It is a short article this week. With the end of the season hurtling towards us and the finalising of all matters cricket the column is kept to a brief overview this week. If you want to see your figures, please contact me.
We are all into the home stretch and R Smith [Merrion] retains his lead, although it is now down to just 13 points. Some teams are now wrapped up for 2015 and some have games and re-fixes galore. It is all to play for. The top 60 point scorers are listed below and come from 22 different clubs. The leading player from each club is shown in bold. Clontarf and Merrion hold the top 5 places as befitting the Division 1 league table.
Top 60 - Overall point scorers
1777 R Smith [Merrion]
1764 R Tariq [Clontarf]
1694 D Rhoda [Merrion]
1681 M Collier [Clontarf]
1669 A Varma [Merrion]
1639 Simranjit Singh [YMCA]
1621 S Anderson [Phoenix]
1588 J Carroll [Leinster CC]
1559 N Sharma [Merrion]
1548 Jono Cook [Pembroke]
1544 Nathan Johns [YMCA]
1542 A Malhan [NKCC]
1539 Munir Khan [CSCC]
1537 Brian Parchment [NCCC]
1527 Robert Forrest [Clontarf]
1419 B Speake [Terenure]
1418 David Carthy [Rush]
1412 R Kear [Balbriggan]
1407 Max Sorensen [THCC]
1403 N Thambi [Dundrum]
1386 A Van der Merwe [YMCA]
1385 Craig Senior [Pembroke]
1380 T Anders [Phoenix]
1377 M Nurulain Boda [Castleknock]
1366 Paul Ryan [NKCC]
1362 Sam Murphy [YMCA]
1357 S Daniel [Dundrum]
1351 W Kindley [Malahide]
1349 M Farrukh [Balbriggan] & A Kavanagh [THCC]
1340 Lynal Jansen [Rush]
1339 Harry Tector [YMCA]
1338 Joe Prendergast [Pembroke]
1317 Eoin Lenehan [Greystones]
1306 Eddie Richardson [NCCC]
1303 B Singh Bhathal [Merrion]
1281 Daniel Coffey [Rush]
1276 Kieran Vulker [Pembroke]
1269 Jeremy Dunleavy [Pembroke]
1263 S Iqbal [Rush]
1260 R Butt [Carlow]
1248 V Jacob [Leinster CC]
1239 M Farooq [R&SPU]
1234 Manpreet Singh [Greystones]
1232 Gurmeet Singh [Sandyford]
1230 A Parkinson [Merrion] & Lorcan Tucker [Pembroke]
1228 V Dhiman [Merrion] & S Mehdi Shah [Phoenix] & D Singh [R&SPU]
1225 Manjeet Singh [NKCC]
1223 A Abdullah [Cabinteely]
1222 Tomas Rooney Murphy [THCC]
1219 T Koen [Wicklow County]
1208 H Archer [THCC] & Andrew Poynter [Clontarf]
1206 A Mathews [Dundrum]
1198 Nic Pretorius [THCC]
1197 J Anderson [Merrion]
1196 Conor O'Gorman [Leinster CC]
In runs scored R Smith is edged, just out of top spot by Clontarf’s R Tariq. Will anyone breach the 1,000 season runs?
Top 10 - Total Runs scored
934 R Tariq [Clontarf]
932 R Smith [Merrion]
884 Nathan Johns [YMCA]
821 S Anderson [Phoenix]
789 A D'Arcy [Clontarf]
788 S Mehdi Shah [Phoenix]
788 Andrew Poynter [Clontarf]
770 A Parkinson [Merrion]
765 Tom Fisher [YMCA]
729 B Speake [Terenure]
On the other hand, surely a couple of bowlers will manage to pass 50 wickets for the season. Two players only require 2 more wickets and seem well clear of the chasing pack.
Top 10 – Wickets taken
49 A Varma [Merrion] & N Sharma [Merrion]
40 M Granger [Clontarf]
39 R Kear [Balbriggan] & Joe Prendergast [Pembroke]
38 Jono Cook [Pembroke] & A Kavanagh [THCC]
37 S Daniel [Dundrum] & Kieran Vulker [Pembroke]
36 J Carroll [Leinster CC] & Eddie Richardson [NCCC]
The leaders in other categories are:
Ducks – 7 - Peter Marshall [Pembroke]
Matches played – 34 – A Varma [Merrion]
Most Overs Bowled – 226.3 – A Varma [Merrion]
Centuries scored – 4 – S Kant Trikha [Carlow]
Fifties scored – 8 – R Smith [Merrion]
Highest Score – 184 – Peter Auret [SBCC]
Highest Batting Average – 156.00 - K O’Herlihy [Leinster CC]
Best Bowling Analysis – 8/5 – Munir Khan [CSCC]
Five wicket hauls – 4 – M Granger [Clontarf]
Most Catches – 34 – Robert Forrest [Clontarf]
Most Stumpings - 14 - Sam Murphy [YMCA]