This second article on the detailed breakdown of performances of youth players in Open Competitions focuses on the bowlers. Of the 462 youth players who took part in OC matches in 2014 [Leagues, Cups or T20] 368 were given a chance to bowl and 305 took at least one wicket.
Looking at the overall impact of young bowlers on the competitions, in all they took over 3000 wickets, representing nearly 23% of the total taken. Almost exactly proportional to their level of participation in the league. Indeed the bowlers do better than the batsmen who score less than 20% of the runs.
The thresholds for qualification for the bowling averages rise with the age group involved from 10 wickets for U13 to 25 wickets for U19. The column League refers to the OC League[s] where most wickets taken.
U13 Age Group
Qualification 10 Wickets: There were a total of 38 U13 bowlers of whom 31 took at least one wicket. Gavin Hoey [Pembroke] had the distinction of heading the overall youth bowling averages and was the only bowler with an average less than 10. Equally impresssive Cian Nulty's [Balbriggan] 48 wickets put himin the top three wicket takers across all ages
| Name | Club | M | O | BP | W | Run A | Ave | Econ | League |
| Gavin Hoey | Pembroke | 6 | 23 | 4-23 | 12 | 109 | 9.08 | 4.74 | D10 - D12 |
| Theo Dempsey | Phoenix | 8 | 41 | 4-43 | 13 | 183 | 14.08 | 4.46 | D14 |
| Justin Kavanagh | Balbriggan | 10 | 51 | 4-14 | 13 | 190 | 14.62 | 3.73 | D14 |
| Cian Nulty | Balbriggan | 27 | 181 | 4-39 | 48 | 912 | 19.00 | 5.04 | D7 - D14 |
| JJ Garth | Pembroke | 23 | 135 | 3-17 | 23 | 563 | 24.48 | 4.17 | D2 - D10 |
U15 Age Group
| Name | Club | M | O | BP | W | Run A | Ave | Econ | League |
| Harry Oppermann | Clontarf | 19 | 88 | 4-13 | 24 | 316 | 13.17 | 3.59 | D5 - D10 |
| Aaron O'Neill | Terenure | 24 | 143 | 6-44 | 40 | 577 | 14.43 | 4.03 | D5 - D9 |
| Joshua Murphy | Rush | 20 | 83 | 6-18 | 27 | 395 | 14.63 | 4.76 | D6 - D10 |
| Daire Vickers | Clontarf | 23 | 123 | 3-14 | 31 | 495 | 15.97 | 4.02 | D7 - D14 |
| Andrew Vincent | Clontarf | 21 | 95 | 6-12 | 25 | 436 | 17.44 | 4.59 | D5-D7 |
| Conor O'Gorman | Leinster | 24 | 102 | 4-15 | 27 | 481 | 17.81 | 4.72 | D3 - D5 |
| Sanil Gupta | Pembroke | 35 | 109 | 4-38 | 29 | 536 | 18.48 | 4.92 | D7 |
| Harry Tector | YMCA | 36 | 222 | 4-44 | 49 | 950 | 19.39 | 4.28 | D3-D4 |
| Anthony Mooney | N County | 19 | 137 | 4-39 | 33 | 659 | 19.97 | 4.81 | D9 - D11 |
| Aviral Shukla | YMCA | 25 | 179 | 4-10 | 33 | 671 | 20.33 | 3.75 | D4 - D8 |
| Killian Everard | The Hills | 27 | 113 | 4-29 | 25 | 527 | 21.08 | 4.66 | D8 - D11 |
| Andrew Kavanagh | The Hills | 28 | 172 | 4-6 | 39 | 894 | 22.92 | 5.20 | D3-D8 |
| Joe Prendergast | Pembroke | 31 | 123 | 5-38 | 24 | 557 | 23.21 | 4.53 | D4 - D10 |
| Sean Stanton | Merrion | 23 | 104 | 3-12 | 20 | 469 | 23.45 | 4.51 | D7 - D10 |
| Diarmuid Tucker | Pembroke | 41 | 74 | 4-19 | 21 | 511 | 24.33 | 6.91 | D4 - D10 |
| Ian Anders | Phoenix | 27 | 126 | 4-30 | 21 | 513 | 24.43 | 4.07 | D4-D6 |
| Shane Keane | YMCA | 20 | 113 | 3-31 | 19 | 466 | 24.53 | 4.12 | D8 - D10 |
| Sam Streek | YMCA | 17 | 90 | 4-35 | 16 | 402 | 25.13 | 4.47 | D4 |
| Heinrick Wasler | The Hills | 19 | 100 | 4-14 | 20 | 511 | 25.55 | 5.11 | D8 - D11 |
| Max Neville | Merrion | 19 | 121 | 4-15 | 21 | 598 | 28.48 | 4.94 | D2 - D4 |
| Ben Crowley | Pembroke | 25 | 120 | 2-5 | 18 | 538 | 29.89 | 4.48 | D10 - D12 |
| Dean Brogan | Rush | 30 | 117 | 3-27 | 16 | 584 | 36.50 | 4.99 | D6 |
U17 Age Group
| Name | Club | M | O | BP | W | Run A | Ave | Econ | League |
