Fantasy league has a new leader!

Division 1 is all wrapped up with no more scheduled games. The OCC in their wisdom have decreed that the remaining games would not affect the final table and so these games will now not be played. Cue glorious weather. It might not have changed the league, but it may well have changed the individual trophies and certainly the fantasy points tallies. However, Michael Sharp has been doing his job a lot longer than the fantasy league has been going and once again I bow to him.

There may be a few outstanding games in the other leagues as well but what is below is pretty much it for 2015.

Our leader at this time has shot out from the pack, timing his run to the top perfectly. What a shrewd signing he has proved to be for his Club, Pembroke. Jono Cook will not, however, be returning for the 2016 season and Pembroke will find it exceptionally difficult to sign his equal next season. 45 wickets and over 600 runs has been magnificent and in his last game he bowled 5 overs for 4 runs and picked up 5 wickets in the process. He will be missed, but for now we Pembroke members bask in the sunshine of his glory and those involved with his initial signing can take the pats on the back.

The top 100 points scorers have all scored more than 1,000 points this season. In fact 136 players reached that landmark with another Pembroke player, Jack Balbirnie falling just one point short.

Merrion provide 13 of the top 100, with long-time overall leader, A Varma leading the Club. Somewhat surprisingly, to me anyway, maybe not as much to those who came up against them, but Carlow have two players in the top 100.

• 1907 Jono Cook [Pembroke]
• 1884 A Varma [Merrion]
• 1874 M Collier [Clontarf]
• 1861 R Smith [Merrion]
• 1845 D Rhoda [Merrion]
• 1823 R Tariq [Clontarf]
• 1765 Simranjit Singh [YMCA]
• 1756 Nathan Johns [YMCA]
• 1702 Brian Parchment [NCCC]
• 1662 Munir Khan [CSCC]
• 1661 S Anderson [Phoenix]
• 1652 N Sharma [Merrion]
• 1588 J Carroll [Leinster CC] & A Malhan [NKCC]
• 1560 Robert Forrest [Clontarf]
• 1531 M Nurulain Boda [Castleknock]
• 1518 Eddie Richardson [NCCC]
• 1509 R Kear [Balbriggan]
• 1488 A Kavanagh [THCC]
• 1458 S Daniel [Dundrum]
• 1437 Max Sorensen [THCC]
• 1419 B Speake [Terenure]
• 1418 David Carthy [Rush]
• 1417 A Van der Merwe [YMCA]
• 1414 Paul Ryan [NKCC]
• 1403 N Thambi [Dundrum] & Sam Murphy [YMCA]
• 1401 D Singh [R&SPU]
• 1399 T Anders [Phoenix]
• 1388 B Singh Bhathal [Merrion]
• 1387 Eoin Lenehan [Greystones]
• 1385 V Dhiman [Merrion]
• 1380 W Kindley [Malahide]
• 1378 A Mathews [Dundrum]
• 1365 Craig Senior [Pembroke]
• 1361 Lorcan Tucker [Pembroke]
• 1349 M Farrukh [Balbriggan] & V Krishna [Merrion] & Harry Tector [YMCA]
• 1340 Lynal Jansen [Rush]
• 1338 Joe Prendergast [Pembroke]
• 1307 T Koen [Wicklow County]
• 1305 Manpreet Singh [Greystones] & M Farooq [R&SPU]
• 1297 Daniel Coffey [Rush]
• 1294 R Butt [Carlow]
• 1276 Bash Vulker [Pembroke]
• 1275 Gurmeet Singh [Sandyford] & H Archer [THCC]
• 1270 Manjeet Singh [NKCC]
• 1269 Jeremy Dunleavy [Pembroke]
• 1267 Andrew Poynter [Clontarf]
• 1266 Tom Fisher [YMCA]
• 1265 J Anderson [Merrion] & Z Mohyuddin [NCCC]
• 1263 S Iqbal [Rush]
• 1262 Susheel Kumar [R&SPU]
• 1254 Paul Lawson [Pembroke]
• 1253 S Mehdi Shah [Phoenix]
• 1250 A Parkinson [Merrion]
• 1248 V Jacob [Leinster CC] & G Stewart [Malahide] & Nic Pretorius [THCC]
• 1242 Tomas Rooney Murphy [THCC]
• 1237 SJP Moreton [Clontarf]
• 1223 A Abdullah [Cabinteely]
• 1220 D Brogan [Rush]
• 1202 Tahir Rasheed [Knockharley]
• 1197 Mick Cotter [Terenure]
• 1196 Conor O'Gorman [Leinster CC]
• 1186 Jinto Mathew [Dundrum] & S Katta [Laois]
• 1181 M Jacob [Swords]
• 1174 M Granger [Clontarf]
• 1173 Dom Joyce [Merrion]
• 1169 A D'Arcy [Clontarf]
• 1168 B Thamb [Dundrum]
• 1167 M Syfuzzaman Khan [CSCC]
• 1157 Fintan McAllister [Malahide]
• 1151 V Iqbal [Sandyford]
• 1150 H Manks [Malahide] & K Neela [Merrion] & M Lewis [Merrion]
• 1143 Conor Kelly [Clontarf]
• 1142 James Smith [Terenure]
• 1136 Neil Rock [Rush]
• 1135 Bill Whaley [Pembroke]
• 1131 Sinto John [Greystones]
• 1123 S Ullah [AIB]
• 1119 Terry Richardson [NCCC]
• 1118 Masud Ahmed [Phoenix]
• 1115 M Kumar [THCC]
• 1113 H Walser [THCC]
• 1105 L Prior [Clontarf]
• 1101 H Ramasetty [Merrion]
• 1098 P Bhardwaj [Dundrum] & Z Imran [NCCC]
• 1092 S Kant Trikha [Carlow]
• 1088 S Dutt [Clontarf]
• 1083 Jerson Santhosh [Swords]

