Barbados Cricket Association article.
Bridgetown, Barbados - A wide gap has been opened by the top batsman and bowler over their closest rivals in the 2015 BCA Elite division Championship averages after the halfway stage.
In five matches, Kraigg Brathwaite, the CounterPoint Wanderers captain and opener has amassed 647 runs including three centuries at the very impressive average of 161.75.
And veteran left-arm spinner Derick Bishop of front-runners Brathwaite Construction/Crane Resort St. Catherine has 53 wickets at 11.88 runs each.
Only three other batsmen have scored over 400 runs and significantly, they are all openers as well - Craig St. Hill of ESA Field Pickwick (465; ave: 58.12), Rashidi Boucher of Massy Stores Spartan (437; ave: 54.62) and BDFSP's Kemar Brathwaite (421; ave: 46.77).
Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies Test vice-captain, has three centuries with a highest of 206 not out against Sierka Maple at Dayrells Road in Series 5.
With spinners again dominating the bowling averages, Bishop is 23 wickets ahead of the second highest wicket-taker in yet another left-arm spinner, Steve Pinder of Massy United Insurance Wildey.
Pinder's 30 wickets are at a cost of 13.16, putting him second in the averages.
Apart from his amazing feat of taking all ten wickets for 24 runs in the second innings against title holders ICBL Empire for a match haul of 13 for 91 in the fifth round at Bayfield, Bishop has also bowled the most overs (217.1), most maidens (39), conceded the most runs (630) and has the most five-wicket (five) and ten-wicket (three) hauls.
Of 19 bowlers who have at least 15 wickets, only two are pacers - Tennyson Roach and Lemar Mascoll, both from Empire.
Renaldo Arthur of Wanderers is the leading wicket-keeper with 15 victims (all catches), while UWI's Kavem Hodge has the most catches (12) among the fielders.
Leading averages:
Tabulate under:
BATTING: M-matches, I-innings, NO-not outs, R-runs, HS-highest score, Ave-average, 100-centuries, 50-fifties. *denotes not out. Qualifications: 3 innings, 175 runs, average 25.00
BOWLING: MT-matches, O-overs, M-maidens, R-runs, W-wickets, Ave-average, BB-best bowling, 5W-five wickets in an innings, 10W-ten wickets in a match. Qualifications: 15 wickets.
BATTING M I NO R HS Ave 100s 50s
Kraigg Brathwaite (Wanderers) 5 8 4 647 206* 161.75 3 1
Alston Bobb (St. Catherine) 3 6 3 282 92* 94.00 0 3
Shamarh Brooks (Spartan) 4 6 2 349 117* 87.25 2 1
Kevin McClean (Wanderers) 5 5 1 308 94 77.00 0 4
Floyd Reifer (UWI) 4 6 1 352 156 70.40 2 0
Shai Hope (Pickwick) 2 3 0 176 75 58.66 0 2
Craig St. Hill (Pickwick) 5 8 0 465 102 58.12 1 3
Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 5 9 1 437 141 54.62 1 3
Kyle Hope (Pickwick) 5 8 1 351 119* 50.14 2 1
Jameel Stuart (BDFSP) 5 9 1 387 107* 48.37 3 0
Kavem Hodge (UWI) 4 6 0 286 127 47.67 1 1
Kemar Brathwaite (BDFSP) 5 9 0 421 115 46.77 2 2
Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine) 5 8 1 324 131 46.28 1 1
Ryan Hinds (UWI) 4 5 1 175 68 43.75 0 2
Roshon Primus (Wanderers) 5 7 1 256 119* 42.66 1 1
Justin Bramble (UWI) 4 6 1 192 55 38.40 0 3
Renaldo Parris (Maple) 5 7 2 224 68 37.33 0 2
David Carter (Wildey) 5 10 0 366 85 36.60 0 3
Omar Phillips (St. Catherine) 5 10 2 281 52* 35.12 0 1
Mikhail Austin (Spartan) 4 6 0 197 66 32.83 0 1
Jamal Phillips (Pickwick) 5 8 0 260 59 32.50 0 2
Akeem Dewar (UWI) 5 7 1 187 51 31.16 0 1
Aaron Jones (Wildey) 4 8 1 218 66 31.14 0 3
Jed Yearwood (Maple) 5 9 1 245 70 30.62 0 2
Nicholas Carter (Spartan) 5 8 0 235 89 29.37 0 2
Jamal Smith (Empire) 5 10 0 287 77 28.70 0 2
Mario Rampersaud (St. Catherine) 5 8 0 227 71 28.37 0 1
Antonio Greenidge (BDFSP) 5 9 0 250 110 27.77 1 1
Alcindo Holder (St. Catherine) 5 9 1 207 96 25.87 0 1
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BOWLING MT O M R W Ave BB 5W 10W
Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 5 217.1 39 630 53 11.88 10-24 5 3
Steve Pinder (Wildey) 5 128.2 24 395 30 13.16 7-27 1 1
Chad Clarke-Reifer (Wanderers) 5 120.3 21 336 23 14.61 7-52 1 0
Kristopher Ramsaran (UWI) 4 72.1 11 277 18 15.38 5-80 1 0
Ramon Greaves (Maple) 5 105 17 319 19 16.78 6-29 1 0
Shane Ramsay (Maple) 5 105.2 13 417 23 18.13 6-13 2 1
Deswin Currency (Schools) 5 107 13 352 19 18.52 6-33 2 0
Jomel Warrican (Empire) 4 108.1 24 361 19 19.00 6-46 2 0
Nikolai Charles (Wanderers) 5 116.4 25 464 24 19.33 5-53 2 0
Tennyson Roach (Empire) 5 101.1 16 368 19 19.36 5-13 1 0
Jameel Stuart (BDFSP) 5 85.3 6 386 19 19.36 4-15 0 0
Ryan Hinds (UWI) 4 125.5 35 312 16 19.50 7-39 1 0
Akeem Dewar (UWI) 5 64 8 344 17 20.23 7-84 1 0
Shane Jones (Pickwick) 5 132.1 17 464 21 22.09 4-56 0 0
Lemar Mascoll (Empire) 5 90 12 342 15 22.80 4-47 0 0
Aamir Thomas (BDFSP) 5 80 10 359 15 23.93 4-25 0 0
Chaim Holder (Spartan) 5 125 19 466 16 29.12 4-56 0 0
Andre Marshall (Spartan) 5 135.2 23 469 16 29.31 7-96 1 0
Chad Williams (Spartan) 5 105.5 15 440 15 29.33 7-47 1
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FIELDING
Leading wicket-keepers: Renaldo Arthur (Wanderers) 15 (15 catches/0 stumpings); Justin Bramble (UWI) 13 (12/1); Tevyn Walcott (BDFSP) 11 (9/2); Mario Albert (Wildey) 11 (9/2); Jamal Smith (Empire) 10 (10/0).
Other than wicket-keepers: Kavem Hodge (UWI) 12; Omar Phillips (St. Catherine) 11; Alcindo Holder (St. Catherine) 10; Derick Bishop (St. Catherine) 9; Rico Wiggins (BDFSP), Rashidi Boucher (Spartan) 8; Kemar Brathwaite (BDFSP), Jameel Stuart (BDFSP), Kyle Sargeant (Wildey) 6.
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