1972–73 Banks Trophy

The 1972–73 Banks Trophy was the inaugural edition of what is now the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It was the only season of the competition to carry that name.

1972–73 Banks Trophy

Dates	13 – 15 April 1973
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	List A (40 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Knock-out
Host(s)	Barbados
Champions	Barbados (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches	3
Most runs	Clive Lloyd (101)
Most wickets	Arthur Barrett Garfield Sobers (4)
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Four teams contested the tournament – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.^[1] The Combined Islands, the only other team in West Indian domestic cricket at the time, did not participate, as the Windward Islands were playing a multi-day fixture against the touring Australians at the same time.^[2] The Banks Trophy was played as a knock-out tournament over a single weekend, from 13 to 15 April 1973. All matches were played at Kensington Oval, in Bridgetown, Barbados, and had a duration of 40 overs.^[1] In the tournament final, Barbados narrowly defeated Guyana, winning by only nine runs.^[3] A number of players in the Banks Trophy went on to play a key role in the West Indian team that won the inaugural World Cup in 1975.^[4]

Teams

Barbados	Guyana	Jamaica	Trinidad and Tobago
Garfield Sobers (c) Keith Boyce Robin Bynoe Stephen Farmer Geoff Greenidge Gordon Greenidge Vanburn Holder David Holford Peter Lashley David Murray Seymour Nurse	Rohan Kanhai (c) Faoud Bacchus Len Baichan Philbert Blair Basil Butcher Steve Camacho Keith Glasgow Rupert Gomes Alvin Kallicharran Clive Lloyd Chimwala Munilall Milton Pydanna Joe Solomon	Maurice Foster (c) Arthur Barrett Herbert Chang Uton Dowe William Haye Cecil Lawson Desmond Lewis Samuel Morgan Renford Pinnock Basil Williams Lyndel Wright	Joey Carew (c) Prince Bartholomew Charlie Davis Keith D'Heurieux Ronald Faria Sheldon Gomes Bernard Julien Raphick Jumadeen Deryck Murray Claude Phillip Pascall Roberts

Fixtures

Semi-finals

13 April 1973 Scorecard

Guyana  215 (34.5 overs)	v	Jamaica 193/8 (36 overs)
Clive Lloyd 71 Arthur Barret 4/30		Desmond Lewis 53 Joe Solomon 1/9

Guyana won by 22 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

• The match was reduced to 36 overs per side before the start of play.

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14 April 1973 Scorecard

Barbados  239/7 (40 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 175 (39.5 overs)
Keith Boyce 80 Bernard Julien 2/31		Sheldon Gomes 46 Garfield Sobers 2/16

Barbados won by 64 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Final

15 April 1973 Scorecard

Barbados  201 (38.3 overs)	v	Guyana 192 (38.4 overs)
Geoff Greenidge 48 Chimwala Munilall 3/27		Rohan Kanhai 82 Vanburn Holder 2/23

Barbados won by 9 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

See also

• 1972–73 Shell Shield season

References

1. Banks Trophy 1972/73 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
2. Windward Islands v Australians, Australia in West Indies 1972/73 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
3. Barbados v Guyana, Banks Trophy 1972/73 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
4. Records / Prudential World Cup, 1975 - West Indies / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.