Gayan Maneeshan is setting the pace in the North West batting charts after a prolific run for Fox Lodge.
Maneeshan leads the aggregate list with 601 runs from 11 innings at an average of 60.10, scoring at a rapid strike rate of 127.1. His campaign has included six half-centuries and one hundred, with a best of 133, while his boundary count of 63 fours and 30 sixes underlines the scale of his dominance.
Newbuildings’ Peat Salmon has been almost as destructive, sitting second with 536 runs at 53.60. Salmon’s strike rate of 146.4 is the highest among the leading run-makers, and his 41 sixes make him the most powerful hitter in the competition. His best of 143 has been backed up by two fifties and a century.
Bready’s Josh Van Heerden has also passed the 500-run mark, compiling 513 at 51.30, including five fifties and a hundred, while Coleraine’s Louren Steenkamp has been a model of consistency with 509 runs at 50.90. Steenkamp has hit six half-centuries and one century, with an unbeaten 101 his highest score.
The list highlights the strength of Newbuildings’ batting depth. Alongside Salmon, Ross Dougherty has made 331 runs at 41.38, Jared Wilson 310 at 44.29, and Ryan Hunter 307 at 43.86, giving them four players in the leading group.
Fox Lodge also have two major contributors, with Jason Milligan backing up Maneeshan superbly. Milligan has 319 runs from nine innings at an outstanding average of 63.80, the highest on the list, though he has yet to register a century.
Brigade’s David Barr has been another reliable performer, averaging 44.29 from eight innings, while team-mate Gavin Roulston has made 335, including a century. Strabane’s Rhys Logue has accumulated 354 runs at 39.33, with Aaron Gillespie adding 313 and an unbeaten 120.
Bready’s Kenzie Hall, despite averaging 30.00, has produced one of the biggest individual scores of the campaign with 141.
With Maneeshan leading on volume, Milligan topping the averages, and Salmon dominating the strike-rate and six-hitting charts, the NWCU batting race remains full of intrigue as the season moves towards its decisive stages.
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- Leading run-scorer: Gayan Maneeshan (Fox Lodge) — 601 runs at 60.10
- Highest average: Jason Milligan (Fox Lodge) — 63.80
- Best strike rate: Peat Salmon (Newbuildings) — 146.4
- Most sixes: Peat Salmon (Newbuildings) — 41
- Most fours: Gayan Maneeshan (Fox Lodge) — 63
- Most fifties: Gayan Maneeshan (Fox Lodge) and Louren Steenkamp (Coleraine) — 6 each
- Highest individual score: Peat Salmon (Newbuildings) — 143
- Most centuries: Eight players tied — 1 each
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