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30th May 2013 by craig@cricket.ie

Fantasy points - update

How appropriate it is that on the weekend that Pembroke host their Gathering event, that a Pembroke player heads the fantasy table. Jeremy Dunleavy is certainly enjoying his season having joined Pembroke this season after making the short trip from Merrion to Sydney Parade. 314 runs, 12 wickets and 4 catches in 8 games see him take a 31 point lead into the Bank Holiday weekend.

 

His club, Pembroke, have a full weekend planned with 8 games for the Men’s teams, plus their Gathering Event to which anyone who has played for or against Pembroke over the years is invited. Friday sees a Taverner’s game which could end up being the 20 of Sandymount versus the 25 of Ireland. Saturday has memories of the 1980’s as the “Country Boys” return for the evening’s entertainment and food as well as a busy bar (tickets available at the door) and Sunday has been designated memorabilia day with scorebooks, photos and memories abounding. All are welcome.

 

Enough of the advertisements and back to what is important, fantasy points and who is doing what.

 

This week’s top four points leaders scored 681 points between them in the past seven days. Last week’s leader A. Yadav [Adamstown] had the weekend off, scored no points and remains on 625 points and is now in 5th place. In fourth place is P. Collins [R&SPU], our points per game leader (157.25) with 629 points from just four games. 262 points in the past week saw him move up a full 15 places in the table. He is just one point behind third placed I. Smillie [Clontarf] who is joint leader of appearances with 11. His 166 points this week meant he jumped four places onto the podium. Second place is the other appearance leader with 11, M. Jacob [Swords] whose 120 points sees him move up one place.

 

Biggest mover in terms of position this week is FJ O’Halloran [Dublin University], now335th overall, who moved an amazing 1,032 places on the table. His dramatic rise is explained by his scoring 184 points in addition to his previous points total of 11.

 

Biggest points scorer this week was V. Patel [Merrion] who had a week to remember, scoring 361 points with 131 runs and 8 wickets. His point’s tally of 552 sees him move 192 places up and take 10th place overall.

 

A. Poynter [Clontarf], 109th overall, has the highest batting average of the season so far with his three innings and two not outs amounting to an average of 165.00. One run is all that separates him from Danny Barclay [Pembroke], 159th overall, whose 164 runs from two innings, includes 150* last week. Also averaging over 100 are the following players: Matt Sorenson [The Hills] 233rd overall, 148.00; K. Merchant [YMCA], 51st, 132.00; C. Kenny [R&SPU], 322nd, 130.00; M. Collier [Clontarf], 174th, 126.00; E. Richardson [North County], 52nd, 114.50; D. Calder [The Hills], 482nd 112.00; and Aiden Chester [Phoenix], 114th, 110.00. Of these players only E. Richardson has been dismissed more than once and as is the way with statistics it would only take a Bradmanesque final dismissal to remove these players from this list.

In terms of total runs scored, C. McLoughlin [The Hills] 11th overall, tops the list with 359 runs, including a highest score of 145*, and a further 3 half centuries. Others to score over 300 runs in May are: P. Byrne [R&SPU], 8th, 357 runs (3 half centuries); Jeremy Dunleavy [Pembroke], 1st, 314 runs (highest score 103*); Richard Forrest [Dublin University], 25th, 310 runs (as one of only two players to score two centuries and a highest score of 148*); J. Tasmin-Jones [Dublin University] 9th overall, 303 runs; and H. Pike [Dublin University] 300 runs (with the highest individual score in Leinster cricket to date of 168*). With three players scoring over 300 runs we must assume that College Park is THE place to do your batting this summer.

 

Moving from the willow to the leather, the busiest bowler in Leinster cricket is one of last years top fantasy performers, R. Nair [Dundrum], 23rd overall, who has registered 77.2 overs. 14 wickets is his return, but his 99 points this week actually saw him fall 6 places on the overall table. The only other bowler to bowl more than 60 overs is second placed player overall, M. Jacobs [Swords] with 63 overs and 14 wickets. In fact the top three players overall fill three of the top four in overs bowled.

 

No bowler has managed to take 5 wickets in an inning more than once, but 46 players have done so once ranging from 4th overall, P. Collins [R&SPU] to 558th overall, Anto Burke [Sandyford].

 

Top wicket takers, S. Rice [Greystones], 7th overall, and R. Gorvin [Dublin University], 22nd overall have 18 victims and are two ahead of young Diarmaid Tucker [Pembroke], 16th overall. 48 players in total have 10 wickets or more.

 

S. Munawar [Slieve Bloom], 943rd overall, has a bowling average of 1.33. Two overs, four runs and three wickets place him top of this list. T. Monahan [Wexford Wanderers], 1,179th overall, is still statistically ahead with his one ball bowled, one wicket, not actually having an average. If we ignore those players with one or two wickets, the impressive performers in this category would be H. Shivmangal [Knockharley], 268th overall, with seven wickets costing 2.29 and Achmet Carr [Pembroke], 64th overall, with 8 wickets costing 29 runs for an average of 3.62.

