Kraigg Brathwaite boasts of most centuries in BCA Super Cup

With the 2019 Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Super Cup starting tomorrow, opener Kraigg Brathwaite of CounterPoint Wanderers holds the record for the most centuries (nine) in the island’s top one-day Championship.

Seven of Brathwaite’s centuries are for Wanderers and the others for Barbados Youth. Ironically, his first ton was against Wanderers at the Lester Vaughan School ground, Cane Garden, in 2009.

Brathwaite, the 26-year-old Barbados Pride and West Indies Test player, has a comfortable lead over six other players – four of whom are still active.

Jointly in second position with five are former Spartan opener Philo Wallace, Romel Currency, who represented Sagicor Life UWI (both retired), Dwayne Smith (Bayview Hospital YMPC), Kenroy Williams of Crane Resort St. Catherine, his club-mate Alcindo Holder and Shayne Moseley of Wanderers.

Wallace, a former Barbados captain and West Indies player known for his pugnacious batting and who served Spartan with distinction for 15 years between 1989 and 2004 after making his local domestic debut for Combined Schools (now Barbados Youth) in 1987, was the first to score five centuries – between 2000 and 2003.

Currency, a Vincentian with first-class experience, who studied at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, hit his hundreds between 2007 and 2010.

Only three batsmen – Ryan Wiggins, Shayne Moseley and Leniko Boucher – have amassed 500 runs in a season.

The record of 620 is held by Moseley, who achieved the feat last season in nine innings including two centuries and three fifties, at an average of 68.89.

Wiggins was the first ever player to score 500 runs in a Tournament. He made 526 from 11 innings with one hundred and four half-centuries, at an average of 47.82 for YMPC in 2016.

Last year, Boucher scored 530 runs from 11 innings containing one hundred and four half-centuries, at an average of 53.00 for UWI.

Only two double-centuries have ever been scored.

Dale Richards, a former Barbados and West Indies opener, made 202 for Carlton against Banks (now Wildey) at Black Rock (renamed as Desmond Haynes Oval) in 2006.

And Jamaican Chadwick Walton, also with international experience, slammed 207 for UWI against Carlton at the 3Ws Oval in 2016. 

The record for the most centuries (22) in a season has been achieved twice – in 2016 and 2018.

The Competition was contested as a 40-over-a-side between 1972 and 2000.

It was known as the Derrick Robins Tournament between 1972 and 1974 before Barbados Fire & Commercial Insurance Co. Ltd (later renamed Sagicor General) took over in 1975 and maintained their sponsorship until 2015.

Cup matches were brought up to international standard from 2001 as they were played over 50 overs a side.

The Super Cup was launched three years later. 

Following is the list of leading century-makers:

NINE

Kraigg Brathwaite (Barbados Youth) 101 not out v Wanderers at Lester Vaughan, Cane Garden (2009).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Barbados Youth) 105 v Carlton at Lester Vaughan, Cane Garden (2010).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 100 not out v MTW at Pine Basin (2012).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 101 v St. Catherine at Dayrells Road (2013).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 102 not out v Foundation at Church Hill (2014).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 103 v Maple at Dayrells Road (2014).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 142 v St. Catherine at Bayfield (2015).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 111 v Barbados Youth at Harrison College, Crumpton Street ‘A’ (2017).

Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 115 v Empire at Dayrells Road (2018).

FIVE

Philo Wallace (Spartan) 125 not out v Empire at Bank Hall (2000).

Philo Wallace (Spartan) 105 v BCL at Blenheim “A” (2001).

Philo Wallace (Spartan) 139 v St. Catherine at Queen’s Park (2002).

Philo Wallace (Spartan) 118 v Empire at Queen’s Park (2002).

Philo Wallace (Spartan) 102 v BDFSP at Queen’s Park (2003).

Romel Currency (UWI) 110 v BCL at Blenheim ‘A’ (2007).

Romel Currency (UWI) 107 not out v Police at Weymouth ‘A’ (2007).

Romel Currency (UWI) 124 v Bristol at Old Coleridge (2008).

Romel Currency (UWI) 110 not out v St. Catherine at Bayfield (2009).

Romel Currency (UWI) 116 v Pickwick at 3Ws Oval (2010).

Dwayne R. Smith (YMPC) 109 v Cable & Wireless at Wildey (2006).

Dwayne R. Smith (YMPC) 100 v St. Catherine at Beckles Road (2006).

Dwayne R. Smith (YMPC) 116 v Dover at Beckles Road (2010).

Dwayne R. Smith (YMPC) 106 v St. Catherine at Bayfield (2011).

Dwayne R. Smith (YMPC) 117 v BDFSP at Paragon (2013).

Kenroy Williams (Combined Schools) 113 v Police at Weymouth ‘A’ (2002).

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 112 v Pickwick at Queen’s Park (2006).

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 125 v Barbados Youth at Lester Vaughan, Cane Garden (2008).

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 105 v LIME at Wildey (2014).

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 115 v MTW at Bayfield (2015).

Alcindo Holder (Empire) 117 not out v Banks at The Brewery (2001).

Alcindo Holder (Empire) 118 v Spartan at Bank Hall (2004).

Alcindo Holder (Empire) 136 v LIME at Wildey (2009).

Alcindo Holder (Empire) 102 v Wanderers at Pine Basin (2009).

Alcindo Holder (St. Catherine) 118 v Wanderers at Dayrells Road (2016).

Shayne Moseley (Carlton) 100 Wanderers at Desmond Haynes Oval (2013).

Shayne Moseley (Wanderers) 101 v MTW at Dayrells Road (2016).

Shayne Moseley (Wanderers) 101 v St. Catherine at Lucas Street (FINAL) (2017).

Shayne Moseley (Wanderers) 139 v Yorkshire at Dayrells Road (2018).

Shayne Moseley (Wanderers) 122 v BDFSP at Dayrells Road (2018).

FOUR

Ryan Hinds (Empire) 121 v BCL at Bank Hall (2005).

Ryan Hinds (Empire) 122 not out v BCL at Bank Hall (2009).

Ryan Hinds (Empire) 107 not out v UWI at Bank Hall (2010).

Ryan Hinds (Empire) 100 v YMPC at Bank Hall (2012).

Omar Phillips (UWI) 113 v Wanderers at Dayrells Road (2010)

Omar Phillips (UWI) 123 v Barbados Youth at 3Ws Oval (2011).

Omar Phillips (St. Catherine) 102 v BCL at Bayfield (2013).

Omar Phillips (St. Catherine) 118 not out v YMPC at Beckles Road (2017).

Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 109 v Police at Queen’s Park (2014).

Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 137 v BCL at Blenheim ‘A’ (2014).

Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 113 not out v Carlton at Desmond Haynes Oval (2017).

Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 108 v St. Catherine at Bayfield (2018).

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 (now Elite) Championship for over three-and-a-half decades and is responsible for editing the BCA website (www.bcacricket.org). Email: Keithfholder@gmail.com