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53-460: The Combined Islands played 54 first-class games, winning 11, drawing 19 and losing 24. 52 of those games were in the Shell Shield tournament, with the other two games both coming in the 1961–62 season – a Pentangular Tournament preliminary round loss to British Guiana , was followed by a home defeat to the touring Indian side that same season. From then on, the team only existed as an entity for

106-503: A first-innings deficit of 276 despite 124 from Richards, and though Allen made 101 in the second innings and Philip took three for 15 to boost his seasonal wicket-tally to 20, Barbados made it to the target of 53 with six wickets to spare. Thus the Islands finished second in the table, tied with Trinidad and Tobago . The Combined Islands finished second for the third time in four seasons in 1977-78 , but this time they were in last place before

159-584: A knock-out tournament was reintroduced, with the top four teams from the league competition qualifying. Barbados' league form was reversed as Jamaica won the knock-out competition (and the Headley/Weekes trophy) against the Windward Islands in the final. Bowling analysis In cricket , a bowling analysis (sometimes shortened to just analysis , especially in the phrase innings analysis , and also referred to as bowling figures ) usually refers to

212-459: A league, which British Guiana won. The regular competition began in the 1965–66 season , named the Shell Shield (after sponsors Royal Dutch Shell ), and the five teams that had contested the 1961 knock-out competed in a round-robin league, with two home matches and two away matches for each team. This format and name remained until 1981–82 , when the Combined Islands were split up into

265-470: A notation summarising a bowler 's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens (i.e. with no runs conceded), total runs conceded and number of wickets taken. Bowling analyses are generally given for each innings in cricket scoreboards printed in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , newspapers and so on, but they are also sometimes quoted for other periods of time, such as

318-451: A record five times in a row. The only previous time a team had won the record five times in a row was between 1976 and 1980 when Barbados won the title; however, for that streak, the first title in 1976 was shared between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago whereas for Jamaica's 2008-2012 streak the title was never shared with any other team. In 2014, the WICB announced major structural changes to

371-555: A second-innings century from Allen and a new record bowling analysis of six for 35 from Roberts - who finished the season with 25 wickets at a bowling average of 12.72. Allen and Richards also averaged above 50 with the bat, and after three unbeaten matches initially they set themselves up for a potential trophy win. A first innings win or an outright win in their final match at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago would have seen them take

424-418: A series of changes adopted based on the recommendations made in a March 2014 report presented by Richard Pybus , WICB's then director of cricket. The current structure of the tournament, since the 2014–15 season is a double round-robin league system with the team earning the most points being declared the winner. Prior to this the tournament didn't comprise a knock out stage so teams could potentially both win

477-412: A single spell of bowling. Typically, the analysis is given in the following format: Overs – Maidens – Runs conceded – Wickets. In some cases, overs and maidens are omitted from bowling figures, and are recorded showing 'Wickets/Runs'; for example, 7/15 by Glenn McGrath against Namibia shows he took his 7 wickets for 15 runs. Sometimes, in limited overs cricket , the 'maidens' figure is replaced by

530-452: A sponsor. The regional tournament was eventually renamed the President's Cup and reduced to five matches a team once again. On from the 1998–99 season, Trinidadian soft drink Busta became the new title sponsor with the newly named Busta Cup , having a semi-final and a final appended after the round-robin stage. Barbados and Jamaica went on to both dominate the 2000s. Barbados in 2004 became

583-675: The 2014–15 season when Professional Cricket League started the teams have played each other twice in a round-robin with the team having the most points at the end of the League being awarded the Championship and the Headley/Weekes Trophy. Points are now awarded similarly to the 2010/11-2014/15 era except that now the concept for points for first innings lead has been abandoned and replaced with bonus points for batting (1 point being awarded in intervals of 50 runs for total scores over 200 for

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636-685: The Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands , previously competed as the Combined Islands , now each being from a myriad of nations. Since the 2007–08 season a Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team (CCC cricket team) were included in the competition. However, in July 2014 the WICB announced that the CCC cricket team was to be excluded from the upcoming 2014-15 Regional Four Day competition. This came as

689-589: The Shell Shield, Red Stripe, Busta and Carib Beer Cup , is the West Indies 's first-class cricket competition that's run by Cricket West Indies . In the 2013–2014 season the winner of the tournament was awarded the WICB President's Trophy while the winners of the knockout competition were awarded the George Headley / Everton Weekes trophy. In a few previous seasons the winners of the tournament were awarded

742-429: The Combined Islands were once again on the heels of Barbados, trailing by two points before the final game in Trinidad. Despite a 109-run lead after four half-centuries and six for 90 from Parry, Combined Islands were bowled out for 181 in the second innings, and David Murray put on 27 with Inshan Ali to give Trinidad and Tobago the win and the second place in the table. The next season saw the Combined Islands return to