The other category with a Pembroke player at the top is not quite as welcome. Peter Marshall leads the players in the only negative category covered by the fantasy league, although no points, positive or negative, are earned for them. Ducks are the unwanted score any time so to have the most is not exactly desirable. In his defence Peter has played more games this summer than ever before and has had his best season with bat and with ball, but with increased batting opportunities comes increased ducks opportunities. Peter has stridden out to the middle 25 times and has returned without troubling the scorers 7 times. However, 77 players have had as many ducks as innings whereas Peter’s duck percentage is only a measly 28%.

Here are all of the players with at least four ducks, split by Club.

• 7 Peter Marshall [Pembroke]
• 6 G Lynch [Terenure]
• 5
  1. Jason King [Bagenalstown],
  2. Andrew Moore [Balbriggan],
  3. D Wall [CSCC], S Mistry [CSCC],
  4. J Horan [DUCC],
  5. S Kochappu [Dundrum], P Bhardwaj [Dundrum],
  6. Declan Ryan [Greystones],
  7. M Kakkar [Lucan],
  8. P Chase [Malahide], Alan Reynolds [Malahide], Richard Wing [Malahide],
  9. C Austin [Merrion],
  10. K Gavin [Mullingar],
  11. E Grehan [R&SPU],
  12. Gearoid McCormack [Rush], N Shahid [Rush], D Brogan [Rush],
  13. S Bharti [Sandyford],
  14. S Lynch [Terenure],
  15. M Tanveer [THCC],
  16. Padraic Flanagan [YMCA], J Meier [YMCA], Aviral Shukla [YMCA]
• 4
  1. F Iqbal [ACC],
  2. O Shorthose [Bagenalstown], C Smith [Bagenalstown], E Hart [Bagenalstown],
  3. T Faheem [Balbriggan], Duane Harper [Balbriggan], Abdul Samad [Balbriggan], C McMahon [Balbriggan], R Kear [Balbriggan],
  4. N Qureshi [Castleknock],
  5. V Mohanan [Clontarf], Barry Kenny [Clontarf], A McDermott [Clontarf], K O'Connor [Clontarf], A Gilbride [Clontarf],
  6. S McDermott [Dundalk], M Mullen [Dundalk],
  7. D Joseph [Dundrum],
  8. J Stewart [Greystones], Manpreet Singh [Greystones],
  9. S Gallagher [Halverstown],
  10. M Sheraz [Laois],
  11. M Mushir Ahmad Khan [Leinster CC],
  12. S Naseem [Malahide], Ryan Condron [Malahide],
  13. S Stanton [Merrion], M Cossavella [Merrion], A Naughton [Merrion], C Aramalla [Merrion], Venkat Puli [Merrion], A Varma [Merrion], M Lewis [Merrion],
  14. T Mount [Mullingar], D Ashley [Mullingar],
  15. Safdar Al [NCCC],
  16. Amardeep Singh [NKCC],
  17. D Cosgrave [Pembroke], Sugata Gupta [Pembroke], A Mays [Pembroke], B Hoey [Pembroke],
  18. P Keating [Phoenix], M McDonough [Phoenix], L McDonough [Phoenix], M Godwin [Phoenix],
  19. I Sabir [R&SPU], N Yadav [R&SPU], Ciaran Kenny [R&SPU],
  20. P Monks [Rush],
  21. R Waters [Sandyford], Ravinder Singh [Sandyford],
  22. A Nair [Swords],
  23. D Grant de Beer [THCC], H Walser [THCC],
  24. S Streek [YMCA], David O'Connor [YMCA].

