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18th June 2014 by craig@cricket.ie @craigpcc

Fantasy League - “New Week, New Weather, New Leader, New Gripes”

Last weekend saw the start of this glorious, ‘it must be exam time’ Mediterranean weather. Many people, mainly the fair skinned Irish, overdid the sun and have spent this week resembling a cast of a cheap re-make of the classic “The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. All of this magnificent sunshine, of course, meant one thing; no cricket for the author. It meant a cricket-free weekend in a corner of Ireland with no internet, no television and pretty spotty telephone coverage. There was a vid-e-o (ask your Dad) player and a number of classics to be watched. The feature length Carlsberg advert that is Ice Cold in Alex, the very stiff upper lipped The Colditz Story and the heart rendering but morally uplifting tale that is Dirty Dancing. It was wonderful. Although it was just a tad ironic to have no game to play; having already played through two tropical storms (this may be a slight exaggeration, but there was heavy rain) to complete games and also had games called off due to standing water. On the bright side, it meant not having to field for three hours under such a hot sun and joining the cast list.

There must have been many who relished the conditions and made hay whilst the sun did shine. One such person was Roy Silva who scored 295* in a 40 over a side game up North at the weekend. His strike rate was 324 runs per 100 balls. His entire innings was just 91 balls and he hit 34 sixes, including six in an over, and just 11 fours. It was an amazing performance, which should earn him “The Slog Sweep Performance of the Week”. This innings alone would place Roy in 25th place on the LCU Total Runs Scored table to date.

With regard to the pod cast ‘The Slog Sweep’, it is a most excellent production and is expanding its listener-ship with each new episode. The guests are chosen well and the regular reporters carry their enthusiasm for cricket and cricket players. It is now attracting over 12,500 unique plays and Messrs Robinson and Leonard are onto something here. It is well worth a listen and a “subscribe”. Coverage of cricket in Ireland has a new format and that format is the pod cast.

So once again cricket has the ability to enthral and delight in its tales and its stories and its achievements, both by individuals, by teams, by clubs.

Enough of the nice fluffy stuff and no better person to take us away from there than Stu Daltry. Stu has written a report of Day 1 of the Newstalk Inter-provincial series game between Leinster Lightning and Northern Knights at College Park and this is a snippet of his article on cover-point.ie (which I heartily recommend be read and spread). It is hoped that neither cover-point nor Stu Daltry will mind…

“…the Knights bowlers got more theatrical with their appeals. The appeal is part of the game, but I don’t like it when the bowler and close fielders feign celebration and then stand in tea-pot mode when the umpire doesn’t lift the finger.

It’s nothing short of disrespect to the umpires…..”

I couldn’t agree with Stu more on this. Even in the lower leagues of Leinster cricket when the batting side are also umpiring, respect should surely be shown to the umpires. No-one is retiring to their Caribbean island on monies made from umpiring at the top levels of Leinster cricket and none at all is being made by players just having to take their turn in the middle. It is a job without glory, but one that must be done to let the rest of us play the game of cricket. All of that having been said; the players standing in the middle must also earn the opposition players respect through consistency and by doing the best for the game of cricket and not just for their team.

The introduction of technology into the top tier of cricket has, if nothing else made spectators and players far more aware of what the Laws mean within the LBW decision. Of those who stand or have stood, either as a qualified umpire or an occasional ‘I can’t do the book’ player/umpire, who has not ‘seen’ DRS on the wicket in front of them? Mine is set slightly differently than that seen on television. My own has no ‘umpire’s call’; it is either out or not. I hasten to add that I do not have the big screen revealing the decision.

Stu also expresses some views in his article on College Park which you may or may not agree with, but they will provoke thoughts and perhaps debate. Which are your favourite grounds and why? Is it the facilities or the playing surface? What makes a ground memorable? And equally where would you rather not spend your limited free time playing cricket and why not? What really makes grounds welcoming or foreboding? I’d be interested to hear any views out there (craig@cricket.ie).

