Fantasy League Update #2
Summer arrived last weekend and cricket was played all over Leinster. New leader is Jack McGee of Rush who has become the first and so far the only player to pass 400 points. Jack’s points come from 12 wickets, 117 runs, one catch and playing seven games. Jack is one of only 4 players, from four different clubs to have played seven games. Last week’s leader, Lorcan Tucker, has fallen to 6th place.
With the National Cup and Bob Kerr All-Ireland Cup games taking place last weekend and not counting towards these figures, a lot of first team players would not have had games and this has given opportunities to other players to push themselves up through the tables.
The new starring system will also have an effect as teams in the lower divisions can only play one from below the line. Seems such a small change to the regulations, but is already having an effect on teams being given walkovers and weakened teams being put onto the field.
Top 25 point scorers
1. Jack McGee Rush 437
2. Umar Khan North County 380
3. Nitin Naik Phoenix 359
4. Andrew Vincent Clontarf 350
5. Rana Tariq Clontarf 346
6. Lorcan Tucker Dublin University 344
7. Hammas Habib Adamstown 342
8. Usama Raees Laois 340
9. Louis McDonough Phoenix 339
10. Muhammed Nurulain Boda Castleknock 336
11. Khalid Chaudhary Wicklow County 336
12. Hari Ramasetty Merrion 334
13. Ross Shivmangal Merrion 334
14. Alex Neary Rush 333
15. Mohammed Sheraz Laois 329
16. Neil Boyne Malahide 321
17. Pardeep Singh Castleknock 319
18. Daire Vickers Clontarf 311
19. Harry Archer The Hills 308
20. Vinay Kumar Adamstown 307
21. Paras Bhardwaj Dundrum 307
22. Kenny Carroll Railway Union 300
23. Kyle Healy Ringcommons 300
24. George Dockrell Dublin University 299
25. Joe Prendergast Pembroke 296
1,309 players have so far taken to the field of play. The split of players and games played currently stands as follows:
Games played Players
7 4
6 16
5 36
4 107
3 255
2 421
1 470
The Appearances top twenty, that is all who have played at least 6 games is:
7 Pardeep Singh Castleknock
Daire Vickers Clontarf
Umar Khan North County
Jack McGee Rush
6 Hammas Habib Adamstown
William Barr Castleknock
Naveid Nazir Castleknock
Rana Tariq Clontarf
Mohammed Sheraz Laois
Samuel De Klerk Malahide
Riley Shoebridge Malahide
Richard Wing Malahide
Conor Gibbons Malahide
Ross Shivmangal Merrion
Cole Gaddy North County
Zia Mohyuddin North County
Kashif Ali North County
Irfan Arshad North County
Justin Doherty Pembroke
Alex Neary Rush
Top 25 run scorers
1. 220 Andrew Vincent Clontarf
2. 204 Beant Bhatal Merrion
3. 190 Kenny Carroll Railway Union
4. 190 Kyle Healy Ringcommons
5. 189 Nitin Naik Phoenix
6. 184 Lorcan Tucker Dublin University
7. 182 Hammas Habib Adamstown
8. 176 Rana Tariq Clontarf
9. 168 Harry Archer The Hills
10. 167 Hamid Ali Adamstown
11. 161 Freddie Klokker The Hills
12. 157 Paras Bhardwaj Dundrum
13. 154 Kamil Mahajan Adamstown
14. 149 Samuel De Klerk Malahide
15. 146 Stephen Doheny Rush
16. 144 Eamonn Byrne Leinster
17. 143 Niall McGovern North County
18. 143 Alex Neary Rush
19. 142 Bradley Fernandes Adamstown
20. 141 Rana Riaz Clontarf
21. 141 Fintan Moore Laois
22. 137 Ross MacMahon Leinster
23. 137 Daniel Solway Pembroke
24. 136 Irfan Arshad North County
25. 130 Syfuzzaman Khan Clondalkin
16 players from 12 different clubs have recorded their first centuries of the season, but with no-one having managed to score a second as yet. As a club, Leinster CC lead with three centurions.
Highest scores for all centurions
161 Freddie Klokker The Hills
140 Eamonn Byrne Leinster
125 Gerard O'Brien Railway Union
123 Joe Carroll Leinster
122 Nitin Naik Phoenix
121 Eoin Sheehan Rush
118 Lorcan Tucker Dublin University
110 Hammas Habib Adamstown
107 Kenny Carroll Railway Union
105 Dom Joyce Merrion
104 Mohammed Ramazan Laois
104 Niall McGovern North County
103 Andrew Vincent Clontarf
102 Stephen Doheny Rush
101 Ross MacMahon Leinster
100 Michael O' Brien Malahide
137 players have made at least one half century with 13 having done so twice, but out on his own is Merrion’s Beant Bhatal who has three 50’s in 4 matches. Adamstown have three multiple half centurions, as do Clontarf.
Half-Centurions
3 Beant Bhatal Merrion
2 Hamid Ali Adamstown
2 Kamil Mahajan Adamstown
2 Bradley Fernandes Adamstown
2 Andrew Vincent Clontarf
2 Rana Tariq Clontarf
2 Eoghan Delany Clontarf
2 Lorcan Tucker Dublin University
2 Paras Bhardwaj Dundrum
2 Irfan Arshad North County
2 Reinhardt Strydom Phoenix
2 Kenny Carroll Railway Union
2 Kyle Healy Ringcommons
2 Shahid Iqbal Rush
340 players have already suffered the ignominy of a duck, some more than once. Here are the 32 players for whom it has not been an isolated incident.
