Date range: Mon 15 Mar – Sun 21 Mar.
These are the top performers across 3,685 players, 5 countries (+ the NZ Super Series) and 26 regions!
And away we go friends.
TOTAL BAT, BOWL & KEEPING STATS
* Batsmen scored 62,741 runs last week off 45,366 balls / 9,073.1 overs at a strike rate of 138 runs per 100 balls / 6.90 runs per over.
* Bowlers took 2,057 wickets at an average of 30.5 runs per wicket.
* The 522 wicketkeepers effected 326 dismissals at 0.62 dismissals per keeper (265 catches + 61 stumpings).
TOP 5 SCORES
1. NIKHIL GHALLYAN (Nengyalees, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – 108 off 30 (SR 360)
2. CITI TAMATIMU (Rhubarbarians, Auckland, NZ) – 105 off 47 (SR 223)
3. IAN NEWCOMBE (Honky Tonker’s, Adelaide, AUS) – 95 off 32 (SR 297)
4. SEAN MOSQUERA (Ebony and Ivory, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – 80 off 39 (SR 205)
5. HAFIZUR RAHMAN (BD_Tigers, Adelaide, AUS) – 79 off 30 (SR 263)
5. ABYAZ RIZVI (FBR Warriors, Lahore, PAK) – 79 off 39 (SR 203)
5. SIMON MATTHEWS (Titans CC, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – 79 off 47 (SR 168)
Comment: 7 lads, 625 runs, 264 balls / 52.4 overs = scoring at 237 runs per 100 balls / 11.8 an over!
My top pick: Whilst all these lads are on another level for the week, NIKHIL GHALLYAN is in another dimension! Imagine bowling 6 overs and the opposition is on 108. Yeah, that’s what he did singlehandedly.
TOP 5 FIGURES
1. LANCE RODRIGUES (Hungarian Hookas, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – 5/4 off 2.3 (Econ 1.54)
2. ANDY KING (West Barbarians, Auckland, NZ) – 5/11 off 4.0 (Econ 2.75)
3. MARK SULLIVAN (PDP Wounders, Auckland, NZ) – 5/15 off 4.0 (Econ 3.75)
4. CALLUM MORRISON (Cobra ninja vipers, Auckland, NZ) – 5/28 off 4.0 (Econ 7.00)
5. QAMAR AWAN (All Nations Social Cricket, Melbourne, AUS) – 4/3 off 2.3 (Econ 1.15)
Comment: 17.1 overs / 86 balls sent down, 61 runs conceded (Econ 3.55), 24 wickets (!!), so 2.5 runs per wicket and 3.5 balls per wicket. Ridiculous.
My top pick: LANCE RODRIGUES, take a bow mate.
TOP 5 BAT STRIKE RATES
Note: Minimum 30 runs scored (unless homer off first ball!)
1. JACK MCHUGH (Crackcaps, Auckland, NZ) – SR 373 (41 off 11)
2. JACK SHIMMIN (Hungarian Hookas, Auckland, NZ) – SR 367 (55 off 15)
3. NIKHIL GHALLYAN (Nengyalees, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – SR 360 (108 off 30)
4. SKYELER VAN DEN BERG (Babaganooosh, Sandton, SAF) – SR 353 (53 off 15)
5. TIM GUDSELL (Backgine, Wellington, NZ) – SR 345 (38 off 11)
Comment: 5 lads, a lazy 295 runs off a meagre 82 balls / 16.2 overs at a scoring rate of 360 runs per 100 balls / 18.0 runs per over! Another way: bowl your 20 overs to these boys and they put up 360. Good luck!
My top pick: NIKHIL GHALLYAN walks it in for the sheer length of his brutality.
TOP 5 ECON RATES
Note: Minimum 3.0 overs bowled.
1. ARMAND VAN VUUREN (PANTHERS, Pretoria, SAF) – Econ 1.00 (1/3 off 3.0)
2. JOSHUA FISHER (Caught Short, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – Econ 1.67 (1/5 off 3.0)
3. ANDREW HUDSON (The Bundu Bashers, Auck Nth Shore, NZ) – Econ 1.67 (0/5 off 3.0)
4. MITCHAEL TOTSIS (Old Fools, Melbourne, AUS) – Econ 1.75 (3/7 off 4.0)
5. VISHNU RANA (Glad18ors, Perth, AUS) – Econ 2.00 (3/6 off 3.0)
5. CILLIERS VAN GREUNEN (Sultans of Swing, Pretoria, SAF) – Econ 2.00 (1/6 off 3.0)
Comment: 6 players, 19 overs / 95 balls, 32 runs conceded (Econ 1.68), 9 wickets taken (3.6 runs per wicket). It is scary how crazy some of these figures are week to week.
My top pick: Whilst there are lads with more poles, ARMAND VAN VUUREN can’t be topped in this field this week.
TOP 3 ALL-ROUNDERS
Note: Minimum 50 runs (and SR of 200+) + minimum 3 wkts (and Econ of 5.00 or under), then selected as a priority of top score, strike rate, wickets taken and econ (roughly, they are all awesome performances!)
1. JACK PARSONS (Route 75, Auckland, NZ) – 71 off 34 (SR 209) & 3/19 off 4.0 (Econ 4.75) & 1 catch
2. DANIAL HALLIDAY (Ipswich Panthers, Ipswich, AUS) – 66 off 29 (SR 228) & 4/20 off 4.0 (Econ 5.00) & 2 catches
3. Bonz Bonz (Sons Of Pitches, Christchurch, NZ) – 51 off 25 (SR 204) & 3/14 off 2.4 (Econ 5.00)
Comment: Imagine these 3 lads in the same side: strummed 188 runs off 88 balls / 17.3 overs (SR 214, run rate 10.7), took 3 catches and snared 10 wickets for 53 runs off 10.4 overs (5.3 runs per wicket, 4.91 runs per over). Absurd.
My top pick: DANIAL HALLIDAY takes the line here for his 4-fa and 2 catches, tough pick!
TOP KEEPERS
* 4 dismissals:
- STAN SKINNER (Hungarian Hookas, NZ Nat Champs, NZ) – 4 catches & 50 off 27 (SR 185)
- KANWAR BEDI (Number 8 wire, Wellington, NZ) – 4 catches &; 44 off 25 (SR 176)
- COWBOY MCGILL (CBCB, Perth, AUS) – 3 stumpings + 1 catch + 1 utterly superb name
- TIM MUNDY (HOWAUSSIES, Perth, AUS) 3 stumpings + 1 catch & 1/16 off 4.0 (Econ 4.00)
Comment: All superbly impressive, but I can’t help but feel that COWBOY MCGILL might be the best name I have come across since forever, and I hope he effected his 3 stumpings with a cigar and Akubra hat on.
TOP FIELDERS
* 4 catches:
- HENRICUS MEYER (Roodeport rebels, Roodeport, SAF) – and also 45 off 34 (SR 132)
Comment: You little beauty mate, bare hands but max skill.
Reach for the stars boys.
LMS Stats Scholar.