And that’s what “grinds my gears”….

Gareth Delany’s reign at the top of the overall points is over, for the time being anyway. New leader is Khalid Chaudhary whose total of 919 points leaves him 75 points ahead of Eoin Lenehan, with last week’s leader exactly 100 points adrift.

The top twenty overall points scorers in an old ‘Top of the Pops’ (ask your Dad what that means) format are:

  • 20th            Medwin Hippolitus                       Dundrum           670
  • 18th=          P. Bryne                                         R&SPU              671
  • 18th=          M. Jacob                                        Swords               671
  • 17th            A. Craig                                          Clontarf              681
  • 16th            S. Kumar                                       R&SPU              710
  • 15th            Jonno Cook                                  Pembroke          714
  • 13th=          Fiachra Tucker                             Pembroke          723
  • 13th=          F Hand                                           North County    723
  • 12th            S Doheny                                      Rush                   740
  • 11th            M Farruhk                                      Balbriggan         745
  • 10th            H Shivmangal                              Knockharley      754
  • 9th               Jeremy Dunleavy                         Pembroke          773
  • 8th               J Singh                                          Castleknock      774
  • 7th               Andrew Delany                            Clontarf              776
  • 6th               T Affleck                                        North County    783
  • 5th               J Murphy                                       Rush                   802
  • 4th               M Collier                                        Clontarf              804
  • 3rd               Gareth Delany                              Leinster              819
  • 2nd              Eoin Lenehan                              Greystones        844
  • and our leader, round of applause please….
  • 1st           Khalid Chaudhary              Wicklow         919

Top run scorer next and runs are starting to flow for some players. Others are still struggling with the bounce, timing, line to play down, whether to play forward or back, what to leave, what to play and the thousands of other thoughts you can have when form has deserted you. Twenty five players have now reached or passed 300 runs for the season. 90,758 runs have come from the batsmen and the top ten run scorers, again in reverse order, are:

  • 10th=          Pat Collins                                 R&SPU                  344
  • 10th=          R Strydom                                  Malahide                344
  • 9th               J Tazman-Jones                       DUCC                    353
  • 8th               R Wing                                       Malahide                355
  • 7th               Fintan McAllister                      Malahide                374
  • 6th               S Doheny                                  Rush                      380
  • 5th               M Farrukh                                  Balbriggan             385
  • 4th               Adrian Harper                           Balbriggan             387
  • 3rd               Kenny Carroll                           R&SPU                  391
  • 2nd              Eoin Lenehan                          Greystones            404
  • and Ladies and Gentlemen please be upstanding and toast…
  • 1st           P Byrne                            R&SPU            406

All bowlers now have to toil for their wickets as the province’s batsmen find some form. Pitches are firming up and no longer will the ball stick in the pitch. Anything short is leapt upon and dispatched, although some can still produce wickets with full tosses and long hops. Thus as it always was… Seven wickets cover the top 10 and 141 bowlers have taken at least 10 wickets. 4,813 wickets have fallen to bowlers and the top ten wicket takers currently are:

  • 8th=           with 18 wickets: A Mustafi [Lucan]; Fiachra Tucker [Pembroke]; J Murphy [Rush]
  • 6th=           with 21 wickets: S Kumar [R&SPU]; M Jacob [Swords]
  • 3rd=            with 22 wickets: Paul Rodgers [Leinster]; A Craig [Clontarf]; J Singh [Castleknock]
  • 2nd              with 23 wickets: Khalid Chaudhary [Wicklow]
  • and drum roll please...
  • 1st           V Mohanan                      Sandyford        25

1,661, in a pleasing palindrome, is the number of players in Leinster cricket this season. 1,129 however have played less than five games at this stage of the season. Surely if we are to grow this game we love, we must be encouraging or selecting these players. The keenest players are not always the most available, but those who appear on the next table have the double joy of being available and being either very keen or very talented.