55 players have played twenty five games or more this season, which means that they have been very busy. These players must have been regular players, or the first available player, for more than one team. These are the expert “below-the-line players”. Unsurprisingly, many of the names here also appear in the overall points list. It does help when you have 250 points just for turning up...

• 37 A Varma [Merrion]
• 35 N Sharma [Merrion]
• 33
  1. Robert Forrest [Clontarf],
  2. R Smith [Merrion]
• 32
  1. R Tariq [Clontarf],
  2. V Dhiman [Merrion],
  3. Mick Cotter [Terenure],
  4. M Donegan [THCC]
• 31
  1. S Katta [Laois],
  2. Richard Wing [Malahide], W Kindley [Malahide],
  3. M Lewis [Merrion],
  4. Nathan Johns [YMCA]
• 30
  1. P Bhardwaj [Dundrum],
  2. F Page [Malahide]
• 29
  1. D Singh [R&SPU],
  2. Padraic Flanagan [YMCA]
• 28
  1. R Kear [Balbriggan],
  2. M Collier [Clontarf],
  3. H Ramasetty [Merrion],
  4. Joe Prendergast [Pembroke],
  5. S Mehdi Shah [Phoenix], N Shahzad [Phoenix],
  6. Daniel Coffey [Rush],
  7. Diarmuid Lynch [Terenure], Sid Nair [Terenure],
  8. S Streek [YMCA], Sam Murphy [YMCA]
• 27
  1. Manpreet Singh [Greystones],
  2. Z Mohyuddin [NCCC],
  3. Bash Vulker [Pembroke],
  4. Gurmeet Singh [Sandyford]
• 26
  1. A Shapon [CSCC],
  2. Conor O'Gorman [Leinster CC],
  3. R Shoebridge [Malahide],
  4. A Parkinson [Merrion],
  5. T Mount [Mullingar],
  6. J Grassi [NCCC],
  7. Peter Marshall [Pembroke], Achmet Carr [Pembroke], Danny Hogan [Pembroke],
  8. A McGuire [Rush],
  9. A Kavanagh [THCC], K Everard [THCC]
• 25
  1. B Thambi [Dundrum],
  2. Conor Gibbons [Malahide],
  3. V Krishna [Merrion], S Reddy Yelmati [Merrion],
  4. Diarmuid Tucker [Pembroke],
  5. M Godwin [Phoenix], Adam Chester [Phoenix], T Anders [Phoenix],
  6. Neil Rock [Rush],
  7. G Lynch [Terenure],
  8. H Walser [THCC]

62 players did take their place at the crease during the season, but were never dismissed. G. Swift [Knockharley] managed to bat four times without falling once. Josh Little [Pembroke] was out once, but had batted 9 times, so we can excuse his one lapse. Here are the top players in terms of percentage of not outs.  In absolute terms E. Delaney [Clontarf] and J Cramp [Leinster CC] both had 11 not outs. Are they batting too low in the order, or protecting their averages or just too damn difficult to dismiss? These players were not out in at least two-thirds of their innings batted.

