Anecdotes – Round 12 (1-Dayer)

Anecdotes for Round 12 (1-Dayer) are available.

Our latest NSW representatives

Congratulations to our latest NSW representatives – Cory Brookhouse & Daniel McEwen, both playing D2 Grade. Both players have been selected in the NSW ID side to participate in the National Cricket Inclusion Championships being held this week – 19^th to 25^th January 2025 in Brisbane.

We are all really proud of the boys achievements will keep our Club members updated on how the boys have gone in this important National championship.

Photo: Daniel McEwen & Cory Brookhouse after being selected in the NSW ID Team

Our elite performers

After 11 Rounds and with the last few games to come it is useful to see whom our elite performers are so far. Here goes:

Top 5 batters

1. Vinoth Sambasivam (D2) – 389 runs @ 39.0
2. Mohan Somasundaram (C2 Red) – 369 runs @ 46.0
3. Mridul Das (C4 Red) – 369 runs @ 62.0
4. Oliver Linschoten (C1) – 362 runs @ 60.0
5. Cliff Greenhalgh (D1 Red) – 357 runs @ 32.0

Top 5 bowlers

1. Manraj Singh (D1 Red) – 23 wickets @ 14.3
2. Brahadesh ‘Ram” Ramamurthy (C4 Red) – 21 wickets @ 12.7
3. Kaushal Gandhi (C4 Blue) – 20 wickets @ 4.1
4. Anand Sadasivam (C4 Red) – 19 wickets @ 15.1
5. Reyhan Ahmed (C1) – 19 wickets @ 15.9

Top 5 wicket-keepers

1. Ian Digby (D1 Red) – 17 dismissals (11 x catches & 6 x stumpings)
2. Nick Price (C1) – 11 dismissals (9 x catches + 2 x stumpings)
3. Cameron Bish (B1 Red) – 11 dismissals (10 x catches + 1 x stumping)
4. Sahil Kirpalani (D1 Blue) – 11 dismissals (10 x catches + 1 x stumping)
5. Brent Larkham (A2 Blue) – 11 dismissals (11 x catches)

It is useful to compare how this season’s best performers stack-up against our all-time Club record holders:

• Most runs in a season – 1,361 runs by Laurie Tuckerman (A1) in 1951/52
• Most wickets – 84 wickets by Val Smythe (C2) in 1970/71
• Most wicket-keeping dismissals – 32 by Barry McDonald (A1) in 1981/82.

While on elite performers

Kaushal Gandhi (C4 Blue) is tracking towards one of our all-time Club records. So far this season Kaushal has taken 20 wickets @ the amazing average of 4.1. Comparing this to our all-time records this is currently, the best ever average.

The current record C4 bowling average is 10.28 runs / wicket that is held by Reyhan Ahmed, currently playing C1, who achieved this record in 2021/22.

The best ever Club bowling averages across all Grades for the full season, are:

1. Mitchell Blow (C3) – 4.93 runs / wicket in 2013/14
2. Ankit Grover (Sunday Premier Leaguer) – 6.33 runs / wicket in 2012/13
3. Justin Paterson (B2) – 6.40 runs / wicket in 2014/15

No pressure Kaushal but a couple of good bowling spells could see a new record set.

Photo: Kaushal Gandhi (C4 Blue) after taking 6 for 7 that included our 53^rd Club hat-trick in the Sheep Station Trophy game at Greenway Park – 9 November 2024.