It was always going to be a tough act for Muckamore to follow on from their great success of last year, but they did comfortably confirm their top flight status and a fifth placed finish isn't to be sniffed at.

They won and lost seven of their Premier League matches and were always a match for their opponents.

The defence of their Challenge Cup ended in bizarre circumstances when they were unable to print off a DLS sheet, and there was also a change of captains midstream.

The batting was led by Jason van der Merwe who made 614 runs at 32.32, while replacement overseas professional Neil Brand flew in to good effect hitting three hundreds and a fifty on his way to 458 runs at a 'Bradmanesque' 91.60. 

Sam Gordon (412 at 24.24) and Mark Gleghorne (340 at 24.29) were also centurions at Moylena, while Sathish Suresh passed 50 once in his return of 315 at 18.53.

Van Der Merwe also topped the bowling with 29 wickets at 29.92, while the only others to pass the 20-wicket mark were Sathish Suresh with 22 scalps at 35.15, and Luca Bates who claimed 21 victims at 20.14, including the club's only senior five-wicket haul.

Muckamore have always shown themselves willing to strengthen and it would seem that the bowling unit needs addressing over the close season if they are to maintain their top half and beyond Premiership ambitions in 2026.

MUCKAMORE BATTING

# Name Club Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 J van der Merwe Muckamo 20 19 - 614 135 32.32 585 104.96 1 4 63 29
2 N Brand Muckamo 5 5 - 458 131 91.60 480 95.42 3 1 50 11
3 S Gordon Muckamo 18 17 - 412 118 24.24 517 79.69 1 1 45 4
4 M Gleghorne Muckamo 17 17 3 340 127* 24.29 586 58.02 1 - 33 12
5 Sathish Suresh Muckamo 20 18 1 315 95 18.53 780 40.38 - 1 26 12
6 Luke Allen Muckamo 15 14 1 261 44 20.08 218 119.72 - - 27 7
7 Randeera Ranasinge Muckamo 11 10 - 149 30 14.90 197 75.63 - - 20 3
8 Marco Bates Muckamo 14 13 3 131 25 13.10 204 64.22 - - 14 -
9 Jamie Jackson Muckamo 11 11 - 129 34 11.73 150 86.00 - - 17 4
10 N Gill Muckamo 16 13 6 114 40* 16.29 166 68.67 - - 5 4
11 Madhav Kaushik Muckamo 1 1 - 54 54 54.00 25 216.00 - 1 4 4
12 J Magowan Muckamo 8 6 2 53 25* 13.25 85 62.35 - - 4 -
13 L Bates Muckamo 13 9 5 53 16* 13.25 101 52.48 - - 15 1
14 J Keates Muckamo 1 1 1 51 51* - 43 118.60 - 1 4 2
15 S Henderson Muckamo 12 7 - 48 17 6.86 61 78.69 - - 4 3
16 S Magee Muckamo 5 4 1 39 17* 13.00 42 92.86 - - 1 1
17 E Wilson Muckamo 3 3 - 27 21 9.00 23 117.39 - - 3 1
18 A Coulter Muckamo 7 5 1 23 13* 5.75 43 53.49 - - 2 1
19 C Dakhana Muckamo 4 3 - 15 11 5.00 33 45.45 - - 1 -
20 Pavan Karthik Muckamo 6 4 2 9 4* 4.50 27 33.33 - - - -
21 Ethan Wilson Muckamo 3 2 1 8 8 8.00 15 53.33 - - 1 -
22 C Stewart Muckamo 1 1 - 4 4 4.00 3 133.33 - - - -
23 T Neill Muckamo 1 1 1 3 3* - 2 150.00 - - - -
24 A Oduveul Muckamo 1 1 1 3 3* - 5 60.00 - - - -
25 C Moorhead Muckamo 6 2 1 2 2 2.00 6 33.33 - - - -
 

MUCKAMORE BOWLING

# Name Club Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 J van der Merwe Muckamo 20 147.4 8 778 26 3-26 29.92 5.27 34.08 - 8 1
2 Sathish Suresh Muckamo 20 116.4 6 773 22 3-45 35.14 6.63 31.82 - 29 -
3 L Bates Muckamo 13 71.1 2 425 21 5-48 20.24 5.97 20.33 1 10 -
4 N Gill Muckamo 16 109 6 524 14 3-28 37.43 4.81 46.71 - 15 1
5 Randeera Ranasinge Muckamo 11 63 3 443 9 2-32 49.22 7.03 42.00 - 21 1
6 A Coulter Muckamo 7 56 5 295 8 2-41 36.88 5.27 42.00 - 23 6
7 N Brand Muckamo 5 45 4 207 7 2-30 29.57 4.60 38.57 - 7 -
8 C Moorhead Muckamo 6 29.4 4 178 6 5-43 29.67 6.00 29.67 1 1 -
9 S Henderson Muckamo 12 42.5 1 292 6 2-48 48.67 6.82 42.83 - 5 -
10 Ethan Wilson Muckamo 3 15 1 94 4 3-43 23.50 6.27 22.50 - 1 1
11 Pavan Karthik Muckamo 6 25 - 165 3 1-20 55.00 6.60 50.00 - 6 -
12 A Oduveul Muckamo 1 8 1 38 2 2-38 19.00 4.75 24.00 - 1 -
13 C Dakhana Muckamo 4 7 - 82 2 2-39 41.00 11.71 21.00 - 1 1
14 S Magee Muckamo 5 8 - 74 1 1-17 74.00 9.25 48.00 - 3 -