• 100%
  1. G Jackson [ACC], J Lobo [ACC], M Periyanan [ACC], Hamid Ali [ACC],
  2. M Saliyan [AIB],
  3. D Cawte [Ashbourne],
  4. D Power [Bagenalstown], Player Unregistered [Bagenalstown],
  5. Sadaf Raza [Balbriggan],
  6. A Vishwanathan [Cabinteely], Unregistered Player [Cabinteely],
  7. N Kansara [Carlow], J Lochab [Carlow],
  8. Conor D'Arcy [Clontarf], Player Unregistered [Clontarf], Daniel Nolan [Clontarf],
  9. J Maher [CSCC],
  10. O Khan [DUCC],
  11. U Ofterdinger [Dundalk], E Finnegan [Dundalk],
  12. F Madasseri [Dundrum], Muhammad Noman [Dundrum], A Pillai [Dundrum],
  13. D Gaskin [Greystones], I Given [Greystones], C Booth [Greystones],
  14. R Hattaway [Herald],
  15. G Swift [Knockharley],
  16. A Atiq [Laois],
  17. L Delany [Leinster CC], A Kerrison [Leinster CC], J Barry [Leinster CC],
  18. Robbie Condron [Malahide], M Brennan [Malahide],
  19. B Bulmer [Merrion], Mike Kavanagh [Merrion], Alex O'Brien [Merrion],
  20. K Kilduff [Mullingar], K Qazi [Mullingar],
  21. D Mooney [NCCC],
  22. B Mac Niocaill [NKCC], S Tyagi [NKCC], J Flattery [NKCC], S Lipson Ngai [NKCC], W Lipson [NKCC],
  23. Glenn Cunningham [Pembroke], Peter Prendergast [Pembroke], Grahame Toomey [Pembroke],
  24. C Byrne [Phoenix], B Ovenden [Phoenix], C Dickeson [Phoenix], A Keating [Phoenix], O Martin [Phoenix],
  25. P Shaw [R&SPU], J McCann [R&SPU],
  26. Z Sweetman [RCCC],
  27. B Latif [Sandyford],
  28. N Myers [SBCC],
  29. R Chalissery [Swords],
  30. H O'Neill [Terenure],
  31. V Majji [Tyrrelstown], R Achanta [Tyrrelstown]
• 89% J Little [Pembroke]
• 80%
  1. A Rathina [Cabinteely],
  2. D Green [Clontarf],
  3. K Shenoy [CSCC]
• 75%
  1. K Yadav [ACC],
  2. Q Raiza [Carlow],
  3. Niall Carroll [Leinster CC], K OHerlihy [Leinster CC],
  4. A Mustafi [Lucan],
  5. Conor Gibbons [Malahide],
  6. R Nico [R&SPU],
  7. J Hamilton [RCCC]
• 73% J Cramp [Leinster CC]
• 71%
  1. P Longstaff [Greystones],
  2. David Murphy [Pembroke],
  3. M O'Reilly [YMCA]
• 70%
  1. P Saville [Malahide],
  2. Justin Doherty [Pembroke]
• 67%
  1. H Yadav [ACC],
  2. D Persse [Ashbourne],
  3. S Sekar [Bagenalstown],
  4. R Ullah [Carlow],
  5. K Waterman [Dundalk],
  6. Player Unregistered [Greystones], V Raj Soora [Greystones],
  7. R Condie [Knockharley],
  8. J Hussain [Laois],
  9. Mohammad Usman Mir [Leinster CC],
  10. M Quinn [Longford],
  11. G Kirwan [Malahide], S De Klerk [Malahide], W de Klerk [Malahide],
  12. L Whelan [NCCC],
  13. Noah Smith [Pembroke],
  14. G Morris [Phoenix], D Kearney [Phoenix], U Arshad [Phoenix],
  15. Derek Carroll [R&SPU],
  16. J Toner [Terenure],
  17. L Clinton [THCC]

Another category that attracts no points is the Highest Individual Scores. 120 players scored centuries, although only their highest score is shown here. Congratulations to Carlow CC who have two players in the top 3 scores.

