1975–76 Gillette Cup (West Indies)

The 1975–76 Gillette Cup was the second edition of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Sponsored by Gillette, it was the first season of the competition to carry that name.

1975–76 Gillette Cup

Dates	18 – 28 February 1976
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	List A (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Group stage, final
Champions	Barbados (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches played	7
Most runs	Gordon Greenidge (120)
Most wickets	Wayne Daniel (7)

Six teams participated – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands.[1] The competition was impacted by rain, with only three of the six scheduled group-stage matches being completed. Barbados were eventually joined by Trinidad and Tobago in the final, going on to defeat their opponent by 43 runs to claim their second domestic one-day title.[2] Two Barbadians, Gordon Greenidge and Wayne Daniel, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.[3][4]

Teams

Barbados	Guyana	Jamaica
David Holford (c) Keith Boyce Nolan Clarke Wayne Daniel Stephen Farmer Teddy Foster Gordon Greenidge Vanburn Holder Collis King David Murray Joseph Newton Ricardo Skeete Emmerson Trotman	Steve Camacho (c) Faoud Bacchus Keith Cameron Rex Collymore Colin Croft Romain Etwaroo Frederick Hartman Alvin Kallicharran Sydney Matthews Adjodha Persaud Lonsdale Skinner	Maurice Foster (c) Samuel Allen Richard Austin Herbert Chang Jeff Dujon Hylton Gordon Cecil Lawson Desmond Lewis Junior Williams Lyndel Wright Ray Wynter
Leeward Islands	Trinidad and Tobago	Windward Islands
Livingstone Sargeant (c) Jim Allen Michael Camacho Alford Corriette Victor Eddy Hugh Gore Lipton Griffin Luther Kelly Viv Richards Andy Roberts Elquemedo Willett	Prince Bartholomew (c) Imtiaz Ali Desmond Baptiste Theodore Cuffy Keith D'Heurieux Ronald Faria Larry Gomes Sheldon Gomes Bernard Julien Raphick Jumadeen Deryck Murray Dudnath Ramkissoon	Mike Findlay (c) Derek Abraham Hubert Annibaffa Earl Fraites Matthew George Stanley Hinds Victor Joseph Norbert Phillip Lockhart Sebastien Grayson Shillingford Irvine Shillingford

Group stage

North Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	RR
Barbados	2	2	0	0	0	4	3.763
Jamaica	2	0	1	0	1	1	3.855
Leeward Islands	2	0	1	0	1	1	3.120

18–19 February 1976 Scorecard

Leeward Islands	v	Jamaica

Match abandoned Warner Park, Basseterre

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21 February 1976 Scorecard

Barbados  187/9 (50 overs)	v	Leeward Islands 156/9 (50 overs)

Barbados won by 31 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

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22 February 1976 Scorecard

Barbados  146 (38.3 overs)	v	Jamaica 142 (36.5 overs)

Barbados won by 4 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

South Zone

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	RR
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	0	0	1	3	4.282
Guyana	2	0	0	1	1	2	4.825
Windward Islands	2	0	1	1	0	1	3.460

18–19 February 1976 Scorecard

Guyana  78/4 (16.1 overs)	v	Windward Islands

No result Victoria Park, Castries

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21–22 February 1976 Scorecard

Windward Islands  173/9 (50 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 177/3 (41.2 overs)

Trinidad and Tobago won by 7 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

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24–25 February 1976 Scorecard

Guyana	v	Trinidad and Tobago

Match abandoned Bourda, Georgetown

Final

28 February 1976 Scorecard

Barbados  191 (49.3 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 148 (39.5 overs)
Stephen Farmer 63 Raphick Jumadeen 3/26		Theodore Cuffy 36 Wayne Daniel 3/11

Barbados won by 43 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

See also

• 1975–76 Shell Shield season

References

1. Gillette Cup (West Indies) 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. Barbados v Trinidad and Tobago, Gillette Cup (West Indies) 1975/76 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
3. Batting and fielding in Gillette Cup (West Indies) 1975/76 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
4. Bowling in Gillette Cup (West Indies) 1975/76 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2015.