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Posted By: Editorial
March 18, 2020
The top 10 run-scorers and wicket-takers at the end of the 2019-20 Western Province Cricket Association first division A, according to WebSports.
Top 10 run-scorers
- Green Point Cricket Club’s Zak Elkin topped the list by almost 200 runs, from two fewer innings than Rylands Cricket Club’s Rushdi Jappie in second place.
- Elkin and Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club’s Wade Cupido are the only players on this season’s list who featured last season as well.
- Cupido and ninth-placed Franco Kasner were new to Northerns Goodwood this season, having arrived from Tygerberg Cricket Club.
| Position |
Player and club |
Innings |
Runs |
Average |
| 1st |
Zac Elkin (Green Point Cricket Club) |
17 |
802 |
66.8 |
| 2nd |
Rushdi Jappie (Rylands Cricket Club) |
19 |
623 |
47.9 |
| 3rd? |
Taariq Behardien (Ottoman Cricket Club) |
18 |
567 |
31.5 |
| 4th |
Muneer Alexander (Green Point Cricket Club) |
18 |
520 |
30.6 |
| 5th |
Curtley Louw (Tygerberg Cricket Club) |
18 |
483 |
26.8 |
| 6th |
Jeandre Jumat (Kraaifontein Cricket Club) |
19 |
445 |
26.2 |
| 7th |
Wade Cupido (Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club) |
18 |
406 |
22.6 |
| 8th |
Quasim Salie (Primrose Cricket Club) |
16 |
404 |
26.9 |
| 9th |
Franco Kasner (Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club) |
18 |
403 |
23.7 |
| 10th |
Jancan Adams (Tygerberg Cricket Club) |
17 |
387 |
29.8 |
Top 10 wicket-takers
- This season’s leading wicket-taker, Green Point Cricket Club’s Adam Scher, took 14 fewer than last season’s top wicket-taker, Primrose Cricket Club’s David Schierhout.
- Edgemead Cricket Club’s Simon Blake and Kraaifontein Cricket Club’s Craig Ephraim are the only players on this year’s list who featured last season as well.
| Position |
Player and club |
Innings |
Wickets |
Average |
| 1st |
Adam Scher (Green Point Cricket Club) |
19 |
37 |
16.0 |
| 2nd |
Shaheed Abader (United Cricket Club) |
18 |
36 |
11.3 |
| 3rd |
Sadiek Davids (Ottoman Cricket Club) |
19 |
35 |
13.9 |
| 4th |
Suhail Fortuin (Primrose Cricket Club) |
20 |
34 |
14.2 |
| 5th |
Anthony Umar (Rylands Cricket Club) |
19 |
33 |
15.1 |
| 6th |
Ridiwaan Williams (Rylands Cricket Club) |
20 |
33 |
15.3 |
| 7th |
Saul Anstey (Green Point Cricket Club) |
19 |
32 |
15.5 |
| 8th |
Simon Blake (Edgemead Cricket Club) |
16 |
31 |
13.9 |
| 9th |
Malcolm Cloete (Milnerton Cricket Club) |
20 |
30 |
16.7 |
| 10th |
Craig Ephraim (Kraaifontein Cricket Club) |
15 |
30 |
11.0 |
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