 

J. Grassi [North County], 72nd overall, leads the safe hands category with 10 catches, although as he also has a stumping one assumes he has gloves to aid the catches. It is impossible to differentiate between Wicket-keeping catches and outfield catches unless the player concerned has also taken stumpings, so you will have to excuse everyone being lumped in together. Another keeper, J. Kerrison [Leinster] has 7 catches and 2 stumpings, whilst the leading catchers without taking a stumping to give his position away are seven players with six catches. Some of these even the author recognises as possessors of the gloves: I. Smillie [Clontarf], 3rd; C. McLoughlin [The Hills], 11th; N. Vorster [North Kildare] 15th; D. Singh [R&SPU] 57th; Robert Forrest [Clontarf] 151st; M. Hogan [Terenure Titans], 276th and; M. Baumgart [The Hills] 287th.

 

Four keepers have 3 stumpings and they are: P. Byrne [R&SPU], 8th; J. Santosh [Swords], 78th, who as well as 3 stumpings and 4 catches has 4 wickets bowling too; M. Cotter [Terenure Titans], 115th; and J. Cassidy [YMCA] 492nd overall.

 

111 players made their debut last week and the total number of players so far this season is now 1,593.

 

63,894 runs have been scored off the willow that is, not including extras.  239 half centuries and 39 centuries are in the book and 1,507 players have been to the middle to bat. Whilst A. Craig [Clontarf] 680th, has played five games without making it near the middle with bat in hand.

 

3,265 wickets have fallen to bowlers, and this figure does not include any run outs, obstructing the field or timed out.

 

1,182 catches held and 51 stumpings taken.

 

I expect us to pass 200,000 fantasy points this weekend, not individually but as a collection of weary weekend warriors over a Bank Holiday weekend that will see many of us playing more than once.

 

As usual, if you would like to know your figures or the figures for your club or even if you would like to check my calculations and see the entire spreadsheet, you can contact me at craig@cricket.ie.

Fantasy Table – points for the top 200

pos

Name

Club

pts

1

J Dunleavy

Pemb

694

2

M Jacob

Swords

663

3

I Smillie

Tarf

630

4

P Collins

RU

629

5

A Yadav

Adam

625

6

M Bauer

Cork

595

7

S Rice

Grey

588

8

P Byrne

RU

562

9

J Tasman0Jones

Trinity

553

10

V Patel

Merr

552

11

C Mc Loughlin

Hills

539

12

D Foley

Tarf

534

13

P Arkadi

Civil

531

14

R Gallagher

Mal

524

15

N Vorster

NK

522

16

D Tucker

Pemb

512

17

A Mathew

Ddrm

495

18

S Mathew

Adam

487

19

U Raees

Laois

485

20

Jinto Mathew

Ddrm

483

21

B Makwana

RU

477

22

R Gorvin

Trinity

474

23

R Nair

Ddrm

469

24

J Singh

Laois

468

25

Richard Forrest

Trinity

465

26

N McGovern (Jnr)

