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)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl was the 24th edition of what is now 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	NR	Pts	NRR
Jamaica	3	2	0	1	5	+1.445
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	4	+1.203
Windward Islands	3	1	1	1	3	+0.924
Bermuda	3	0	3	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)

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)

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)

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]

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)

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	Pts	NRR
Guyana	3	3	0	6	+0.879
Leeward Islands	3	2	1	4	+0.471
Barbados	3	1	2	2	+0.109
Canada	3	0	3	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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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

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

[ca-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.

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