Bajans dominate Busta averages (17 February 1999)

17 February 1999

Bajans dominate Busta averages

Haydn Gill

Barbados' overwhelming superiority in the 1999 Busta Cup has been reflected in several of their players dominating the leading averages after the preliminary round of competition.

After winning four of five matches, they can boast of the top run-scorer, the leading wicket-taker, the batsman and bowler with the best averages, the batsman with the highest individual score, the bowler with the best innings haul, and the wicket-keeper with the most dismissals.

Opening batsman Sherwin Campbell leads all run-scorers, his 470 runs also giving him the highest average of 67.14.

The 28-year-old Campbell, seeking a recall for the West Indies team, has the tournament's highest score, an unbeaten 169 against the Leeward Islands. His two centuries were among eight in the preliminaries.

Experienced left-arm spinner Winston Reid is far and away the highest wicket-taker, his 38 scalps (ave. 14.68) falling just under Rajindra Dhanraj's five-match record of 40 wickets in 1996.

Reid, 36, achieved the best innings' figures of eight for 77 in the same match in which Campbell hit the tournament's best score. He was also the only bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on three occasions.

Another Barbadian, seamer Hendy Bryan, topped the bowling averages. Injury limited him to two matches in which he took 11 wickets at 11.00 runs apiece.

The list of top Barbadians is completed by wicket-keeper Courtney Browne, whose 24 dismissals include a record nine stumpings.

Adrian Griffith and Roland Holder join Campbell among seven batsmen with an average of more than 40. The left-handed Griffith scored 311 runs (ave. 44.42), while skipper Holder made 289 runs (ave. 41.28).

The other batsmen in that group are Trinidad and Tobago's Lincoln Roberts (255 runs, ave. 51.00), Leeward Islands' Dave Joseph (401 runs, ave. 50.12), Jamaica's Jimmy Adams (337 runs, ave. 48.14) and Trinidad and Tobago's Denis Rampersad (310 runs, ave. 44.28).

Jamaica off-spinner Nehemiah Perry is the second highest wicket-taker with 24 victims (ave. 17.41), while Windward Islands left-arm spinner Roy Marshall, who took 21 wickets, was second in the averages with 14.38.

The fast bowler with the most wickets was Guyana's Colin Stuart, whose 20 wickets came at 19.10 runs apiece.

Leading Averages in the 1999 Busta Cup competition after the five preliminary round matches which ended Monday:

Tabulate under:

Batting: M-matches; I-innings; NO-not outs; R-runs; HS-highest score; 100s-centuries; 50s-fifties; AVE-average. * denotes not out.

Bowling: MT-matches; O-overs; M-maidens; R-runs; W-wickets; BB-best bowling; 5WI-five or more wickets in an innings; 10WM-ten or more wickets in a match; AVE-average.

Qualifications: Batting: 150 runs, average 20.00.; Bowling: 10 wickets.

Batsman M I NO R HS 100s 50s AVE

S. Campbell (Bdos) 5 9 2 470 169* 2 1 67.14 L. Roberts (T&T) 4 5 0 255 151 1 1 51.00 Dave Joseph (LI) 5 9 1 401 123* 2 2 50.12 J. Adams (Jam) 5 9 2 337 100* 1 2 48.14 A. Griffith (Bdos) 5 9 2 311 93 0 3 44.42 D. Rampersad (T&T) 5 8 1 310 84 0 2 44.28 R. Holder (Bdos) 5 8 1 289 72 0 3 41.28 S. Williams (LI) 3 5 0 186 145 1 0 37.20 R. Smith (T&T) 5 8 2 202 98 0 1 33.66 C. Lambert (Guy) 4 8 0 261 102 1 0 32.62 T. Powell (Jam) 5 8 1 223 95* 0 1 31.85 Dawnley Joseph (WI) 5 9 2 218 69* 0 1 31.14 P. Simmons (T&T) 5 8 1 207 82* 0 2 29.57 S. Ragoonath (T&T) 3 6 0 177 61 0 2 29.50 R. Hinds (Bdos) 5 7 1 168 58 0 1 28.00 M. Nagamootoo (Guy) 5 10 1 244 64 0 2 27.11 W. Hinds (Jam) 5 9 0 236 126 1 1 26.22 R. McLean (WI) 4 7 0 183 65 0 2 26.14 R. Sarwan (Guy) 5 10 0 249 87 0 1 24.90 A. Percival (Guy) 4 8 1 162 51 0 1 23.14 C. Browne (Bdos) 5 7 0 159 72 0 1 22.71 N. Perry (Jam) 5 8 0 175 59 0 1 21.87