  • 5th=      played 13 games: A Craig [Clontarf], A Haider [Castleknock], Sanil Gupta [Pembroke], J Grassi [North County]
  • 4th                  played 14 games      N Rooney [North County]
  • 1st Equal       played 15 games            K Ali [North County], Diarmuid Tucker [Pembroke] and R. Wing [Malahide]

Highest score remains the domain of I Mohammed [R&SPU] whose 160 remains the summit for other to aim at. However, Roy Silva’s efforts would be a mere 135 runs ahead. However for a change and it is hoped a pleasant one, rather than the individual categories and leaders here are the top rated batsmen, bowlers and in the field, but on a per game basis.

The batsmen get the fantasy points earned for 50’s, tons and runs scored. Bowlers collect the points for 5 or 10 wicket innings, plus their wickets. In the field consists of catches, stumpings and turning up. The lists, though fewer this week, are longer.

Overall Batting MVPs: Points: (Runs + (50 *10) + (100*20)) / (games played)

  1. Imran Mohammed       R&SPU                        180.00
  2. K Mistri                           North Kildare               104.00
  3. John Fitzsimons          Greystones                  85.00
  4. M Farrukh                     Balbriggan                   72.50
  5. S Grobler                       Cork County                69.25
  6. Sunil Thomas               Swords                         65.00
  7. P Sheridan                   Rush                             63.50
  8. U Shahid                       Adamstown                 60.00
  9. G Cosgrove                   Malahide                      60.00
  10. P Johnston                   Leinster                        59.25
  11. Fintan McAllister          Malahide                      59.14
  12. T Satchwell                   North Kildare               55.00
  13. Andrew Poynter           Clontarf                        54.57
  14. Kenny Carroll               R&SPU                        53.88
  15. J Ahmad                        Slieve Bloom               53.75
  16. S Hussain                     North Kildare               53.00
  17. J Paul O'Dwyer            Leinster                        52.00
  18. D Poder                         Merrion                         51.33
  19. A Pyne                           Malahide                      51.00
  20. Gary Burrows               Pembroke                    50.75
  21. A Sarfraz                       Longford                      50.67
  22. Eoin Lenehan              Greystones                  50.44
  23. J Tazman-Jones          DUCC                           50.38
  24. Sean Currie                  Clontarf                        50.00
  25. D Gargan                      Clontarf                        50.00
  26. R Meraj                          Laois                             49.80
  27. M Hippolitus                 Dundrum                     48.57
  28. Reinhardt Strydom      Malahide                      48.00
  29. Isobel Joyce                  Merrion                         48.00
  30. T Mencinsky                 North Kildare               47.00
  31. Pat Collins                    R&SPU                        46.75
  32. K Mughal                      Adamstown                 46.00
  33. Ben Ackland                 Merrion                         45.71
  34. B Thompson                 Merrion                         45.71
  35. Jackson Santhosh      Malahide                      45.00
  36. Conor McLoughlin      The Hills                       44.71
  37. B Smyth                         North County              44.50
  38. Danny Barclay             Greystones                  44.33
  39. Ross MacMahon         Leinster                        44.00
  40. F George Thomas        Dundrum                     44.00
  41. David Drane                 Greystones                  44.00

Overall Bowling MVPs: Points: ((Wickets*20) + (5w*10) + (10w*20)) / (games played)

