The 2001–02 Red Stripe Bowl was the 28th season of what is now 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 cricket team, West Indies. It was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain p ...

, the domestic

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competition for the countries of the

West Indies Cricket Board Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Ind ...

(WICB). It ran from 2 to 14 October 2001, with matches played in Guyana and Jamaica. Eight teams contested the competition, four of which were competing for the first time. The two finalists from the previous season, the

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and

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, were each broken up into two teams. From the Leewards,

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entered separately, with players from the remaining countries competing for a "Rest of Leeward Islands" team. The Windwards team was split geographically, with players from

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and

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competing for a "Northern Windward Islands" team and players from

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and

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competing for a "Southern Windward Islands" team. None of the new teams managed to make the finals, which were contested by the four traditional teams (

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Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

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, and

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). Guyana eventually defeated Barbados in the final to win a seventh domestic one-day title. Jamaican batsman

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and Barbadian bowler Hendy Bryan led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.Bowling in Red Stripe Bowl 2001/02 (ordered by wickets)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

Squads

Group stage

Zone A

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Zone B

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Finals

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table. Source

Most wickets

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

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. Source
CricketArchive

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2001-02 Red Stripe Bowl 2001 in West Indian cricket 2001–02 West Indian cricket season Regional Super50 seasons Domestic cricket competitions in 2001–02