Bowler MT O M R W BB 5WI 1OWM AVE

H. Bryan (Bdos) 2 44.3 7 121 11 5-57 1 0 11.00 R. Marshall (WI) 5 160.3 42 302 21 6-32 2 1 14.38 W. Reid (Bdos) 5 228.1 67 558 38 8-77 3 1 14.68 M. Black (T&T) 5 98 23 309 19 6-23 1 0 16.26 W. Phillip (LI) 3 124.3 32 262 16 5-48 2 1 16.37 N. Perry (Jam) 5 201.3 59 418 24 7-49 1 1 17.41 G. Nedd (Guy) 4 136 32 315 18 6-23 1 0 17.50 C. Cuffy (WI) 5 121.1 25 264 15 4-49 0 0 17.60 C. Collymore (Bdos) 3 87.3 19 267 15 4-83 0 0 17.80 M. Persad (T&T) 5 166.4 42 380 21 6-86 1 1 18.09 D. Mais (Jam) 5 131.1 43 308 17 4-64 0 0 18.11 M. Nagamootoo (Guy) 5 172.2 48 359 19 6-24 1 1 18.89 C. Stuart (Guy) 5 136 30 382 20 4-81 0 0 19.10 M. Morgan (WI) 5 92.5 18 252 13 4-42 0 0 19.38 L. Williams (Jam) 5 129 36 291 15 4-36 0 0 19.40 B. Murphy (Jam) 4 114 27 293 14 4-85 0 0 20.92 J. Maynard (LI) 3 67.1 5 238 11 5-24 1 0 21.63 P. Collins (Bdos) 5 123 28 350 16 5-64 1 0 21.87 C. Davis (WI) 4 78.3 20 222 10 5-60 1 0 22.20 K. Darlington (Guy) 4 103 27 298 12 5-29 1 0 24.83 K. Benjamin (LI) 4 136.4 24 383 14 4-34 0 0 27.35 C. Tuckett (LI) 5 113.4 25 305 11 4-16 0 0 27.72 I. Bishop (T&T) 5 116.2 13 339 11 3-47 0 0 30.81

Wicket-keepers

C. Browne (Bdos) 15 catches/9 stumpings; D. Williams (T&T) 12/2; W. Phillip (WI) 11/0.

Other than wicket-keepers

T. Powell (Jam), L. Romero (T&T) 10 catches; M. Nagamootoo (Guy), A. Percival (Guy) 9; L. Garrick (Jam) 8; D. Marshall (Bdos) 7; S. Campbell (Bdos), R. Holder (Bdos), P. Simmons (T&T) 6.

Centuries (8)

First round (1)

126 - W. Hinds (Jamaica) v Leewards at Sabina Park

Second round (2)

169* - S. Campbell (Barbados) v Leewards at Ronald Webster Park

101 - Dave Joseph (Leewards) v Barbados at Ronald Webster Park

Third round (0)

Fourth round (1)

138 - S. Campbell (Barbados) v Trinidad and Toabgo at Kensington Oval

Fifth round (4)

151 - L. Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago) v Leewards at Ronald Webster Park

145 - S. Williams (Leewards) v Trinidad and Tobago at Ronald Webster Park

102 - C. Lambert (Guyana) v Windwards at Arnos Vale

100* - J. Adams (Jamaica) v Barbados

Ten or more wickets in a match - 6 instances

First round (1)

10-110 (7-49 & 3-61) - N. Perry (Jamaica) v Leewards at Sabina Park

Second round (2)

10-70 (4-36 & 6-24) - M. Nagamootoo (Guyana) v Jamaica at Sabina Park

10-142 (8-77 & 2-65) - W. Reid (Barbados) v Leewards at Ronald Webster Park

Third round (3)

10-51 (4-19 & 6-32) - R. Marshall (Windwards) v Leewards at Windsor Park

10-106 (5-48 & 5-58) - W. Phillip (Leewards) v Windwards at Windsor Park

10-115 (4-29 & 6-86) - M. Persad (T&T) v Jamaica at Sabina Park

Fourth round (0)

Fifth round (0)

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