2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition was the 52nd edition of the Regional Four Day Competition , the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition ran from 26 October 2017 to 21 January 2018, with six matches being played as day/night fixtures.[ 1]
Six teams contested the tournament – Barbados , Guyana , Jamaica , the Leeward Islands , Trinidad and Tobago , and the Windward Islands .[ 1] Guyana were the defending champions[ 2] and retained their title, finishing ahead of Barbados.[ 3]
In December 2017, the round 6 fixture between Guyana and the Windward Islands finished as a tie .[ 4] This was the 63rd tied game in more than 300 years of first-class cricket, and the first occurrence of a tied match in first-class cricket in the West Indies.[ 5]
Points table
Champions
Fixtures
Round 1
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
Jervin Benjamin (Windward Islands) and Terrence Warde (Leeward Islands) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
This was the first time since 2009 that the Leeward Islands had beaten Barbados in the Regional Four Day tournament.[ 8]
Jeremiah Louis (Leeward Islands) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 8]
Trinidad & Tobago won the toss and elected to field.
Paul Harrison (Jamaica) made his first-class debut.
Fabian Allen (Jamaica) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 9]
Tion Webster (Trinidad and Tobago) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 9]
Guyana won the toss and elected to field.
Ray Jordan and Obed McCoy (Windward Islands) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
Jamaica won the toss and elected to bat.
Steven Taylor (Jamaica) made his first-class debut.
Guyana won the toss and elected to field.
Stanny Simon (Leeward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
Shermon Lewis (Windward Islands) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 10]
Round 4
Jamaica won the toss and elected to bat.
Sheeno Berridge (Leeward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Guyana won the toss and elected to bat.
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
Kenneth Dember (Windward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
Odean Smith (Jamaica) made his first-class debut.
Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
Guyana won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
Shamar Springer (Barbados) made his first-class debut.
Jamaica won the toss and elected to field.
Christopher Lamont (Jamaica) made his first-class debut.
Round 8
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
Chaim Holder (Leeward Islands) made his first-class debut.
Guyana won the toss and elected to field.
Akshaya Persaud (Guyana) made his first-class debut.
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
Tevyn Walcott (Barbados) made his first-class debut.
Round 9
Leeward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
Chemar Holder (Barbados) made his first-class debut.
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field.
Round 10
Barbados won the toss and elected to bat.
Dominic Drakes (Barbados) made his first-class debut.
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
Windward Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2017–18
First-class List A Twenty20