Division-by-Division Review by Fantasy points - Division 10
Division 10 saw 218 players take to the field, although 86 of these only played one or two games.
League Winners – Dundalk
What a great result for Dundalk, a relatively new club in County Louth. A record of 10 wins, 2 defeats, 1 no result and only 1 walkover win saw them top the table on percentage and points. One hopes that with continued peace, if not prosperity, in the region, they can continue to swell their ranks from north of the border and spread the gospel of cricket to all comers. A most friendly club and well worth the trip up the M1. With the upgraded motorway system, Dundalk is now as close to central Dublin in terms of travel time as Rush or The Hills used to be. With Dundalk and Longford and Slieve Bloom all in the same division, transport must have been as much as selection factor as form for some clubs. Just remember if you are baulking at travelling to one of these clubs you only have to do it once, they have to travel every other week.
Total Points scored in Division – 36,852
Table of Fantasy points scored by team
(Team; Players Used; Total Points) * = Champions # = Leading league points
Slieve Bloom 24 5,403
Dundalk * # 27 5,293
Swords 27 5,260
Railway Union 31 4,475
Longford 28 4,262
Ring Commons 21 4,235
Leinster CC 38 4,084
Terenure 22 3,840
Top Points
15% of team total and 288th overall
Top Points per Game (matches and points per game)
Top Appearances
Mick Schnackenberg Slieve 12
A Pike Ddlk 11
Nicky Jagoe RU 11
Sid Nair Ter 11
I Sabir RU 11
S Jayaseelan Ddlk 11
T Mullen Ter 11
P Byrne RU 11
H Southall RU 11
Top Runs
These are the players to have scored more than 300 runs in Division 10 this season. Peter Auret continues to score runs no matter which Division the OCC put him, whilst Declan Moore was not too far away from 500 runs in the division. Only another 9 players passed 200 runs.
Top Batting Averages
9 players from 4 different clubs averaged over 50 in this division. Only three of the 9 have an average equal to their total runs, meaning only 1 dismissal.
Most Centuries
Just the three centuries were scored in this Division with two coming from Slieve Bloom, but neither from Mick!!
Waqas Khalid Slieve 1
Sunil Thomas Swords 1
Most Fifties
30 fifties were recorded by 38 players. Declan Moore is a clear winner here with 5 fifties in 8 games with a top score of 94*.
P Osborn Ddlk 2
Top Innings Score
Peter Auret’s 184 is the highest score in the province this season. In a 40 over game that is a strike rate of 4.6 an over, but only if he bats all 40 overs....!!
Most Ducks
75 players shared 106 ducks. It happens to all of us at some stage you know.... maybe not this season, maybe not next, but sooner or later....
Stephen Jones Ring 3
Josh Flynn Ring 3
T Fox Slieve 3
S Nair Swords 3
Dan Lynch Ter 3
M Fawad Rahim Lein 2
K Richardson Long 2
B Iqbal Long 2
U Naveed Long 2
J Flynn Ring 2
B White Ring 2
D Clarke Ring 2
K O Rourke Moore Ring 2
I Sabir RU 2
T Boldy RU 2
A Rauf Rana Slieve 2
S Mirza Slieve 2
Mick Schnackenberg Slieve 2
T Auret Slieve 2
A Nair Swords 2
G Lynch Ter 2
H Forsyth Ter 2
B Mullen Ter 2
Most Overs Bowled
S Rapolu Lein 61
Most Five Wicket Hauls
Seven times bowlers celebrated their fifth wicket with only Longford and Dundalk seeing such jollity twice.
M Mullen Ddlk 1
Ashir Javed Long 1
A Sarfraz Long 1
I Sabir RU 1
M Nandanan Swords 1
P Rout Ter 1
Most Wickets
S Mirza Slieve 13
P Rout Ter 13
Best Bowling Analysis
Best Bowling Averages
Most Catches
304 catches held by 119 players. Mick Schnackenberg tops the catches and now has something to post on Facebook!!
M Waterman Ddlk 8
A Rauf Rana Slieve 7
Rahman Arshad Long 7
P Byrne RU 7
Most Stumpings
8 keepers have 16 stumpings between them, including Player Unregistered of Leinster CC.
P Unregistered Lein 1
Mick Schnackenberg Slieve 1
G Lynch Ter 1
M Pandya Lein 1
Dundalk will be enthused by their league victory and no doubt will enter the 2016 season in optimistic mood, no matter where the OCC put them. Slieve Bloom will continue to put the mileage (kilometerage?) onto their vehicles and probably trophies on their mantelpiece.