# 1998–99 Red Stripe Bowl

The 1998–99 Red Stripe Bowl was the 25th season 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 6 to 19 October 1998.
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 the United States). All matches at the tournament were held in either Guyana or Jamaica, with the semi-finals and final held in the latter country, in Discovery Bay. Guyana and the Leeward Islands eventually progressed to the final, with Guyana winning by 52 runs to claim their sixth domestic one-day title. Guyanese batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul led the tournament in runs, while Dinanath Ramnarine of Trinidad and Tobago and Anthony Lake of the Leeward Islands were the joint leading wicket-takers.

## Squads

| Barbados | Bermuda | Guyana | Jamaica |
| Philo Wallace (c) Henderson Broomes Courtney Browne Hendy Bryan Sherwin Campbell Pedro Collins Adrian Griffith Ryan Hinds Roland Holder Ricky Hoyte Antonio Mayers Winston Reid Floyd Reifer Patterson Thompson | Charlie Marshall (c) Dennis Archer B. A. Brathwaite David Greenidge Peter Philpott Sam Robinson T. Robinson Irving Romaine Cleon Scotland Dexter Smith Charles Swan Janeiro Tucker Kwame Tucker Keith Wainwright | Carl Hooper (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul Lennox Cush Kevin Darlington Nicholas de Groot Andrew Gonsalves Reon King Clayton Lambert Neil McGarrell Sheik Mohammed Mahendra Nagamootoo Ramnaresh Sarwan Keith Semple Vijay Seonarine | Jimmy Adams (c) Andre Coley Raymond Ferguson Chris Gayle Howard Harris Wavell Hinds Brian Murphy Nehemiah Perry Kirk Powell Tony Powell Franklyn Rose Robert Samuels Laurie Williams |
| Leeward Islands | Trinidad and Tobago | United States | Windward Islands |
| Stuart Williams (c) Curtly Ambrose Hamish Anthony Keith Arthurton Kenny Benjamin Wilden Cornwall Ridley Jacobs Dave Joseph Sylvester Joseph Anthony Lake Runako Morton Carl Tuckett | Brian Lara (c) Ian Bishop Merv Dillon Daren Ganga Kenneth Hazel Andre Lawrence Suruj Ragoonath Dinanath Ramnarine Phil Simmons Richard Smith David Williams | Richard Staple (c) Mohammad Ahmed Rohan Alexander Zamin Amin Nezam Hafiz Wayne Headley David Hoilette Naseer Islam Nasir Javed Richard Louis Desmond Richards Dave Wallace Garfield Wildman Joy Zinto | Junior Murray (c) Alston Crafton Vernon Dumas Dawnley Joseph Hesran Lawrence Rawl Lewis Roy Marshall Nixon McLean McNeil Morgan Wayne Phillip John Sylvester Balty Watt |

## Group stage
### Zone A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Guyana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +2.218 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1.441 |
| Windward Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.045 |
| Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.579 |
* 6 October 1998 Scorecard
| Guyana 237/6 (50 overs) | v | Windward Islands 196/9 (50 overs) |
* Guyana won by 41 runs Albion Sports Complex, Albion Player of the match: Carl Hooper (Guy)
* 7 October 1998 Scorecard
| Bermuda 122/8 (50 overs) | v | Trinidad and Tobago 124/3 (23 overs) |
* Trinidad and Tobago won by 7 wickets Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground, Uitvlugt Player of the match: Dinanath Ramnarine (Tri)
* 8 October 1998 Scorecard
| Windward Islands 168 (43.1 overs) | v | Trinidad and Tobago 169/2 (44.3 overs) |
* Trinidad and Tobago won by 8 wickets Enmore Recreation Ground, Enmore Player of the match: Suruj Ragoonath (Tri)
* 9 October 1998 Scorecard
| Windward Islands 221 (50 overs) | v | Bermuda 164 (44.4 overs) |
* Windward Islands won by 57 runs Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown Player of the match: Vernon Dumas (Win)
* 10 October 1998 Scorecard
| Trinidad and Tobago 217 (49.1 overs) | v | Guyana 80/3 (21 overs) |
* No result Bourda, Georgetown
* Guyana's target was 183 runs in 35 overs.
* 11 October 1998 Scorecard
| Guyana 235/3 (37 overs) | v | Bermuda 83 (31.4 overs) |
* Guyana won by 152 runs Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground, Hampton Court Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Guy)

