Division 10 stats
Leading all time run scorer (2011-2016) - Peter Auret (Slieve Bloom) - 911 runs @ 33.03
Most runs in a Division 10 season - Anto Coates (Ringcommons) - 600 runs (2013)
Highest score - Peter Auret - 184 - Slieve Bloom 1 vs Terenure 3 - Terenure - 16 May 2015
Leading all time wicket taker (2011-2016) - Nick Jagoe (Railway Union) - 55 wkts @ 13.25
Most wickets in a Division 10 season - Anto Coates (Ringcommons) - 29 wkts (2013)
Best bowling - Sandeep Sood - 9-15 - Civil Service 3 vs Malahide 5 - Civil Service - 3 July 2011
Most matches - Paul Byrne (Railway Union ) - 45 - (2013-2016)
Highest team score - 355-3 - YMCA 4 vs North Kildare 3 - Claremont Road - 27 Aug 2011
Lowest team score - 38 all out - Pembroke 5 vs Railway Union 5 - Sydney Parade - 4 Aug 2013
Team of the Year (in batting order) - Abdulah Rauf Raza (Slieve Bloom), Ravi Tandon (Slieve Bloom), Muhammad Raza (Railway Union), Khizer Khan (Railway Union), Raza Khan (Longford), Muhammed Nurulain Boda (Castleknock), Hadley Southall (Railway Union), Peter Auret (Slieve Bloom), Susheel Kumar (Railway Union), Paul Byrne (Railway Union), Tomas Mount (Mullingar)
Review
Runs per wicket for all teams - 18.17 Runs per over for all teams - 4.41
Railway Union 4 - Champions - (Predicted 1st) - Batting Rating 190 - Bowling Rating 131 - RpO for 5.16 - RpO against 3.77
Without wishing to lessen the achievement of Railway Union 4, Division 10 saw Railway as the hottest of favourites (even more so than Ringcommons 1 in Division 11). Due to reorganisation within the Railway Union club, the 4ths were playing four divisions lower than in 2015 - with essentially the same players. Slieve Blooom and Adamstown pushed them all the way, but they ran out handsome winers, to complete their 9th league title, and the first since the Division 6 title in 2013. The success was built on the back of a very strong batting order, although only two players passed 200 runs. These two score their runs so quickly, that many sides quickly find themselves batted out of the game, with Muhammad Raza ending up with 369 runs at 92.25 and Khizer Khan with 270 runs at 67.50. The bowling was also the strongest in the league, and this as well was built around the considerable talents of two players. Susheel Kumar took 20 wickets at an incredible 4.25, whilst Hadley Southall took 17 at a nearly as impressive 8.24. Fittingly, the two players who have contributed most to the Railway batting in the last few years, both reached 1000 runs for the team in the same innings - and possibly in the same over. Khizer Khan needed 50 runs at the start of the season, and scored 60 in the first match of the year against Longford 2. He now has 1431 runs at 49.34, whilst Muhammed Raza needed 14 runs and made 15 in the same match - and both were batting together when the barrier was broken. Raza has 1372 runs at 34.30.
Slieve Bloom 1 - Runners up - (Predicted 3rd) - Batting Rating 117 - Bowling Rating 122 - RpO for 5.21 - RpO against 3.98
Slieve Bloom 1 kept up their record of improving their league position every year since their first year in the Leinster leagues in 2013. 2016 only saw a one position improvement on 2015, but that was enough to grab the second promotion spot. That description paints a dull picture of what was a fascinating end to the season. With four games to go, Bloom had a match against struggling YMCA, along with two matches against fellow promotion hunters Adamstown 3 and an ipossible match against runaway leaders Railway. Bloom would need at least two wins, but probably three - depending on the results against Adamstown. The away match against Adamstown fell victim to the weather, before a fantastic win at home to Railway Union eased the pressure some what. A fine team display saw another win against YMCA, but it still needed a result in the final match at home to Adamstown 3 on September 18 to clinch the deal. However, rain returned again, and Slive Bloom were promoted. It was a true team effort, with very few stars. Thirteen players played in over half of the games; six batsmen passed 100 runs, but only Ravi Tandon (215 at 21.5) and Jameel Ahmad (205 at 68.33) crept past 200. Similarly with the ball, six bowlers took at least eight wickets but no one took more than 11 - Shahzad Munawar Mirza (11 at 20.45) and Imtiaz Ali Kalyar (11 at 14.18). With the late season addition of the new clubhouse facilties in the Meadowlands, exciting times lay ahead in Kilcormac.