184        P Auret [SBCC]

156        S Kant Trikha [Carlow]

153        R Butt [Carlow]

147        G McDonnell [Pembroke]

143        S Sarfraz [Longford]

140        Simranjit Singh [YMCA]

138        E Sheehan [Rush]

136        B Singh Bhathal [Merrion], Player Unregistered [Rush]

135*     J Tector [YMCA]

135        B Speake [Terenure]

133        Rozeen Ahmad [ACC]

132        Lorcan Tucker [Pembroke]

131*     V Jain [Cabinteely]

130        S Anderson [Phoenix], A Hashmi [Lucan]

129        J Blakeney [Merrion]

128        S Iqbal [Rush]

127*     S Mehdi Shah [Phoenix]

127        Nathan Johns [YMCA]

126*     Hamid Ali [ACC]

126        David Carthy [Rush], B Majeed [NKCC], N Srimal Jasinghe [Bagenalstown]

125        H Ramasetty [Merrion], S Mehdi [Balbriggan], A Malhan [NKCC], R Ejaz [Mullingar]

124*     Fintan McAllister [Malahide]

124        Andrew Delany [Clontarf], T Townend [R&SPU]

123        L Maimba [Mullingar]

122*     Richard Forrest [Leinster CC]

121        F Hand [NCCC], J Moffatt [Greystones], N Joshi [CSCC], M Hughes [Dundalk]

120*     D Brogan [Rush]

119*     D Rhoda [Merrion], S Dalton [NKCC], SJP Moreton [Clontarf]

118*     T Anders [Phoenix]

118        R McGovern [YMCA]

117*     Niall McGovern [NCCC]

117        R Yadav [NKCC]

116        Tom Fisher [YMCA], T Koen [Wicklow County]

115*     A Dunlop [YMCA]

115        R Strydom [Malahide], Ivan Morgan [R&SPU]

114*     A D'Arcy [Clontarf]

114        Brian Parchment [NCCC], K McDonald [Terenure], Waqas Khalid [SBCC]

113*     H Archer [THCC]

113        P Monks [Rush], M Farrukh [Balbriggan]

112*     M Muhammad [THCC], M O' Brien [Malahide]

111*     Andrew Poynter [Clontarf], P Mandati [Merrion]

111        A Mathews [Dundrum], Ali Shah [Castleknock], A O'Neil [R&SPU]

110*     P Jonker [Greystones]

110        Eoin Lenehan [Greystones], C Aramalla [Merrion], Lynal Jansen [Rush], D Ashton [Clontarf]

109*     J Fitzsimons [Greystones]

109        R Tariq [Clontarf], Hamza Mann [ACC],

108*     M Donegan [THCC], Joe Murphy [NCCC]

108        R Mehraj [Laois]

107*     S Stanton [Merrion], Eamonn Byrne [Leinster CC]

107        Q Chohan [Sandyford, Terry Richardson [NCCC], S Gull [Rush]

106*     M Lewis [Merrion], A Raffique [Phoenix]

106        A Parkinson [Merrion], Nic Pretorius [THCC], Harpreet Singh [ACC]

105*     J Magee [THCC], T Stevens [Phoenix]

105        Robert Forrest [Clontarf], E Craik [Knockharley], M Navid [Merrion]

104*     H Habib [ACC], Z Imran [NCCC]

104        S Kochappu [Dundrum], H Mac Donnell [Leinster CC], M Hogan [Leinster CC]

103*     N Kenny [Merrion]

103        T Ritchie [Leinster CC], Gordon Clarke [Pembroke], W Rolfe [Leinster CC], Sunil Thomas [Swords]

102*     S O'Neill [Bagenalstown], A Longstaff [Greystones],

102        D McDonough-Kinkade [YMCA], Asim Nazir [Clontarf], M Ingamell [Knockharley]

101*     V Dhiman [Merrion], David O'Riordan snr [Pembroke], S Banerjee [DUCC], A McBride [Greystones]

101        J Carroll [Leinster CC], Max Sorensen [THCC], John Andrews [NCCC], S Hameed [Ashbourne]

100*     I Rafique [Leinster CC], H Fernando [Castleknock], J Outram [Merrion]

100        Tomas Rooney Murphy [THCC], S Daniel [Dundrum], Adeel Haider [Mullingar], M Kilroy [CSCC].