### Zone B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Pts | NRR |
| Leeward Islands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.213 |
| Barbados | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.889 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.729 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.244 |
* 6 October 1998 Scorecard
| Leeward Islands 330/4 (50 overs) | v | United States 88 (28 overs) |
* Leeward Islands won by 242 runs Kensington Park, Kingston Player of the match: Wilden Cornwall (Lee)
* 7 October 1998 Scorecard
| United States 107 (43.1 overs) | v | Jamaica 108/2 (19.5 overs) |
* Jamaica won by 8 wickets Chedwin Park, Spanish Town Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Jam)
* 8 October 1998 Scorecard
| Barbados 235 (49.4 overs) | v | Leeward Islands 160 (46.2 overs) |
* Barbados won by 75 runs Alpart Sports Club Ground, Nain Player of the match: Philo Wallace (Bar)
* 9 October 1998 Scorecard
| United States 158/9 (50 overs) | v | Barbados 159/0 (36.5 overs) |
* Barbados won by 10 wickets Alpart Sports Club Ground, Nain Player of the match: Philo Wallace (Bar)
* 10 October 1998 Scorecard
| Leeward Islands 181/7 (50 overs) | v | Jamaica 166 (47 overs) |
* Leeward Islands won by 15 runs Sabina Park, Kingston
* 11 October 1998 Scorecard
| Jamaica 209/9 (50 overs) | v | Barbados 204/9 (49 overs) |
* Jamaica won by 5 runs Sabina Park, Kingston Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Jam)
* Barbados' innings was reduced to 49 overs due to a slow over rate.

## Finals
### Semi-finals

* 16 October 1998 Scorecard
| Guyana 237/8 (50 overs) | v | Barbados 72/3 (14.3 overs) |
* No result Kaiser Sports Club Ground, Discovery Bay
* Barbados' target was 208 runs in 38 overs.
* Guyana proceeded to the final based on a higher group-stage position.
* 17 October 1998 Scorecard
| Leeward Islands 172/9 (41 overs) | v | Trinidad and Tobago 137/5 (31.3 overs) |
* Leeward Islands won by 34 runs (D/L) Kaiser Sports Club Ground, Discovery Bay
* The match was reduced to 41 overs per side before the start of play. When play was stopped, Trinidad and Tobago needed to have scored 172 runs to win.
* Trinidad and Tobago were initially awarded the match based one method of calculation, but it was later determined that this method was incorrect according to the rules of the competition, making the Leewards the winner.

### Final

* 19 October 1998 Scorecard
| Guyana 226/7 (50 overs) | v | Leeward Islands 174 (45.5 overs) |
* Guyana won by 52 runs Kaiser Sports Club Ground, Discovery Bay

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Guyana | 276 | 5 | 92.00 | 112 | 1 | 1 |
| Wilden Cornwall | Leeward Islands | 252 | 5 | 50.40 | 126 | 1 | 1 |
| Philo Wallace | Barbados | 225 | 4 | 75.00 | 104* | 1 | 2 |
| Stuart Williams | Leeward Islands | 192 | 5 | 38.40 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| Carl Hooper | Guyana | 171 | 4 | 57.00 | 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 |
| Dinanath Ramnarine | Guyana | 31.1 | 10 | 8.80 | 18.70 | 2.82 | 4/18 |
| Anthony Lake | Leeward Islands | 47.0 | 10 | 17.20 | 28.20 | 3.65 | 5/41 |
| Ryan Hinds | Barbados | 30.0 | 7 | 15.42 | 25.71 | 3.60 | 4/32 |
| Hendy Bryan | Barbados | 27.2 | 6 | 17.50 | 27.33 | 3.84 | 3/56 |
| Franklyn Rose | Jamaica | 26.1 | 6 | 17.83 | 26.16 | 4.08 | 3/17 |
Source: CricketArchive