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.Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015. The Leeward Islands eventually defeated Guyana in the final to win their sixth domestic one-day title (and fourth in six seasons).Guyana v Leeward Islands, Red Stripe Bowl 1997/98 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2015. Two Leeward Islands players, Keith Arthurton and Kenny Benjamin, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.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.

Squads 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 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 3 2 0 0 1 5 +1.445 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.203 3 1 1 0 1 3 +0.924 3 0 3 0 0 0 –3.209

Zone B Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +0.879 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.471 3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.109 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.508

Finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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 408 6 136.00 103* 2 3 Clayton Lambert 398 6 79.60 151 1 2 Dawnley Joseph 283 3 141.50 153* 1 2 Sylvester Joseph 277 6 69.25 84* 0 3 Stuart Williams 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 49.0 11 18.90 26.72 4.24 3/30 Laurie Williams 45.0 9 16.66 30.00 3.33 6/19 Ronald Powell 60.0 9 27.11 40.00 4.06 4/27 Mahendra Nagamootoo 57.4 9 28.55 38.44 4.45 3/56 Keith Arthurton 40.0 8 26.12 30.00 5.22 4/43 Source: CricketArchive

References