1971–72 Shell Shield season

Cricket tournament

The 1971–72 Shell Shield season was the fifth 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 21 January to 3 March 1972.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados were undefeated, winning three of their four matches and drawing the other to claim a third title (and first since the 1966–67 season). Jamaican batsman Maurice Foster led the tournament in runs, while Barbadian fast bowler Vanburn Holder was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

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
Maurice Foster	Jamaica	511	7	85.16	160	3	1
Roy Fredericks	Guyana	485	7	69.28	111	1	4
Robin Bynoe	Barbados	350	6	70.00	190	1	1
Charlie Davis	Trinidad and Tobago	322	6	64.40	180*	1	2
Alvin Kallicharran	Guyana	307	7	43.85	83	0	3

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
Vanburn Holder	Barbados	138.1	20	13.60	1	1	7/44
Bernard Julien	Trinidad and Tobago	128.5	19	20.21	0	0	4/28
Grayson Shillingford	Combined Islands	106.3	17	20.64	1	0	6/49
Raphick Jumadeen	Trinidad and Tobago	120.5	15	19.13	2	0	6/31
Prince Bartholomew	Trinidad and Tobago	102.0	14	24.14	0	0	4/76

Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1971/72 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
Bowling in Shell Shield 1971/72 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

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