# 1997–98 Red Stripe Bowl

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. The Leeward Islands eventually defeated Guyana in the final to win their sixth domestic one-day title (and fourth in six seasons). Two Leeward Islands players, Keith Arthurton and Kenny Benjamin, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

## 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)
* 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.
* Dawnley Joseph scored 153 not out for the Windward Islands, setting a new record for the highest score in West Indian List A cricket.
* 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 | 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)
* 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.

## 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