1999–2000 Busta Cup
# 1999–2000 Busta Cup

The 1999–2000 Busta Cup was the 34th 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). It was played from 6 January to 25 February 2000.

Six teams contested the competition – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. Barbados topped the table after the round-robin, but lost to the Leeward Islands in their semi-final. However, the Leeward Islands lost to Jamaica in the final, who won their fifth domestic first-class title. Jamaica's Chris Gayle was the leading run-scorer and was named player of the tournament, while Curtly Ambrose of the Leeward Islands and Guyana's Mahendra Nagamootoo were the equal leading wicket-takers.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | LWF | DWF | DLF | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barbados | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Jamaica | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| Leeward Islands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| Windward Islands | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Source: CricketArchive ||||||||

## Statistics

### Most runs

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Gayle | Jamaica | 623 | 14 | 56.63 | 168 | 2 | 3 |
| Laurie Williams | Jamaica | 379 | 12 | 34.45 | 135 | 1 | 1 |
| Philo Wallace | Barbados | 371 | 11 | 37.10 | 117 | 2 | 1 |
| Runako Morton | Leeward Islands | 356 | 11 | 35.60 | 110 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Samuels | Jamaica | 325 | 13 | 27.08 | 73* | 0 | 3 |

### Most wickets

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curtly Ambrose | Leeward Islands | 250.3 | 31 | 12.03 | 2 | 0 | 5/39 |
| Mahendra Nagamootoo | Guyana | 285.3 | 31 | 20.83 | 0 | 0 | 4/45 |
| Dave Marshall | Barbados | 194.1 | 28 | 16.17 | 2 | 1 | 7/49 |
| Hendy Bryan | Barbados | 217.1 | 25 | 19.84 | 1 | 0 | 5/38 |
| Reon King | Guyana | 137.0 | 22 | 13.68 | 2 | 1 | 5/24 |
