1969–70 Shell Shield season

1969–70 Shell Shield season

Dates	30 January – 21 March 1970
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Trinidad and Tobago (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	10
Most runs	Joey Carew (523)
Most wickets	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

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

• Pld – Matches played
• W – Outright win (12 points)
• L – Outright loss (0 points)

• DWF – Drawn, but won first innings (6 points)
• DLF – Drawn, but lost first innings (2 points)
• Pts – Total points

Statistics

Most runs

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

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

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

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