1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl

1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl

Dates	4 – 20 October 1997
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	List A (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Group stage, finals
Champions	Leeward Islands (6th title)
Participants	8
Matches	19
Most runs	Keith Arthurton (408)
Most wickets	Kenny Benjamin (11)

The 1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl was the 24th edition of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It ran from 4 to 20 October 1997, and was the first edition to bear that name.

Eight teams contested the competition – the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands), plus two invited international teams from the ICC Americas region (Bermuda and Canada). All matches at the tournament were played either in Guyana or Jamaica, with the semi-finals and final played in the latter, in Discovery Bay.^[1] The Leeward Islands eventually defeated Guyana in the final to win their sixth domestic one-day title (and fourth in six seasons).^[2] Two Leeward Islands players, Keith Arthurton and Kenny Benjamin, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.^[3][4]

Squads

Barbados	Bermuda	Canada	Guyana
Philo Wallace (c) Ian Bradshaw Sherwin Campbell Pedro Collins Ottis Gibson Adrian Griffith Roland Holder Ricky Hoyte Dave Marshall Winston Reid Floyd Reifer Hendy Springer Patterson Thompson Joseph Williams	Arnold Manders (c) Anthony Amory Herbert Bascombe Dexter Basden Roger Blades Lionel Cann Gregg Foggo Delano Hollis Donald Norford Irving Romaine Cleon Scotland Clay Smith Albert Steede Janeiro Tucker	Ingleton Liburd (c) Varadarajan Anand George Codrington Muneeb Diwan Derick Etwaroo Alex Glegg Joseph Harris Davis Joseph Roger Pittiman Paul Prashad Sukhjinder Rana Shiv Seeram Nadeem Sheikh Sanjayan Thuraisingam	Carl Hooper (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Darlington Andrew Gonsalves Reon King Clayton Lambert Neil McGarrell Mahendra Nagamootoo Vishal Nagamootoo Andre Percival Ramnaresh Sarwan Keith Semple
Jamaica	Leeward Islands	Trinidad and Tobago	Windward Islands
Courtney Walsh (c) Jimmy Adams Shane Ford Leon Garrick Wavell Hinds Delroy Morgan Patrick Patterson Nehemiah Perry Tony Powell Franklyn Rose Robert Samuels Laurie Williams	Stuart Williams (c) Alex Adams Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Kenny Benjamin Lanville Harrigan Ridley Jacobs Dave Joseph Sylvester Joseph Runako Morton Ronald Powell Kenneth Quinn Carl Tuckett Earl Waldron	Brian Lara (c) Ian Bishop Rajindra Dhanraj Merv Dillon Nigel Francis Daren Ganga Kenneth Hazel Suruj Ragoonath Dinanath Ramnarine Lincoln Roberts Phil Simmons Richard Smith David Williams	Rawl Lewis (c) Ian Allen Alton Crafton Casper Davis Dawnley Joseph Roy Marshall Kenroy Martin Nixon McLean McNeil Morgan Wayne Phillip John Sylvester Balty Watt

Group stage

Zone A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Jamaica	3	2	0	0	1	5	+1.445
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.203
Windward Islands	3	1	1	0	1	3	+0.924
Bermuda	3	0	3	0	0	0	–3.209

4 October 1997 Scorecard

Windward Islands  215/9 (50 overs)	v	Jamaica 72/5 (15 overs)

No result Melbourne Park, Kingston Player of the match: Dawnley Joseph (Win)

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4 October 1997 Scorecard

Trinidad and Tobago  300/5 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 116 (43.3 overs)

Trinidad and Tobago won by 184 runs Chedwin Park, Spanish Town Player of the match: Brian Lara (Tri)

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5 October 1997 Scorecard

Trinidad and Tobago  84 (42.3 overs)	v	Jamaica 85/7 (33.4 overs)

Jamaica won by 3 wickets Melbourne Park, Kingston Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (Jam)

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5 October 1997 Scorecard

Windward Islands  332/4 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 207/4 (50 overs)

Windward Islands won by 125 runs Chedwin Park, Spanish Town Player of the match: Dawnley Joseph (Win)

• Clay Smith scored 100 not out, the first List A century by a Bermudian.^[5]
• Dawnley Joseph scored 153 not out for the Windward Islands, setting a new record for the highest score in West Indian List A cricket.^[6]

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8 October 1997 Scorecard

Bermuda  87 (41.2 overs)	v	Jamaica 88/2 (21.1 overs)

Jamaica won by 8 wickets Alpart Sports Club Ground, Nain Player of the match: Laurie Williams (Jam)

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8 October 1997 Scorecard

Windward Islands  144 (37.2 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 141/3 (35.1 overs)

Trinidad and Tobago won by 7 wickets Melbourne Park, Kingston Player of the match: Richard Smith (Tri)

• Trinidad and Tobago's target was 139 runs in 45 overs. The team's target was determined used the "parabola" method, rather than the now-standard Duckworth–Lewis method.

