1972–73 Banks Trophy
Dates13 – 15 April 1973
Administrator(s)WICB
Cricket formatList A (40 overs)
Tournament format(s)Knock-out
Host(s) Barbados
Champions Barbados (1st title)
Participants4
Matches3
Most runsGuyana Clive Lloyd (101)
Most wicketsJamaica Arthur Barrett
Barbados Garfield Sobers (4)

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.

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

Fixtures

Semi-finals

13 April 1973
Scorecard
Guyana 
215 (34.5 overs)
v
 Jamaica
193/8 (36 overs)
Guyana won by 22 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
  • The match was reduced to 36 overs per side before the start of play.

14 April 1973
Scorecard
Barbados 
239/7 (40 overs)
v
 Trinidad and Tobago
175 (39.5 overs)
Barbados won by 64 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Final

15 April 1973
Scorecard
Barbados 
201 (38.3 overs)
v
 Guyana
192 (38.4 overs)
Barbados won by 9 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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