1999–2000 Busta Cup

1999–2000 Busta Cup

Dates	6 January – 25 February 2000
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, playoffs
Champions	Jamaica (5th title)
Participants	6
Matches	18
Most runs	Chris Gayle (623)
Most wickets	Curtly Ambrose Mahendra Nagamootoo (31)

The 1999–2000 Busta Cup was the 34th edition of what is now the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It was played from 6 January to 25 February 2000.

Six teams contested the competition – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. Barbados topped the table after the round-robin,[1] but lost to the Leeward Islands in their semi-final. However, the Leeward Islands lost to Jamaica in the final, who won their fifth domestic first-class title. Jamaica's Chris Gayle was the leading run-scorer and was named player of the tournament, while Curtly Ambrose of the Leeward Islands and Guyana's Mahendra Nagamootoo were the equal leading wicket-takers.[2]

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	Pts
Barbados	5	2	1	0	2	0	48
Jamaica	5	2	1	0	1	1	44
Guyana	5	1	0	0	2	2	40
Leeward Islands	5	1	0	1	1	2	37
Windward Islands	5	0	1	0	3	1	28
Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	1	1	0	3	17
Source: CricketArchive

Key

W – Outright win (12 points) L – Outright loss (0 points) LWF – Lost match, but won first innings (4 points)

DWF – Drawn, but won first innings (6 points) DLF – Drawn, but lost first innings (3 points) Pts – Total points

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.[3]

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Chris Gayle	Jamaica	623	14	56.63	168	2	3
Laurie Williams	Jamaica	379	12	34.45	135	1	1
Philo Wallace	Barbados	371	11	37.10	117	2	1
Runako Morton	Leeward Islands	356	11	35.60	110	1	3
Robert Samuels	Jamaica	325	13	27.08	73*	0	3

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.[4]

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	5	10	BBI
Curtly Ambrose	Leeward Islands	250.3	31	12.03	2	0	5/39
Mahendra Nagamootoo	Guyana	285.3	31	20.83	0	0	4/45
Dave Marshall	Barbados	194.1	28	16.17	2	1	7/49
Hendy Bryan	Barbados	217.1	25	19.84	1	0	5/38
Reon King	Guyana	137.0	22	13.68	2	1	5/24

See also

• 1999–2000 Red Stripe Bowl
• Cricket Player MVP

References

1. Busta Cup 1999/2000 table, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. Busta Cup 1999/2000, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
3. Batting and fielding in Busta Cup 1999/00 (ordered by runs), CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
4. Bowling in Busta Cup 1999/00 (ordered by wickets), CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016.