3 Nadeem Sheikh Mohammad Castleknock
3 Conor Gibbons Malahide
3 Nathan McGuire Rush
2 Sajid Imran Ashbourne
2 Muhammad Farrukh Balbriggan
2 Afkar Ahmed Castleknock
2 William Barr Castleknock
2 Paul O'Hara Civil Service
2 Vishal Ranade Civil Service
2 Sharqat Ayub Clontarf
2 Mark Collier Clontarf
2 Robert Gorvin Dublin University
2 Brolin Sunther Dundalk
2 Deepu Jose Dundrum
2 Richard Greene Halverstown
2 Mohammed Sheraz Laois
2 Ali Raza Laois
2 Mudassar Tariq Longford
2 Saboor Shah Longford
2 V Sunil Valliyuzhathil Lucan
2 Jatinder Kumar Lucan
2 Mohit Kakkar Lucan
2 Steve Smith Malahide
2 Ross Shivmangal Merrion
2 Michael MacNulty Merrion
2 Amardeep Dhiman Merrion
2 Hussain Rafaqat North County
2 Tomás Sheil North County
2 Ben McBride North County
2 Akarsh Nalawade Phoenix
2 Heinrick Walser The Hills
2 Matthew Sisley Wicklow County
662 players have taken at least one wicket and here are the top 14 each of whom has taken at least 9 wickets. Overall point leader, Jack McGee is top of this list and has 55% of his points from his bowling.
12 Jack McGee Rush
11 Khalid Chaudhary Wicklow County
10 Arun Verma Adamstown
10 Mohammed Sheraz Laois
10 Ross Shivmangal Merrion
10 Louis McDonough Phoenix
10 Phillip Rout Terenure
9 Sean Devilly Clontarf
9 Usama Raees Laois
9 Neil Boyne Malahide
9 Owen Graham North County
9 Joe Prendergast Pembroke
9 Justin Doherty Pembroke
9 Eugene Brennan Wexford Wanderers
Most overworked bowler, comes as little surprise to me as it appears his elixir of youth is still working its magic and he is still steaming in on Malahide’s square, Conor Gibbons.
45 Conor Gibbons Malahide
42.4 Mohammed Sheraz Laois
41.2 Vamsi Krishna Merrion
40.3 Daire Vickers Clontarf
39.5 Jack McGee Rush
38.2 Zia Mohyuddin North County
38 Justin Doherty Pembroke
37.1 Muhammed Nurulain Boda Castleknock
36 Kashif Ali North County
34.2 Callum Riches Malahide
34 Usama Raees Laois
33.2 Joe Prendergast Pembroke
Five wicket hauls are not too easy to record these days and deserve more credit than is generally forthcoming. No-one has more than one, but here are the players who have managed a ‘Michelle’. The figures shown here are best bowling figures.
6-7 Eugene Brennan Wexford Wanderers
6-23 Neil Boyne Malahide
6-25 Arun Verma Adamstown
6-49 Sean Devilly Clontarf
5-4 Susheel Kumar Railway Union
5-13 Ben Crowley Pembroke
5-15 Sean McCann Rush
5-15 Khalid Chaudhary Wicklow County
5-18 Rajan Singh Adamstown
5-19 William Barr Castleknock
5-19 Des Gray Halverstown
5-20 Sanju Thomas Dundalk
5-22 Joseph Jennings Malahide
5-23 Imran ul Haq North Kildare
5-24 Rehan Ali Civil Service
5-25 Aman Yadav Adamstown
5-26 Pritish Onmalwar North County
5-29 Ken Brennan Terenure
5-32 Jinto Mathew Dundrum
5-35 Anthony Mooney North County
5-36 Sean Stanton Merrion
5-36 Yogesh Kumar Kashyap YMCA
5-38 Louis McDonough Phoenix
5-39 Phillip Rout Terenure
5-45 Patrick Mount Mullingar
5-51 Aviral Shukla YMCA
5-55 Richard Bridge Merrion
548 players have held catches with the most secure being:
7 Cormac Devilly Clontarf
7 Michael Lewis Merrion
7 Declan Ashley Mullingar
5 Noman Raees Laois
5 Chris Oosthuizen Leinster
5 Robert Delaney Mullingar
5 Sean Sludds North County
5 Kashif Ali North County
5 Daniel Hughes North County
5 Mark Donegan The Hills
5 Tony Murray Wexford Wanderers
Stumpings are all shown as there have been only 28 keepers who have managed at least one.
4 Kevin O'Connor Clontarf
4 Lorcan Tucker Dublin University
3 Declan Ashley Mullingar
2 Hammas Habib Adamstown
2 Sean Rooney North County
2 Michael McDonough Phoenix
2 Sam Murphy YMCA
1 Safwan Jaffary Castleknock
1 Peter Kingston Dublin University
1 Vivek Narasimhan Greystones
1 Atul Khurana Lucan
1 Samuel De Klerk Malahide
1 Hari Ramasetty Merrion
1 Liam Casey Merrion
1 Daniel Hughes North County
1 Jamie Grassi North County
1 Raman Bansal North Kildare
1 Josh Uddin North Kildare
1 Joshua Bass North Kildare
1 Louis McDonough Phoenix
1 Jonathan Ebbs Phoenix
1 Paul Byrne Railway Union
1 Abrash Khan Sandyford
1 Mark Donegan The Hills
1 Steven Denny The Hills
1 James Redmond Wexford Wanderers
1 Angus Hancock Wicklow County
1 JJ Cassidy YMCA
Well that’s it for this week. Remember that these figures only reflect scorecards entered to the LCU website, so if your figures are not correct by your reckoning, that is probably why. For instance I notice that the game, Pembroke versus Balbriggan is not included. Perhaps because they were all out for 36, or perhaps because the result hasn’t been submitted. However this result will be reflected and included in next week’s figures.