The 2018–19 Regional Super50 was the 45th edition of the

Regional Super50 The Super50 Cup, currently named the CG Insurance Super50 Cup for sponsorship purposes is the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies. It was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship in ...

, the domestic

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competition for the countries of the

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(CWI). The tournament started on 3 October 2018. The players' draft for the tournament took place in May 2018. The Windward Islands were the defending champions. In August 2018, both the

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and the

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were invited to compete. Their participation was confirmed the following month. They were joined by the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

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, the

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Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

, and the

Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth ...

), the

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team and the

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. On 6 October 2018,

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played in his final

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match for Jamaica, scoring a century, with Jamaica beating Barbados by 33 runs. Following the conclusion of the group stage, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago from Group A along with Combined Campuses and Colleges and Jamaica from Group B had all progressed to the knockout stage of the competition. In the first semi-final, Guyana beat Jamaica by one wicket, with Guyana's captain, Leon Johnson, scoring his first century in List A cricket. In the second semi-final, Combined Campuses and Colleges beat Trinidad and Tobago by seven wickets, with

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taking a

five-wicket haul In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman. Takin ...

. In the final, Combined Campuses and Colleges beat Guyana by six wickets to win their first Regional Super50 title.

Squads

Prior to the start of the tournament, players were selected in the Professional Cricket League draft: In September 2018,

(CWI) confirmed the final squads for the tournament.

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announced their squad on 1 October 2018. The squad for the United States was named two days later.

Points tables

;Group A ;Group B

Fixtures

Group A

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Group B

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Finals

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Regional Super50 seasons