It was a mixed season for Cliftonville Academy who struggled in the NCU Premiership but managed to reach the final of the T20 Cup.

The batting was topped by overseas professional Abhishek Raut who scored 855 runs at 47.50, including three of the six centuries scored at the club and four fifties.

Jared Wilson - who is returning to the NW next season - was second making 718 runs at 35.90 - one hundred, four 50s, while Varun Chopra was in fine form as he hit 668 runs at 37.11 (1 hundred, 4 fifites). 

Hayden Melly scored 463 runs at 22.05 (three 50s), while Francis Collins (381) and John Glass (334) passed the 300-run mark.

In the bowling, Matty McCord led the way with 34 wickets at 24.21, while Jared Wilson claimed 29 wickets at just over 25.

Ben Kane toomk 27 wickets at 23.33, while John Glass managed 25 at 25.22 and Abhishek Raut 22 at 24.18.

It promises to be an interesting close season for CA, who will have to strengthen if they want to avoid another season of league struggles.

CLIFTONVILLE ACADEMY BATTING

# Name Club Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 Abhishek Raut CLAcad 24 23 5 855 112* 47.50 771 110.89 3 4 79 42
2 J Wilson CLAcad 24 24 4 718 107* 35.90 767 93.61 1 4 55 29
3 Varun Chopra CLAcad 22 20 2 668 104* 37.11 920 72.61 1 4 50 17
4 H Melly CLAcad 24 24 3 463 76 22.05 564 82.09 - 3 54 6
5 F Collins CLAcad 16 16 - 381 104 23.81 489 77.91 1 2 48 13
6 John Glass CLAcad 24 22 3 334 62 17.58 445 75.06 - 2 26 11
7 M McCord CLAcad 24 21 3 238 37 13.22 236 100.85 - - 21 10
8 Dawood Khan CLAcad 20 14 - 150 32 10.71 241 62.24 - - 19 1
9 A Forbes CLAcad 14 5 2 60 30* 20.00 87 68.97 - - 8 1
10 A Kelso CLAcad 9 6 2 55 36 13.75 86 63.95 - - 5 -
11 A Wylie CLAcad 10 8 3 28 10* 5.60 52 53.85 - - 3 -
12 H Wylie CLAcad 9 8 5 22 5* 7.33 33 66.67 - - 3 -
13 B Kane CLAcad 20 9 2 16 6 2.29 38 42.11 - - - -
14 B Rainey CLAcad 4 3 - 16 11 5.33 31 51.61 - - 1 -
15 Keshav Raghuram CLAcad 2 2 - 16 12 8.00 39 41.03 - - 1 -
16 N Cahill CLAcad 2 2 - 10 10 5.00 40 25.00 - - - -
 

CLIFTONVILLE ACADEMY BOWLING

# Name Club Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 M McCord CLAcad 24 138 7 823 34 4-47 24.21 5.96 24.35 - 52 6
2 J Wilson CLAcad 24 140.2 6 748 29 4-59 25.79 5.33 29.03 - 35 10
3 B Kane CLAcad 20 110 2 630 27 4-22 23.33 5.73 24.44 - 13 -
4 John Glass CLAcad 24 134.3 11 638 25 4-37 25.52 4.74 32.28 - 31 5
5 Abhishek Raut CLAcad 24 109.4 5 532 22 4-40 24.18 4.85 29.91 - 16 -
6 Varun Chopra CLAcad 22 59 4 324 15 3-13 21.60 5.49 23.60 - 4 1
7 A Forbes CLAcad 14 28 3 172 6 2-21 28.67 6.14 28.00 - 3 2
8 H Wylie CLAcad 9 15 1 87 2 1-16 43.50 5.80 45.00 - 8 2
9 Harikrishna Saneesh CLAcad 3 2 - 10 1 1-10 10.00 5.00 12.00 - 3 -
10 F Collins CLAcad 16 2 - 21 1 1-21 21.00 10.50 12.00 - 1 1
11 A Wylie CLAcad 10 15 - 90 1 1-16 90.00 6.00 90.00 - 13 -
12 H Melly CLAcad 24 .3 - 1 - 0-1 - 2.00 - - - -
13 Dawood Khan CLAcad 20 2 - 13 - 0-13 - 6.50 - - 1 -
14 E Prior CLAcad 1 3 - 31 - 0-31 - 10.33 - - 3 -