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Open Competitions: Player Averages for April/May

In the first milestone for the season, we set out the player averages to the end of May. The averages refer to league and league cup competitions only. A total of 92 players turned out for one of the six Merrion teams in action.

The batting qualification for the period was 100 runs, and 9 players reached this target.

Most runs were scored by Niranjan Shankar with 218 at an average of 54.5. But it was the veteran Robbie Stanton who leads the averages with 207 runs with an average of 69. Swapnil Modgill is way ahead on the strike rate at 120. The only batter on the table to score at better than a run-a-ball.

Name Mts Inns NOs HS 100s 50s Runs Average SR
Niranjan Shankar 7 5 1 90 0 2 218 54.50 80.15
Robert Stanton 4 4 1 107* 1 1 207 69.00 72.16
Jack Carty 6 5 2 82* 0 1 177 59.00 78.67
Himanshu Kamat 3 3 0 93 0 2 171 57.00 0.00
Swapnil Modgill 7 5 2 51* 0 1 154 51.33 120.31
Stephen Doheny 5 4 1 55* 0 2 123 41.00 65.08
Oisín Bhoja 6 5 0 50 0 1 104 20.80 47.62
Grant Glutz 4 3 0 73 0 1 103 34.33 61.68
Killian O’Flynn 5 5 2 35* 0 0 103 34.33 53.10

Nine players qualified for the bowling table with a minimum of 7 wickets. Seb Dijkstra and Garin Howell share the bowling honours with seven wickets each at 10.86 runs per wicket. Most wickets [15] were taken by Amish Sidhu and his fellow left-arm spinner on the 1stXI, Tom Stanton, has the most economic figures

Name Mts Overs Maids Runs Wickets 5WI BBI Average Econ
Amish Sidhu 7 57.2 10 209 15 0  4-20 13.93 3.65
Rishabh Sharma 7 33 0 224 11 1  5-63 20.36 6.79
Muhammed Sinan 7 46.5 8 173 10 0  2-12 17.3 3.69
Tom Stanton 7 49 11 155 9 0  3-11 17.22 3.16
Niranjan Shankar 7 32 3 135 7 0  3-29 19.29 4.22
Sean Stanton 7 24.5 1 128 7 0  3-39 18.29 5.15
Sebastian Dijkstra 2 18 2 76 7 0  4-54 10.86 4.22
Isaac Dijkstra 4 27.1 0 118 7 0  3-45 16.86 4.34
Garin Howell 2 19 3 76 7 0  4-38 10.86 4

Niranjan Shankar is the only player to appear on both the batting and the bowling tables, so it is no surprise that he heads up the all-rounder list with a combined points total of 358. Rishabh Sharma was the only other person to break the 300-point mark for the period.

The points are calculated based on one per run and 20 per wicket. The further qualification is that you must score a minimum of 33% of the points threshold in each discipline. The points threshold for inclusion on the table for the period was  150.  Even within these parameters, all-rounders will tend to favour one discipline over the other. The most balanced in terms of all-round performance with returns around 46 to 54  are  Oisin Bhoja and Sanjay Pahuja.

Name Mts Runs Wickets All Round Wickets% Runs %
Niranjan Shankar 7 218 7 358 39.11 60.89
Rishabh Sharma 7 95 11 315 69.84 30.16
Jack Carty 6 177 5 277 36.10 63.90
Oisín Bhoja 6 104 6 224 53.57 46.43
Sean Stanton 7 74 7 214 65.42 34.58
Sebastian Dijkstra 2 50 7 190 73.68 26.32
Himanshu Sharma 6 84 5 184 54.35 45.65
Killian O’Flynn 5 103 4 183 43.72 56.28
Tariq Iqbal 3 75 5 175 57.14 42.86
Sanjay Pahuja 3 92 4 172 46.51 53.49

So as not to forget the wicket keepers, the top of the list is Chirag Poddar with four dismissals. Peter Forkin has the most outfield catches on 6, followed by Mark Sandys on four.

And finally, three youth players, Oisin Bhoja, Seb Dijkstra, and Isaac Dijkstra figure on the tables.

 

PLAYER OF THE MONTH –             Niranjan Shankar.