Craig Senior’s Fantasy update

Today is the Leaving Cert results day: a day when the amount of points accumulated in examinations is far more important than mere fantasy points.

58,000 young people have, by this stage, seen the piece of paper detailing their results. Some will spend today in mourning and some will bound through the day with an unbreakable smile playing on their lips.

For those of you who have not met your expectations, just remember that no matter what your results are, no matter what your next step is, no matter what plans have been in place, you have had bad days before and you have managed to get though those. Tomorrow the sun will rise and the world will continue to turn.

And for those of you who have emerged triumphant, enjoy the euphoric feeling, but spare a thought for those less fortunate and finally, when you go out this evening to celebrate/commiserate, keep an eye out for your friends who may be celebrating too much, or really trying to drown their sorrows under a lake of lager.

Back in the fantasy world of Leinster cricket, A Varma [Merrion] remains our top dog with 1,528 points. The breakdown of his points is: 26 games played, 208 runs with one half century, 46 wickets (without a single 5 wicket haul), and 10 catches. With 26 games played he must be playing for at least three different teams in Merrion. This is the advantage of always being available to captains and then performing with each team.

Second place is Simranjit Singh [YMCA], who is but 17 points behind our leader. S Anderson falls to third, but again remains very much in contention having been the first and so far only person to have passed 800 runs.

The tables are now seeing the emergence of the players from Division One. With this season being disrupted by the T20 qualifying tournament, the top divisions find themselves with game after game after game at the moment, and the cream is steadily rising to the top of our lists.

The top 20 overall point scorers are:

1. 1528 A Varma                                 Merrion
2. 1511 Simranjit Singh                     YMCA
3. 1431 S Anderson                           Phoenix
4. 1402 Robert Forrest                     Clontarf
5. 1396 B Parchment                         NCCC
6. 1370 Tomas Rooney Murphy   THCC
7. 1348 J Carroll                                   Leinster CC
8. 1347 R Smith                                   Merrion
9. 1330 N Thambi                               Dundrum
10. 1322 D Rhoda                                  Merrion
11. 1320 Jono Cook                              Pembroke
12. 1285 M Nurulain Boda                 Castleknock
13. 1268 T Anders                                 Phoenix
14. 1261 M Collier                                 Clontarf
15. 1251 R Kear                                      Balbriggan
16. 1246 R Tariq                                     Clontarf
17. 1238 David Carthy                         Rush
18. 1219 T Koen                                     Wicklow
19. 1215 N Johns                                   YMCA
20. 1212 Sam Murphy YMCA - B Singh Bhathal Merrion

Top Stumpings

1. 10 Sam Murphy                         YMCA
2. 9 Robert Forrest                     Clontarf
3. 8 P Byrne                                   R&SPU
4. 7 Lorcan Tucker Pembroke - A Taylor Phoenix

Top catches

1. 33 Robert Forrest                     Clontarf
2. 27 Sam Murphy                         YMCA
3. 23 Richard Forrest                    Leinster CC
4. 22 J Grassi                                    NCCC
5. 21 Mick Cotter                           Terenure

Top wicket takers

1. 46 A Varma                                 Merrion
2. 37 N Sharma                               Merrion
3. 36 M Granger                             Clontarf
4. 35 R Kear                                      Balbriggan
5. 34 Jono Cook Pembroke - Joe Prendergast Pembroke

5 wicket hauls

1. 4 M Granger                             Clontarf
2. 3 J Carroll                                   Leinster CC
3. 2 Willie Clarke Phoenix - Pat Carty Merrion - S Rahim ACC - Muhammad Javed Dundrum - B Singh Bhathal Merrion - L Ali Ashbourne - M Thompson YMCA

Best Bowling Analysis

1. 8-5 Munir Khan                           CSCC
2. 7-24 Willie Clarke                          Phoenix
3. 7-30 Mick Cotter                           Terenure
4. 7-49 N Anjum                                 WWCC
5. 6-8 B Parchment                         NCCC

Overs Bowled

1. 190 A Varma                                 Merrion
2. 172 N Sharma                               Merrion
3. 164 S Streek                                  YMCA
4. 149 Padraic Flanagan                 YMCA
5. 148 Joe Prendergast                  Pembroke

Most Runs

1. 801 S Anderson                           Phoenix
2. 753 Andrew Poynter & A D'Arcy  Clontarf
3. 707 R Smith                                   Merrion
4. 689 A Parkinson                           Merrion

Highest Batting Averages

1. 00 K OHerlihy                             Leinster CC
2. 00 D Ruddock                             Halverstown
3. 00 H Yadav                                   ACC
4. 00 A McBride                              Greystones
5. 67 B Thompson                         AIB

Most Ducks

5             P Marshall~Pembroke; S Mistry~CSCC; Andrew Moore~Balbriggan

4             S Kochappu~Dundrum; ~P Bhardwaj~Dundrum; ~Sugata Gupta~Pembroke ;~N Shahid~Rush; A Varma~Merrion; ~J Meier~YMCA; ~Ciaran Kenny~R&SPU; ~G Lynch~Terenure; ~K O'Connor~Clontarf; S Bharti~Sandyford; ~Manpreet Singh~Greystones; ~R Kear~Balbriggan; ~Venkat Puli~Merrion; ~Abdul Samad~Balbriggan; T Faheem~Balbriggan; ~S Naseem~Malahide; ~I Sabir~R&SPU; ~E Hart~Bagenalstown; Padraic Flanagan~YMCA; ~S Gallagher~Halverstown; ~S Lynch~Terenure; ~M McDonough~Phoenix; ~D Wall~CSCC; ~Jason King~Bagenalstown; ~Declan Ryan~Greystones; ~M Kakkar~Lucan; ~V Mohanan~Clontarf ;~D Cosgrave~Pembroke.

Centuries

1. 4 S Kant Trikha                         Carlow
2. 3 Jack Tector YMCA; H Archer THCC; Simranjit Singh YMCA
3. 2 Tom Fisher YMCA; H Mac Donnell Leinster CC; S Anderson Phoenix; Andrew Poynter Clontarf; A Hashmi Lucan; D Rhoda Merrion; B Singh Bhathal Merrion; Fintan McAllister Malahide; Ivan Morgan R&SPU.

Half-Centuries

1. 7 S Anderson                           Phoenix
2. 6 Andrew Poynter Clontarf; Paul Ryan NKCC; T Halliday Leinster CC
3. 5 A Parkinson Merrion; R Butt Carlow; S Mehdi Shah Phoenix; N Shahzad Phoenix; A Raffique Phoenix; R Smith Merrion; Declan Moore RCCC; B Speake Terenure

Highest Scores

1. 184 Peter Auret                           SBCC
2. 156 S Kant Trikha                         Carlow
3. 153 R Butt                                      Carlow
4. 147 Graham McDonnell           Pembroke
5. 143 S Sarfraz                                 Longford

Most not outs

9                                 E Delany                                 Clontarf

8                                 J Cramp                                   Leinster CC

7                                 Neil Rock Rush - N Hunt R&SPU - A Varma Merrion - Justin Doherty Pembroke -             A D'Arcy Clontarf - A Yawar Castleknock.

Most Innings

1. 27 N Shahzad                             Phoenix
2. 25 R Smith                                   Merrion
3. 24 R Kear Balbriggan - Richard Wing Malahide - S Mehdi Shah Phoenix

Most games

1. 29 A Varma                                 Merrion
2. 27 N Shahzad Phoenix - Richard Wing Malahide
3. 26 R Smith Merrion - Robert Forrest Clontarf - Mick Cotter Terenure - N Sharma Merrion - S Streek