1975–76 Shell Shield season

Cricket tournament July 2026 16 January 13 February 1976 WICB First-class (four-day) Round-robin BAR (5th title)TRI (3rd title) 5 10 DMA Irvine Shillingford (545) TRI Imtiaz Ali (19) 1974–75 1974–75 Shell Shield season 1976–77 1976–77 Shell Shield season The 1975–76 Shell Shield season was the tenth 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 16 January to 13 February 1976. Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, finished equal on 20 points, and shared the title. The competition was marked by a large number of draws, with only two of the ten matches played to completion. Irvine Shillingford of the Combined Islands team was the leading run-scorer, while Trinidad and Tobago's Imtiaz Ali was the leading wicket-taker. Points table Team Pld Matches played W Outright win – 12 points L Outright loss – 0 points LWF Lost (won first innings) – 4 points DWF Drawn (won first innings) – 6 points DLF Drawn (lost first innings) – 2 points A Abandoned – 0 points Pts PointsBAR 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 20TRI 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 20JAM 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 18Combined Islands 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 8GUY 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 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 (2 points) A – Abandoned (0 points) Statistics Most runs The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Irvine Shillingford Combined Islands 257 3 85.66 111 1 2 Larry Gomes TRI 213 7 30.42 82* 0 2 Faoud Bacchus GUY 211 4 52.75 84 0 2 David Holford BAR 207 5 69.00 74* 0 2 Theo Cuffy TRI 205 7 29.28 62 0 1 Most wickets The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.Bowling in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Player Team Overs Wkts Ave 5 10 BBI Imtiaz Ali TRI 224.3 19 24.10 1 0 5/44 Prince Bartholomew TRI 95.5 14 16.21 0 0 3/32 Raphick Jumadeen TRI 196.1 13 22.76 0 0 4/46 Wayne Daniel BAR 70.1 12 13.58 1 0 5/34 David Holford BAR 94.2 11 16.63 1 0 5/81 References 30em Category:West Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000 Category:1976 in West Indian cricket Category:Regional Four Day Competition seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1975–76