by Keith Holder
Congratulations to Wildey on winning the 2022 BCA Elite division three-day Championship and IGS Insurance Brokers Yorkshire, who captured the First division.
Formerly known as Banks and Banks Wildey, it is the seventh top division title for Wildey. They were also champions in 1978, 1979 (shared with Spartan), 1986, 2001, 2002 and 2007.
It is a great achievement for Yorkshire, as they will be promoted to the highest division for the first time since the promotion/demotion system was introduced in 2009.
From 2012, with a settled number of ten teams, the top Competition was rebranded from First to Elite division, and the Upper Intermediate was called the First.
Now, St. Catherine will be relegated from the Elite and Combermere from the First division.
Coincidentally, both teams were also demoted at the end of the 2019 season but were “reprieved” after BDFSP were unable to field a side in the Elite division this season. There were no “league” competitions in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Points for the 2022 season:
Elite division – Wildey 115, YMPC 100, Empire 88, Spartan 88, Gladiola 82, UWI 78, Wanderers 76, Carlton 74, St. Catherine 66, Barbados Youth 35. NB: Barbados Youth are exempt from demotion.
First division – Yorkshire 141, Foundation 97, Pickwick 95, UWI 91, Police 89, Barbados Youth 71, Lords 70, Maple 70, Isolation Cavaliers 59, Combermere 55.
Since 2009, UWI have won the top division Championship seven times – 2009, 2010 (shared with Spartan), 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2018; Spartan twice – 2010 (shared with UWI) and 2019; Maple (2013), Empire (2014), St. Catherine (2016) and Wildey (2022) are the other champion teams.
The leading batting and bowling performances for the 2022 Elite division Championship: Qualifications – Batting – 150 runs, Ave: 25.00; Bowling – 20 wickets.
BATTING: Shanaldo Taylor (Wildey) 556 (Ave: 50.54); Leniko Boucher (Carlton) 518 (Ave: 57.55); Marrodon Bend (Spartan) 512 (Ave: 36.57); Rashawn Worrell (Carlton) 500 (Ave: 45.45); Neil Browne (St. Catherine) 423 (Ave: 30.21); Jonathan Drakes (Wanderers) 417 (Ave: 41.70); Ian Boyce (Wanderers) 403 (Ave: 36.63); Kevin Wickham (Empire) 398 (Ave: 44.22); Kemal Smith (YMPC) 388 (Ave: 43.11); Kemar Jabarry Smith (YMPC) 376 (Ave: 37.60); Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 372 (Ave: 33.81); Shayne Moseley (Wanderers) 360 (Ave: 72.00); Jai-Bari Yarde (Empire) 333 (Ave: 27.75); Mikhail Austin (St. Catherine) 328 (Ave: 25.23); Jerome Jones (Wildey) 321 (Ave: 32.10); Joshua Drakes (Spartan) 315 (Ave: 26.25); Zachary McCaskie (UWI) 311 (Ave: 34.55); Demetrius Richards (Wildey) 310 (Ave: 25.83); Alcindo Holder (St. Catherine) 269 (Ave: 33.62); Amari Goodridge (UWI) 260 (Ave: 26.00); Marlon Welcome-Goodman (Carlton) 252 (Ave: 42.00); Akeem Jordan (Wildey) 248 (Ave: 31.00); Shian Brathwaite (Empire) 235 (Ave: 29.37); Shane Dowrich (YMPC) 224 (Ave: 37.33); Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 215 (Ave: 71.66); Roshon Primus (Wanderers) 192 (Ave: 48.00); Hans Campbell (UWI) 185 (Ave: 30.83); Jayden Roberts (Wildey) 182 (Ave: 45.50); Kadeem Alleyne (Gladiola) 181 (Ave: 36.20); Romario Brathwaite (Wanderers) 179 (Ave: 35.80); Chemar Holder (UWI) 161 (Ave: 40.25).
BOWLING: Matthew Jones (Carlton) 50 (Ave: 11.48); Andre Marshall (Spartan) 33 (Ave: 15.93); Ian Boyce (Wanderers) 30 (Ave: 13.90); Chaim Holder (Spartan) 27 (Ave: 18.11); Jaden Edmund (Empire) 26 (13.80); Zidane Clarke (Carlton) 26 (Ave: 19.69); Jomel Warrican (Empire) 25 (Ave: 10.56); Kemar Jabarry Smith (YMPC) 25 (Ave: 18.20); Tariq O’Neale (Wildey) 24 (Ave: 16.20); Shane Jones (Wildey) 24 (Ave: 16.54); Dario Cumberbatch (St. Catherine) 24 (Ave: 17.41); Javed Leacock (UWI) 24 (Ave: 23.00); Deswin Currency (Wildey) 22 (Ave: 14.18); Camarie Boyce (Empire) 22 (Ave: 16.00); Jerome Jones (Wildey) 22 (Ave: 17.31); Romario Greaves (UWI) 22 (Ave: 19.50); Ashley Nurse (Gladiola) 21 (Ave: 12.61); Joshua Drakes (Spartan) 20 (Ave: 12.65); Jarion Hoyte (Empire) 20 (Ave: 17.15); Javere Callender (St. Catherine) 20 (Ave: 19.65).