795-681: The Headley/Weekes trophy. On from the 2016–17 season, the Competition was sponsored by Digicel and was known as the Digicel Four Day Championship . Since 2019–20, the competition has been renamed as the West Indies Championship . The competition is contested between seven Caribbean teams and, on occasion, touring sides from other countries. Of these sides four of them, Barbados , Guyana , Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago , come from solitary nations. While two other teams,

848-541: The Leeward and Windward Islands by the West Indies Cricket Board. This meant that the season was lengthened to five games per side. Barbados dominated from the outset, with nine titles won from 1965–66 to 1979–80 . The Combined Islands won their first title in 1980–81 after four runners-up spots in the preceding six seasons – becoming the last of the five teams to win a title. Barbados won three more titles before

901-565: The Shell Shield, with the British Leeward Islands and British Windward Islands fielding independent teams against touring squads, and also playing first-class matches between each other. In 1965–66, the team was among the five that played for the inaugural Shell Shield. After two draws against Jamaica and Barbados , the team went down to British Guiana , before winning the last game against Trinidad and Tobago to finish third in

954-537: The Shillingford cousins – Irvine and Grayson , who both represented West Indies at Test level – played for the Combined Islands and the two went on to play most Shell Shield matches for the Combined Islands together until 1976–77 , Irving scoring more than 2,500 runs while Grayson took nearly 100 wickets for the team. In 1970–71 , the Combined Islands registered their first win in five years, but still finished last behind Guyana – despite beating Guyana by 50 runs,

1007-920: The West Indies Championship. The above winners are of the league phase, since 2000/01 there has been a knock-out tournament (the Busta International Shield in 2000/01; the Busta International Shield/International Trophy in 2001/02; the Carib Beer International Trophy from 2002/03 to 2004/05; the Carib Beer International Challenge from 2005/06 to 2006/07 and the Carib Beer Challenge in 2007/08) with qualification based on league position. In 2000/01 four teams progressed to

1060-432: The best bowling returns for the Islands with two for 71. However, he only made 3 with the bat, as his team were bowled out for 279 - losing by an innings and 19 runs, and finishing second again. Earlier on in the season, Parry had beaten his own best-innings bowling record, with nine for 76 against Jamaica, in a match where he took 15 for 101 - a record for all West Indies domestic teams which stood for 16 years. Parry finished

1113-498: The bonus points. For abandoned matches, the points awarded to each team has been reduced from 3 to 1, except where a match is abandoned due to a dangerous pitch, in which case the visiting team are awarded 12 points (as would happen with an outright win). The previous edition of the tournament was known as the Regional Four Day Competition before being rebranded by CWI. Since 2019–20, the competition has been renamed as

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1166-519: The competition. In 2002 Carib Brewery became the title sponsor. So the competition became known as the Carib Beer Cup for the next six years until Carib's sponsorship ended in 2008/09. The semi-finals were removed for the 2004–05 as was the West Indies B team with the tournament returning to a six-team league. This now consisted of ten home and away matches for each side with a final played between

1219-594: The competition: First-class cricket has been played in the West Indies since 1865, when Barbados beat Demerara, later known as British Guiana and now Guyana, at the Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown . During 1891 three teams, namely Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago, took part in the inaugural Inter-Colonial Tournament held at the Barbados' Bay Pasture , with Barbados eventually defeating British Guiana in

1272-525: The end in 1981. However, the team still failed to win more than one match a season. In 1973–74 , they lost three of the four games and finished last again, despite Roberts and Philip both taking more than three wickets a match at a bowling average less than 20. That season also included their only List A game, a five-run win over the touring England side representing MCC . The Islands batted first, making 204 for 6 in 50 overs with 102 from Jim Allen and 78 from Livingstone Sargeant . Dennis Amiss made 114 for

1325-420: The final against Barbados. In 2006/07 only the top two teams qualified, Barbados (as league champions) and Trinidad and Tobago (as league runners-up). The league form was reversed as Trinidad and Tobago defended their title with a 49 run win. Trinidad and Tobago reached their third successive final in 2007/08, this time losing to Jamaica . In 2008/09 the knock-out Carib Beer Challenge was discontinued. In 2013/14

1378-479: The final by an innings and 55 runs. All three teams won the tournament on more than five occasions. When Jamaica attained first-class status, they only played 22 games in their first 30 years as a cricketing side, usually playing touring teams from England. After the West Indies were awarded Test status in 1928, the number of games played by Jamaica increased. During World War II , there was no official Inter-Colonial tournament, but matches were still played between

1431-428: The final round, when they beat Trinidad and Tobago by seven wickets to avoid the last place and propel themselves up the table to a shared second place with Jamaica. All-rounder Norbert Philip took more than 20 wickets for the second year running, and also hit 240 runs, while off spinner Derick Parry took a team record seven for 100 in the first innings of a drawn game against champions Barbados. The following season,