Adamstown 3 - 3rd - (Predicted 4th) - Batting Rating 133 - Bowling Rating 112 - RpO for 5.11 - RpO against 4.15
There are two ways to describe Adamstown 3's season. The first is that they did a bit better than predicted, but failed to win promotion, a promotion that would have been acheived were it not for narrow defeats to Mullingar and Castleknock. Or it could be said that Adamstown 3 continued their rapid rise, now playing 36 places higher in the league than they were in their first season of 2013. Adamstown's 3rds are now the 11th highest ranked third team, playing above the third teams of Division 2 clubs, Rush, Terenure, Dublin University , North Kildare and Balbriggan. Make no mistake - Adamstown are a major club who will be on the highest stage in the next decade. Unusually for a team with such a strong battng line up, four batsmen averaged over 35 but no one passed 200 runs with Hamid Ali being the leading run scorer with 152 runs at 50.67 (he only played three matches). The bowling was pretty much the same story, with only two getting into the double figure wicket tally - Amam Sangwan led the way with 11 at 15.18.
Castleknock 2 - 4th - (Predicted 8th) - Batting Rating 83 - Bowling Rating 120 - RpO for 4.01 - RpO against 3.65
A solid season for Castleknock 2 who finished in their highest ever league position (76th) improving their previous best in 2014 by four places. In the process they made a mockery of the pre-season prediction of 8th place. The batting was very much the part of Castleknock's game to be forgotten about (or to be improved upon in 2017). Only YMCA and Leinster were worse, and only Muhammed Nurulain Boda had a season worth repeating - 162 runs at 40.50. But the bowling was a different story, despite no one getting more than ten wickets (Faran Khalid at 16.5, Nurulain Boda at 12 and Balbir Singh at 13.90) As with many clubs, playing conditions at home grounds dictated the stats. In Castlekncok's six home games, only Adamstown 3 scored more than 130. - Faran Khalid started the season on 85 wickets for Castleknock, and became one of the first players in Leinster to have taken 100 wickets for one team, as he finished the season with 100 career wickets for Castleknock 2 at an average of 14.02
Longford 2 - 5th - (Predicted 5th) - Batting Rating 89 - Bowling Rating 79 - RpO for 4.46 - RpO against 5.53
Longford 2's third season in the league, and they have kept up their record of improving their position each year. They also finished one place higher than Mullingar 2 as the two clubs battle to become the biggest club in the western part of the province. Results during the season were a little bit disjointed, with the team only winning consecutive games onces - when they won three in a row in July/August. Both batting and bowling were a little undercooked - with the batting only Ashir Javed, Tabish Javed and Raza Khan passed 200 runs but only Khan could really be pleased, with a very impressive 297 runs at 33. With the ball, Usan Shah took 11 wickets at 19.55 and Ashir Javed completed a fine season with 12 wickets at 12.58.
Mullingar 2 - 6th (Predicted 2nd) - Batting Rating 88 - Bowling Rating 120 - RpO for 3.67 - RpO against 4.13
Another tough year for Mullingar 2 who slipped in the league for the third straight year. In that time they have gone from the 20th best second team to being the 24th. The weather didn't smile on the club, with only three home games being played, all in late July and early August. The third best bowling attack in the league was led brilliantly by Tomas Mount who had 16 wickets at a mizerly average of only 7.25. He could have done with a bit more support though, and the next on the list is Tristan Couper with 9 wickets at 15.11. It was the batting that caused the problems though. Unbelievably no one passed 100 runs, with Adeel Haider being the "best" with 97 runs at 13.86. The only time they got to 150 was in the last game of the year, scoring 181 when losing by 7 runs to Slieve Bloom.
YMCA 5 - 7th (Predicted 7th) - Batting Rating 76 - Bowling Rating 76 - RpO for 3.79 - RpO against 4.96
A season that delivered as much as could have been expected for YMCA 5. They achieved their highest league placing since being reformed in 2014, and over took Leinster 5 to become the second best fifth team in the province. However, playing at such a level was always going to be tough, and both batting and bowling struggled. Only one game was won all season, when Melwin Sajan took 4-51 and 14 year old Mike O'Reilly top scored with 45 to beat Leinster by 4 wickets. No one topped O'Reilly's 153 runs for the season (at 21.86), and his fellow 14 year old Scott Ruttle was also impressive with 131 runs at 26.20. The bowling was equally under-cooked, with only the irrepresible David Cooke breaking the ten wicket barrier, with 10 wickets at 13.50.
Leinster 5 - 8th (Predicted 6th) - Batting Rating 78 - Bowling Rating 64 - RpO for 3.85 - RpO against 5.18
A fifth succssive league fall for Leinster 5 with a season that went down hill on and off the pitch. Two scorecards just weren't submitted, and after a win early May, the next seven games were lost completing a pretty miserable season. One player passed 100 runs with the bat, and one passed 10 wickets with the ball - so stand up Mohammad Shahzad (125 runs at 17.86) and Usman Malik (11 wickets at 12). More players played for Leinster 5 than any other team in the entire league - 40.
The full Division 10 batting averages can be found here, whilst the bowling averages are here.