Following are batsmen who scored over 500 runs and bowlers with over 40 wickets in each season since 2012:
BATSMEN
2012 (Six) – Jonathan Carter (UWI) 648 (Ave: 72.00); Marrodon Bend (Spartan) 613 (Ave: 43.78); Antonio Greenidge (BDFSP) 580 (Ave: 38.67); Shamarh Brooks (Spartan) 561 (Ave: 43.15); Ahmed Proverbs (St. Catherine) 516 (Ave: 43.00); Chadwick Walton (UWI) 503 (Ave: 41.91).
2013 (Two) – Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 608 (Ave: 50.66); Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 578 (Ave: 44.46).
2014 (Eight) – Kyle Corbin (UWI) 752 (Ave: 53.71); Kyle Hope (Pickwick) 656 (Ave: 72.88); Kavem Hodge (UWI) 616 (Ave: 56.00); Renaldo Brathwaite (BDFSP) 576 (Ave: 33.88); Marlon Welcome-Goodman (BDFSP) 570 (Ave: 38.00); Roston Chase (Empire) 546 (Ave: 54.60); Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 546 (Ave: 36.40); Antonio Greenidge (BDFSP) 541 (Ave: 33.81).
2015 (Ten) – Kemar Brathwaite (BDFSP) 754 (Ave: 44.35); Shamarh Brooks (Spartan) 721 (Ave: 80.11); Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 651 (Ave: 108.50); Craig St. Hill (Pickwick) 612 (Ave: 40.80); Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 592 (Ave: 39.46); Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 576 (Ave: 44.30); Aaron Jones (Wildey) 573 (Ave: 47.75); Roshon Primus (Wanderers) 562 (Ave: 46.83); David Carter (Wildey) 533 (Ave: 35.53); Jameel Stuart (BDFSP) 525 (Ave: 35.00).
2016 (Two) – Kevin Stoute (Empire) 613 (Ave: 68.11); Zachary McCaskie (Wildey) 502 (Ave: 50.20).
2017 (Two) – Craig St. Hill (Pickwick) 574 (Ave: 35.87); Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 547 (Ave: 39.07).
2018 (One) – Roshon Primus (Wanderers) 541 (Ave: 60.11).
2019 (One)– Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 603 (Ave: 50.25).
2020 – No competition.
2021 – No competition.
2022 (Four) – Shanaldo Taylor (Wildey) 556 (Ave: 50.54); Leniko Boucher (Carlton) 518 (Ave: 57.55); Marrodon Bend (Spartan) 512 (Ave: 36.57); Rashawn Worrell (Carlton) 500 (Ave: 45.45).
BOWLERS
2012 (Two) – Akeem Dewar (UWI) 52 (Ave: 13.90); Renaldo Brathwaite (BDFSP) 46 (Ave: 20.47).
2013 (Two) – Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 52 (Ave: 15.44); Romelle Small (Pickwick) 41 (Ave: 13.00).
2014 (Two) – Jomel Warrican (Empire) 59 (Ave: 10.54); Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 45 (Ave: 15.95).
2015 (One) – Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 85 (Ave: 12.20).
2016 (One) – Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 61 (Ave: 13.26).
2017 (Five) – Jomel Warrican (Empire) 50 (Ave: 11.14); Chaim Holder (Spartan) 48 (Ave: 12.27); Larry Joseph (UWI) 45 (Ave: 11.60); Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 44 (Ave: 16.38); Nikolai Charles (Wanderers) 43 (Ave: 13.62).
2018 (Four) – Damario Goodman (BDFSP) 58 (Ave: 13.26); Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 48 (Ave: 17.42); Romario Greaves (Wildey) 47 (Ave; 15.87); Jameel Stuart (BDFSP) 41 (Ave: 15.95).
2019 (One) – Ryshon Williams (Wanderers) 40 (Ave: 16.07).
2020 – No competition.
2021 – No competition.
2022 (One) – Matthew Jones (Carlton) 50 (Ave: 11.48).
Keith Holder is a veteran, award-winning freelance sports journalist, who has been covering local, regional and International cricket since 1980 as a writer and commentator. He has compiled statistics on the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Division 1 (rebranded Elite in 2012) Championship for four decades and provides statistics and stories for the BCA website (www.barbadoscricket.org). Email: Keithfholder@gmail.com
