Montserrat has however played as a separate entity in matches which held Twenty20 status, but has not appeared in first-class or List A cricket.

[6] Most notably, the Salem cricket ground was host to an International ODI match between the West Indies and South Africa on April 12, 2001.

Having played in regional tournaments throughout the early to mid 2000s, Montserrat were invited to take part in the 2006 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official Twenty20 status.

[9] Two years later, they were invited to take part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20,[8] playing and defeating the Turks and Caicos Islands in a preliminary match, before losing to Nevis in the following round.

[9] In that same year, Lionel Baker became the first Montserratian to play One Day International and Test cricket for the West Indies.