  1. P Sheridan                   Rush                        95.00
  2. David Poff                     Pembroke                85.00
  3. J Kavanagh                  Balbriggan              80.00
  4. R Kirk                             Clontarf                   80.00
  5. Shoaib Khan                Knockharley           75.00
  6. A Saddique                   Cork County           73.33
  7. A Siddiqi                        Laois                        70.00
  8. S Shahzad                    Civil Service           60.00
  9. S Hameed                     Ring Commons      60.00
  10. J McDonough              Phoenix                   60.00
  11. E Court                          AIB                           60.00
  12. M Singh                         Slieve Bloom          60.00
  13. K Kumar Jesuranjan   Adamstown             60.00
  14. K Akepati                       AIB                           60.00
  15. V Walia                          Adamstown             55.00
  16. J Carson                        YMCA                      55.00
  17. N Patel                  R&SPU                    53.33
  18. R Delaney                     Mullingar                 53.33
  19. S Mathews                    Cabinteely              53.33
  20. N Hotac             Leinster                   52.00
  21. R Hussain                     Knockharley           51.67
  22. Khalid Chaudhary       Wicklow                   51.11
  23. V Mohanan                   Sandyford               51.00
  24. Ismail Mohammed       Bagnelstown          50.00
  25. M Sajid                           The Hills                  50.00
  26. T Dempsey                    Phoenix                   50.00
  27. Aaron O'Neill                Terenure                 48.33
  28. L Giggins                       Knockharley           47.50
  29. A Mustafi                       Lucan                      47.50
  30. K Clarke                        North County          47.14
  31. Allan Eastwood            Pembroke                46.67
  32. Y Munir                          Castleknock            46.67
  33. K Phillips                       The Hills                  46.67
  34. S Shoukath                  Dundrum                 46.67
  35. Eddie Richardson       North County          45.00
  36. Tom Anders                  Phoenix                   45.00
  37. F Furlong                      Clontarf                   45.00
  38. Cian Mollen                  Pembroke                45.00
  39. A Ward                           Leinster                   44.00
  40. T Manzoor                     Wexford Wanderers       43.33
  41. A Copeland                  YMCA                      43.33
  42. K Kilduff                        Mullingar                 43.33
  43. S Barik                 Adamstown             43.33

Overall in-the-field MVPs: Points: ((Games*10) + (catches*10) + (stumpings*15)) / (games played)

  1. K Mistri                           North Kildare          55.00
  2. Robbie Garth                YMCA                      35.00
  3. Anto Coates                  Ring Commons      32.50
  4. C O'Riordan                  DUCC                      32.50
  5. F Moore                         Laois                        30.00
  6. A Rana                          Adamstown             30.00
  7. T Newman                    Clontarf                   30.00
  8. T Cosby                         Laois                        30.00
  9. M Pantony                    AIB                           30.00
  10. J Kelly                            Sandyford               30.00
  11. M Waterman                 Ddlk                          30.00
  12. O Sivanatham              Adamstown             30.00
  13. Inge Bevers                  Terenure                 30.00
  14. K Chedimala                Cabinteely              30.00
  15. P Unregistered             Knockharley           30.00
  16. S Kurian                        Dundrum                 28.33
  17. S Sarfraz                       Longford                  28.00
  18. Gary Burrows               Pembroke                27.50
  19. M Ramazan                  Laois                        27.50
  20. J O'Neill                         Bagnelstown          27.50
  21. Robert Forrest              Clontarf                   27.14
  22. Mary Waldron               Malahide                 27.00
  23. G Russell                      Balbriggan              26.88
  24. M McDonough             Phoenix                   26.67
  25. E Sheehan                   Rush                        26.67
  26. A Copeland                  YMCA                      26.67
  27. S Katta                           Laois                        26.67
  28. M Gillen                         Mullingar                 26.67
  29. P Moor                           YMCA                      25.71
  30. E Mac Arthur                R&SPU                    25.00
  31. F George Thomas        Dundrum                 25.00
  32. E Paiva                          Swords                    25.00
  33. R Padmanaban           Sandyford               25.00
  34. Roshen Varughese    Swords                    25.00
  35. G Morris                         Merrion                    25.00
  36. M Ahmad                       Adamstown             25.00
  37. L McDonough              Phoenix                   25.00
  38. A Ijaz                              Adamstown             25.00
  39. M MacNulty                   Merrion                    25.00
  40. S Mohiuddin                 Castleknock            25.00

That is all…. And enough…. Thanks for reading so far...

Next week, our Grumpy Old Man finds something to moan about...

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