1484-460: The first 110 overs and up to a maximum of 5 points), bowling (1 point being awarded in intervals of 2 wickets for 3 wickets or more taken in a team's innings for the first 110 overs and up to a maximum of 3 points) and for pace bowling (0.2 points for each wicket taken by designated pace bowlers). Tied matches are now awarded 6 points instead of 8 points and the range of points awarded for drawn matches has been replaced by each team getting 3 points plus

1537-407: The first innings were completed. Irvine Shillingford still managed to hit 257 runs in his three innings, averaging 85.66 with the bat. 1976–77 saw improvement in the table again, as they once again fought for the title – they were tied with Barbados on points before the very last game, but after conceding four 50+ scores –including 113 from David Murray - and a total of 511, the team surrendered

1590-521: The first team to successfully defend a first class title since Jamaica in 1989. These said sides have respectively won fourteen out of the first fifteen first class titles of the 21st century. The 2000s saw teams from other nations take part, as in England A , Bangladesh A , India A and Kenya . Along with that two scholastic sides, West Indies B and the Combined Campuses and Colleges also featured in

1643-525: The first-class cricket competition starting with the exclusion of the Combined Campuses and Colleges team from the competition (in which it had participated since 2007–08). Additionally, it was announced that a franchise system was to be introduced for first-class cricket, similar to that of the Caribbean Premier League , with the six territorial teams being able to select players from all over

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1696-411: The knockout phase with Jamaica beating the league winner, Barbados in the first semi-final before going on to win the final against Guyana by first innings points in a drawn match. This form was reversed in the 2001/02 knockout competition when Guyana beat Jamaica in the final on first innings points in a drawn match. For the next three seasons (2002/03, 2003/04 and 2004/05) the league winners were also

1749-553: The league, but Barbados were back on top for the following season. No team managed to win back to back titles for the next fourteen seasons, though the Leeward Islands and Barbados exchanged the trophy between 1993–94 and 1998–99 . The WICB tinkered with the competition's formats during this period of time. Where in 1995–96 a final match was played, while the 1996–97 season saw a home-and-away round-robin format of ten matches in total. At this seasons' close, Red Stripe withdrew as

1802-437: The number of dot balls bowled. In Test cricket , the best bowling analysis for a single innings is 10/53 by Jim Laker . The best bowling analysis in an ODI is 8/19 by Chaminda Vaas . The best bowling analysis in a Twenty20 International is 6/7 by Deepak Chahar . In first-class cricket , the best bowling analysis for a single innings is 10/10 by Hedley Verity . This article about cricket terminology

1855-471: The players that were to become team regulars for the remainder of its history had debuted - in addition to the Shillingford cousins, there was Vance Amory , Jim Allen , Mike Findlay , Norbert Philip , Viv Richards (who went on to play 121 Tests for the West Indies), Andy Roberts , Lockhart Sebastien and the aforementioned Willett, who all played for the Combined Islands until 1978, and four of them until

1908-644: The previous season, won by 57 runs, and has continued to be the more successful of the two sides with three first-class titles. The Windwards are yet to win a single one. Out of 30 first-class home games, the most were played in Warner Park on Saint Kitts , which hosted seven games. The team played cricket on a total of eight different islands, with Antigua getting six, Saint Lucia five, Grenada four, Dominica and Saint Vincent three, while Montserrat and Nevis hosted one game each. Shell Shield The Regional Four Day Competition , formerly known as

1961-469: The region and possibly from overseas. The new franchises would be owned by the territorial boards themselves and the teams would still retain their traditional territorial names. A draft system was also introduced, under which each of the territorial boards will be allowed to retain and contract 10 players, with the rest of the region's player pool going into a player draft for the teams to complete their 15-player squads. The regional four-day competition itself

2014-423: The runners-up spot, after winning two games in a season for the first time, and before the final game in Barbados they trailed their hosts by 11 points after a drawn game in Trinidad two weeks earlier. After being put in the field by the Barbados captain, Combined Islands batted to a total of 257, before centuries from Emmerson Trotman and Thelston Payne helped Barbados to a total of 555 - with Viv Richards getting

2067-432: The scores were tied at the end of the match, the match was drawn since the Islands had not lost the final wicket (in which case it would have been a tie ) and the Shell Shield title went to Guyana instead of the islands. The next season saw them fall back to fourth place, however, with none of the four matches seeing more than 325 overs of play in four days as the Combined Islands drew all four games – with two ending before

2120-405: The season with 25 wickets. Finally, after four runner-up spots in the preceding six seasons, it was the Combined Islands' turn to win the Shell Shield trophy in 1980-81 . After starting with a draw in Trinidad, the Combined Islands won both home games - first an innings win over Jamaica, in which Andy Roberts took 11 for 101 and completed a hat-trick, and then a 165-run win over Guyana which sealed