Zone B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Pts	NRR
Guyana	3	3	0	0	0	6	+0.879
Leeward Islands	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.471
Barbados	3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.109
Canada	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.508

4 October 1997 Scorecard

Canada  179 (50 overs)	v	Guyana 180/3 (40 overs)

Guyana won by 7 wickets Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground, Hampton Court Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (Guy)

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5 October 1997 Scorecard

Leeward Islands  202/8 (50 overs)	v	Barbados 181 (45.1 overs)

Leeward Islands won by 21 runs Enmore Recreation Ground, Enmore Player of the match: Sylvester Joseph (Lee)

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7 October 1997 Scorecard

Barbados  258/8 (50 overs)	v	Canada 155 (41 overs)

Barbados won by 103 runs Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground, Uitvlugt Player of the match: Philo Wallace (Bar)

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7 October 1997 Scorecard

Leeward Islands  225/4 (50 overs)	v	Guyana 226/5 (47.3 overs)

Guyana won by 5 wickets Albion Sports Complex, Albion Player of the match: Carl Hooper (Guy)

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9 October 1997 Scorecard

Guyana  296/5 (50 overs)	v	Barbados 230/9 (50 overs)

Guyana won by 66 runs Bourda, Georgetown Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (Guy)

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9 October 1997 Scorecard

Leeward Islands  325/7 (50 overs)	v	Canada 263/5 (50 overs)

Leeward Islands won by 62 runs Albion Sports Complex, Albion Player of the match: Muneeb Diwan (Can)

• Muneeb Diwan scored 130 not out, the first List A century by a Canadian.^[7]

Finals

Quarter-finals

11 October 1997 Scorecard

Barbados  237/9 (50 overs)	v	Leeward Islands 238/3 (44.3 overs)

Leeward Islands won by 7 wickets Albion Sports Complex, Albion Player of the match: Keith Arthurton (Lee)

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11 October 1997 Scorecard

Canada  223/6 (50 overs)	v	Guyana 226/3 (47.4 overs)

Guyana won by 7 wickets Bourda, Georgetown Player of the match: Keith Semple (Guy)

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11 October 1997 Scorecard

Bermuda  193/7 (50 overs)	v	Jamaica 7/0 (0.5 overs)

No result Melbourne Park, Kingston

• Jamaica proceeded to the semi-finals based on a higher group-stage position.

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11 October 1997 Scorecard

Trinidad and Tobago	v	Windward Islands

Match abandoned Chedwin Park, Spanish Town

• Trinidad and Tobago proceeded to the semi-finals based on a higher group-stage position.

Semi-finals

17 October 1997 Scorecard

Trinidad and Tobago  219/9 (50 overs)	v	Guyana 72/0 (11 overs)

No result Kaiser Sports Club, Discovery Bay

• Guyana proceeded to the final based on a higher group-stage position.

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18 October 1997 Scorecard

Jamaica  214 (49.4 overs)	v	Leeward Islands 215/2 (38.4 overs)

Leeward Islands won by 8 wickets Kaiser Sports Club, Discovery Bay Player of the match: Keith Arthurton (Lee)

Final

7 November 1997 Scorecard

Leeward Islands  245 (49.4 overs)	v	Guyana 215/9 (50 overs)
Keith Arthurton 100 (128) Mahendra Nagamootoo 3/56 (9.4 overs)		Ramnaresh Sarwan 42 (50) Kenny Benjamin 3/30 (10 overs)

Leeward Islands won by 30 runs Kaiser Sports Club, Discovery Bay Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Eddie Nicholls Player of the match: Keith Arthurton (Leeward Islands)

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Keith Arthurton	Leeward Islands	408	6	136.00	103*	2	3
Clayton Lambert	Guyana	398	6	79.60	151	1	2
Dawnley Joseph	Windward Islands	283	3	141.50	153*	1	2
Sylvester Joseph	Leeward Islands	277	6	69.25	84*	0	3
Stuart Williams	Leeward Islands	229	6	38.16	76	0	2

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
Kenny Benjamin	Leeward Islands	49.0	11	18.90	26.72	4.24	3/30
Laurie Williams	Jamaica	45.0	9	16.66	30.00	3.33	6/19
Ronald Powell	Leeward Islands	60.0	9	27.11	40.00	4.06	4/27
Mahendra Nagamootoo	Guyana	57.4	9	28.55	38.44	4.45	3/56
Keith Arthurton	Leeward Islands	40.0	8	26.12	30.00	5.22	4/43

Source: CricketArchive

References

1. Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Guyana v Leeward Islands, Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
3. Batting and fielding in Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. Bowling in Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. Most runs in an innings for Bermuda – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
6. Individual scores of 150 or more in an innings in West Indies – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. Most runs in an innings for Canada – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2016.