Dates | 4 – 20 October 1997 |
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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]
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
5 October 1997
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8 October 1997
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Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
9 October 1997
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11 October 1997
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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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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
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 |
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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