2173-542: The start of the Professional Cricket League the teams have played each other once in a double round-robin format followed by semi-finals which are contested between the top four teams of the league stage. Points were awarded as follows: Incomplete Match Score Equal in a Drawn Match Abandoned Match In the event of a match being abandoned without any play having taken place, or in the event of there being no 1st innings decision, three points each. Since

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2226-416: The table and record their first victory. It took a further four seasons before the Combined Islands returned to the Shell Shield – the Leeward and Windward teams played games, but the matches they played did not count for points. [1] The Combined team was back for the 1969–70 tournament , though, and duly lost all four games, with no player averaging more than 26 with the bat. This was the first season that

2279-415: The team lost their other three matches, and Guyana finished two points ahead. The 1971–72 season went by without a single win, although they gained a lead on first innings, but in 1972–73 , the Combined Islands beat Jamaica to finish fourth after Elquemedo Willett took six for 40 in the second innings – which stood as a team record for two seasons – to help bowl Jamaica out for 132. By this time, most of

2332-515: The three games not against Barbados - and one for 48 against the Bajans. The innings defeat was the end of the Combined Islands team. The West Indies Cricket Board made the decision to split the team into Windward and Leeward Islands, and the first match of the 1981-82 Shell Shield was played between these two teams - the Leeward Islands, whose team included 10 players who had played for the Combined team

2385-509: The three teams who had competed for it, and this continued after the war, but now also including Jamaica. In 1956, British Guiana hosted a four-team knock-out tournament, which was repeated five years later but now with the Combined Islands joining in. The final unofficial tournament (which does not appear on records in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack or Cricinfo ) was held in 1964, with Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad competing in

2438-548: The top two teams. In the 2005–06 season, the league returned to one round-robin series where teams each play five games before the top two sides meet in the final. Since 2009 it has been entitled as the Regional Four Day Competition with the winning side lofting the Headley-Weekes Trophy , named after both George Headley and Everton Weekes . Between 2008 and 2012, Jamaica won the competition for

2491-460: The tourists, but Grayson Shillingford (six overs for 7) and Andy Roberts (ten overs for 27) limited the scoring. Three wickets fell for 12 near the end, and the MCC finished on 199 for 6. The next season, they got their best position in the Shell Shield thus far, going unbeaten through the season and also recording their first away win – a 163-run win over Barbados, their highest win yet, which also included

2544-546: The tournament was modified in the 1986–87 season . Where instead of a round-robin league, there were now two round-robin groups, determined by geography. The league structure was though back into place for the next season. As well the contest was then and there renamed as the Red Stripe Cup with its main sponsor being the Jamaican beer Red Stripe . Leeward Islands won their first ever title in 1989–90 , winning all five games in

2597-430: The tournament. The competition later consisted of a single round-robin league followed by semi-finals and a final. The current champions are Guyana. Barbados have won the most titles with twenty-two outright (and one shared), while Jamaica and Guyana have won the most consecutive titles (five). The following teams have competed in every tournament since the 1981–82 season: The following teams have also made appearances in

2650-448: The trophy with one game to play - against Barbados, who were 35 points behind. Despite going down by an innings and 16 runs, the Combined Islands finished 12 points ahead of Barbados - who had been docked nine of those points due to a slow over rate. The Test stars Richards and Roberts topped the batting and bowling tables respectively - Richards making 323 runs despite being dismissed for 13 and 4 by Barbados, while Roberts took 24 wickets in

2703-488: The trophy, but they finished with a 30-run first innings deficit, and after being set a target of 283 to win their openers Sebastien and Michael Camacho put on 101 for the first wicket. Trinidad's bowlers came back, and after two run outs and three wickets from Imtiaz Ali and Raphick Jumadeen the Combined Islands were 276 for 9. Captain Findlay and number 11 Hugh Gore added six for the final wicket before time ran out - thus,

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2756-459: The winners of the knockout competitions, with Barbados beating Jamaica in the final by 7 wickets in 2002/03; Barbados beating Jamaica again in 2003/04 (by 84 runs) and Jamaica beating the Leeward Islands by 8 wickets in 2004/05. In 2004/05 however, only the top two teams from the league stage progressed to the knock-out competition. In 2005/06 four teams again progressed to the knock-out phase, where initial league winners Trinidad and Tobago won

2809-476: Was extended to a double round-robin format and also became part of the WICB's new Professional Cricket League , which also included the NAGICO Super50 . The newly extended Regional Four Day Competition will be played on a home and away basis over ten rounds from 14 November 2014 to 23 March 2015. Since 2019–20, the competition has been renamed as the West Indies Championship . From the 2010–11 season until

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