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Bajans dominate Busta averages
Haydn Gill - 17 February 1999

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:

Compiled by Haydn Gill

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.

Batting

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

Bowling

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

Fielding

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