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1969–70 Shell Shield season

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1969–70 Shell Shield season
Dates30 January – 21 March 1970
Administrator(s)WICB
Cricket formatFirst-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Champions Trinidad and Tobago (1st title)
Participants5
Matches10
Most runsTrinidad and Tobago Joey Carew (523)
Most wicketsJamaica Arthur Barrett (26)

The 1969–70 Shell Shield season was the fourth 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). The tournament was sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell, with matches played from 30 January to 21 March 1970.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Combined Islands team, comprising players from the Leeward and Windward Islands, was returning for the first time since the 1966–67 season. They failed to win a match, while at the top of the table Trinidad and Tobago won three of their four matches, claiming their maiden title. Trinidadian batsman Joey Carew led the tournament in runs, while Jamaican leg spinner Arthur Barrett was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

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Team Pld W L DWF DLF Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 3 1 0 0 36
 Jamaica 4 2 1 1 0 30
 Barbados 4 2 0 0 2 28
 Guyana 4 1 2 1 0 18
 Combined Islands 4 0 4 0 0 0
Source: CricketArchive
Key

Statistics

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Most runs

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The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.[1]

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Joey Carew  Trinidad and Tobago 523 6 87.16 164 3 1
Peter Lashley  Barbados 454 8 56.75 118 1 3
Alvin Kallicharran  Guyana 397 7 56.71 137 1 4
Clive Lloyd  Guyana 334 7 66.80 100* 1 2
Roy Fredericks  Guyana 327 7 46.71 121 1 1

Most wickets

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The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.[2]

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave 5 10 BBI
Arthur Barrett  Jamaica 191.4 26 22.26 3 1 6/78
Willie Rodriguez  Trinidad and Tobago 98.3 17 15.47 2 0 5/12
Lloyd Cornelius  Guyana 135.0 16 21.12 1 0 6/56
Vanburn Holder  Barbados 151.2 16 23.75 1 0 5/69
Wes Hall  Trinidad and Tobago 88.0 15 22.46 0 0 4/51

References

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  1. ^ Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1969/70 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ Bowling in Shell Shield 1969/70 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.