| Harry Shivmangal | Knockharley | 28 | 117 | 5-17 | 34 | 385 | 11.32 | 3.29 | D6-D8 |
| Mahbabu Rahman | Knockharley | 17 | 90 | 4-7 | 27 | 324 | 12.00 | 3.60 | D13 |
| James Cox | Clontarf | 12 | 59 | 5-31 | 20 | 276 | 13.80 | 4.68 | D10 |
| Adam Craig | Clontarf | 20 | 102 | 5-27 | 28 | 522 | 18.64 | 5.12 | D1-D3 |
| David Delany | Clontarf | 23 | 106 | 3-27 | 24 | 458 | 19.08 | 4.32 | D1-D3 |
| Craig Sweeney | Mullingar | 20 | 115 | 5-32 | 24 | 479 | 19.96 | 4.17 | D9 - D14 |
| David Murphy | Pembroke | 20 | 142 | 4-31 | 27 | 544 | 20.15 | 3.83 | D1 |
| Cian Mulvaney | N County | 23 | 95 | 4-31 | 22 | 464 | 21.09 | 4.88 | D5-D9 |
| Tom Stanton | Merrion | 22 | 143 | 3-13 | 22 | 473 | 21.50 | 3.31 | D1 |
| Danny Hogan | Terenure | 32 | 117 | 4-19 | 24 | 538 | 22.42 | 4.60 | D5-D9 |
| Gareth Delany | Leinster | 29 | 220 | 4-32 | 41 | 921 | 22.46 | 4.19 | D2-D3 |
| Kashif Ali | N County | 33 | 151 | 4-51 | 30 | 715 | 23.83 | 4.74 | D1-D5 |
| Sean Sludds | N County | 23 | 139 | 3-17 | 26 | 642 | 24.69 | 4.62 | D5-D9 |
| Ross Staunton | N County | 23 | 133 | 5-21 | 29 | 736 | 25.38 | 5.53 | D3 |
| Fiachra Tucker | Pembroke | 24 | 162 | 6-47 | 33 | 879 | 26.64 | 5.43 | D1-D2 |
| Ben White | Phoenix | 21 | 146 | 3-13 | 22 | 686 | 31.18 | 4.70 | D2-D9 |
Age Group U19
Qualification 25 Wickets: 93 bowlers with 79 taking wickets. Nisar Hotac [Leinster] leads the averages and is joint top wicket has the best economy rates for the U19s.
| Name | Club | M | O | BP | W | Run A | Ave | Econ | League |
| Nisar Hotac | Leinster | 24 | 156 | 6-16 | 49 | 553 | 11.29 | 3.54 | D3-D8 |
| Mark Collier | Clontarf | 41 | 102 | 4-16 | 38 | 520 | 13.68 | 5.10 | D3 |
| Padraic Flanagan | YMCA | 22 | 117 | 5-33 | 34 | 511 | 15.03 | 4.37 | D3 |
| Fadi Khan | Longford | 26 | 111 | 4-17 | 29 | 510 | 17.59 | 4.59 | D6 - D13 |
| Tom Anders | Phoenix | 19 | 138 | 5-49 | 30 | 591 | 19.70 | 4.28 | D2 |
| Callum Donnelly | YMCA | 27 | 133 | 5-37 | 30 | 653 | 21.77 | 4.91 | D3-D4 |
| Shahrukh Shamim | Railway U | 24 | 134 | 4-10 | 28 | 653 | 23.32 | 4.87 | D1-D4 |
| Asher Mushtaq | Wicklow County | 29 | 156 | 3-36 | 26 | 626 | 24.08 | 4.03 | D8-D14 |
| Patrick Mount | Mullingar | 28 | 161 | 4-22 | 32 | 806 | 25.19 | 5.01 | D4-D9 |
Overall Averages: Eleven players qualify with an average of less than 15 in all forms of cricket. The thresholds for wickets is weighted according to age. Top of the averages is Gavin Hoey [Pembroke]
| Name | Club | M | O | BP | W | Run A | Ave | Econ | Age |
| Gavin Hoey | Pembroke | 6 | 23 | 4-23 | 12 | 109 | 9.08 | 4.74 | U13 |
| Nisar Hotac | Leinster | 24 | 156 | 6-16 | 49 | 553 | 11.29 | 3.54 | U19 |
| Harry Shivmangal | Knockharley | 28 | 117 | 5-17 | 34 | 385 | 11.32 | 3.29 | U17 |
| Mahbabu Rahman | Knockharley | 17 | 90 | 4-7 | 27 | 324 | 12.00 | 3.60 | U17 |
| Harry Oppermann | Clontarf | 19 | 88 | 4-13 | 24 | 316 | 13.17 | 3.59 | U15 |
| Mark Collier | Clontarf | 41 | 102 | 4-16 | 38 | 520 | 13.68 | 5.10 | U19 |
| James Cox | Clontarf | 12 | 59 | 5-31 | 20 | 276 | 13.80 | 4.68 | U17 |
| Theo Dempsey | Phoenix | 8 | 41 | 4-43 | 13 | 183 | 14.08 | 4.46 | U13 |
| Aaron O'Neill | Terenure | 24 | 143 | 6-44 | 40 | 577 | 14.43 | 4.03 | U15 |
| Justin Kavanagh | Balbriggan | 10 | 51 | 4-14 | 13 | 190 | 14.62 | 3.73 | U13 |
| Joshua Murphy | Rush | 20 | 83 | 6-18 | 27 | 395 | 14.63 | 4.76 | U15 |
As before every effort is made to provide as accurate figures as posibsle. If there are any errors spotted please let us know and we will correct. Send to scores@cricketleinster.ie