NC

459

27

M Singh

NC

458

28

M Rule

Lein

451

29

D Bertram

NC

450

30

H Tanveer

Civil

446

31

R Meraj

Laois

438

32

N Rooney

Balb

437

33

N Kenny

Merr

432

34

MT Raza

RU

429

35

F Ul0haq

RU

427

35

G Mooney

Phoe

427

37

D Javed

Long

416

37

T Rasheed

Knock

416

39

V Dhiman

Merr

415

40

T Lynch

Ter

410

41

S Sarfraz

Long

404

42

S Doheny

Rush

397

43

N Boyne

Mal

396

43

R Mehta

Civil

396

45

R Varghese

Swords

393

46

G Kirwan

Mal

392

46

N Muhammad

RU

392

46

T Stanton

Merr

392

49

H Pike

Trinity

390

50

K Ali

NC

387

51

K Merchant

YMCA

382

52

E Richardson

NC

379

53

C Hoey

Trinity

377

53

F Hand

NC

377

53

T Fisher

Ter

377

56

BA Thomas

Balb

376

57

D Singh

RU

374

58

D Van Zyl

Ter

372

59

H Tector

YMCA

371

60

R Rahman

Ter

370

61

M Monteiro

Adam

369

61

R Singh

Sand

369

63

C Senior

Pemb

368

64

A Carr

Pemb

367

65

D Raj

Ddrm

365

66

R O'Connor

Lein

362

67

A Farooqui

Hills

360

67

D Watkins

Merr

360

67

L Jansen

Rush

360

70

S Joseph

Swords

358

71

Joseph Clinton

Hills

357

72

J Grassi

NC

353

72

M Saqi

NC

353

74

A Verma

Lucan

352

74

S Kumar

RU

352

76

Daljit Singh

Lucan

351

77

N Shazad

Phoe

349

78

J Santhosh

Swords

348

79

A Lewis

YMCA

347

79

B Hur

Laois

347

81

E Lenehan

Grey

344

82

A Coughlan

NC

343

83

R Murali

Merr

342

84

J Anderson

Merr

340

85

S McDonald

Merr

339

86

W Akhtar

Hills

337

87

D Carthy

Rush

336

88

N Shoukat

Hills

334

89

C Mackey

NC

333

89

N Pretorius

Hills

333

91

Imran Mohammad

NK

330

91

S O'Neill

Trinity

330

93

K O'Connor

Trinity

329

93

MK Nandanan

Swords

329

95

James Redmond

Wexf

328

95

M Auret

Laois

328

95

N Jagoe

RU

328

98

D Gargan

RU

326

98

S Wood

Wexf

326

100

S Narayanan

Ddrm

324

101

N Naik

Phoe

322

102

E Bowes

Tarf

321

102

R Abbott

RU

321

104

Gulab Singh

NK

319

104

H Manks

Mal

319

104

N Hotac

Lein

319

107

D Trotsky

Sand

317

107

T Mount

Mull

317

109

A Poynter

Tarf

315

110

A Nazir

Tarf

313

111

R Dixit

RU

312

112

J Anders

Phoe

311

112

S John

Swords

311

114

Aidan Chester

Phoe

310

115

M Cotter

Ter

309

116

A Elahi

Adam

308

116

A Mateen

Castle

308

116

D Monk

Laois

308

116

S Ahmed

Rush

308

120

R Balachandran

Castle

306

121

N Brown

Merr

305

121

V Gopal

Tarf

305

123

Max Byers

Pemb

303

124

MS Tariq

Castle

302

124

R Stapleton

Bagnal

302

126

E Feely

Mull

301

126

N Akhter

Hills

301

128

Joji Mathew

Ddrm

300

128

R O'Byrne

NC

300

128

W Gunnell

Trinity

300

131

J Tector

YMCA

298

132

R Staunton

NC

294

133

M Zeeshan0Ul0Haq

Castle

292

134

A Butterly

Rush

290

134

R Abbasi

Castle

290

136

M Godwin

Phoe

289

137

T Balogh

Phoe

288

138

P Blackley

Laois

287

139

D Cavanagh

Grey

286

140

N Johnson

Adam

285

140

Y Ali

YMCA

285

142

S Gallagher

Halv

284

143

A Parkinson

Merr

283

143

R Sullivan

Tarf

283

145

H McDonnell

Hills

282

145

K Beasley

Merr

282

145

MA Anwar

Trinity

282

148

F Connaty

Lein

281

149

B Cotter

Tarf

280

149

P Mount

Mull

280

151

A Saddique

Cork

279

151

N Ferreira

Hills

279

151

Robert Forrest

Tarf

279

151

S Dalton

NK

279

155

G Seghal

Civil

278

156

R Hussain

Knock

277

156

V Gulati

Merr

277

158

F Khalid

Castle

275

159

D Barclay

Pemb

274

159

J Murphy

Rush

274

159

M Singh

Grey

274

159

S Moreton

Lein

274

163

A Baker

RU

273

163

C Burke

Rush

273

163

J Checko

Grey

273

163

R Kear

Balb

273

167

A Joseph

Phoe

271

167

L Pappan

Ddrm

271

169

K O'Herlihy

Lein

270

170

Adam Chester

Phoe

269

171

S Streek

YMCA

268

171

Z Van Der Merwe

Tarf

268

173

M Safeen

Civil

267

174

C Herbert

Mal

266

174

H Ramasetty

Merr

266

174

J Kerrison

Lein

266

174

M Collier

Tarf

266

174

R Adi

Knock

266

174

S George

Ddrm

266

174

S McGrath

Grey

266

181

P O'Boyle

Adam

265

181

W O'Neill

Mull

265

183

S Chahal

NK

263

184

C Aramalla

Merr

262

185

A Khaliq

RU

261

185

C Garry

NC

261

185

Ismail Mohammed

Bagnal

261

188

K Khan

RU

259

188

S Sihag

Adam

259

188

S Ullah

RU

259

188

T Wardrop

Halv

259

192

D Ford

Phoe

258

192

R Russell

Pemb

258

194

D Brogan

Rush

257

194

F Sarfraz

Long

257

194

M Kirk

YMCA

257

197

D Lappin

Lein

255

197

S Hadley

Wexf

255

197

S Iqbal

Rush

255

197

S Mirza

Rush

255

 

 

 

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