The Providence Stadium or Guyana National Stadium is a sports stadium in Guyana, replacing Bourda as the national stadium. The stadium was built specifically to host Super Eight matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in March and April 2007.
The stadium hosted six World Cup matches between March 28, 2007 and April 9, 2007, most notably the match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in which Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga became the first bowler in international cricket history to take four wickets in four consecutive balls. Built primarily for cricket matches, the stadium can be converted into a multi-use facility.
The West Indies T20 World Cup team, nicknamed the Windies, is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies, primarily English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean, and managed by Cricket West Indies. Players on this national team are selected from fifteen Caribbean nation states and territories. As of 26 November 2022, the West Indies cricket team is ranked eighth in Tests, tenth in ODIs and seventh in the T20 World Cup in the official ICC rankings.
West Indies hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup and the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, and will co-host (along with the United States) the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.
West Indies is a good international cricket team which has won 2 ODI World Cup tournaments and the West Indies team also won the T20 World Cup in 2012. West Indies have played all 5 T20 World Cups and the team has also qualified for the T20 tournament. semi-final matches of the 2009 and 2014 ICC T20 World Cup tournaments. West Indies have played 25 matches so far in which they have won 12 matches and lost 11 matches and their winning percentage in T20 World Cup tournaments is 52.08%.