ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean ⓘ
replacedBy	Cricket West Indies ⓘ linked to: West Indies Cricket Board
represents	multiple Caribbean nations and territories in international cricket ⓘ
responsibleFor	development of cricket in the West Indies ⓘ
role	administration of domestic cricket in the West Indies ⓘ administration of international cricket for the West Indies ⓘ
sport	cricket ⓘ
status	former governing body of West Indies cricket ⓘ
successorOrganization	Cricket West Indies ⓘ linked to: West Indies Cricket Board
typeOfOrganization	non-profit sports organization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited