The top 10 run-scorers and wicket-takers at the end of the 2019-20 Western Province Cricket Association premier league, according to WebSports.
Top 10 run-scorers
Rondebosch Cricket Club’s Brad Barnes topped last season and this season’s list. This time, he scored 166 runs in one fewer innings.
Barnes and Claremont Cricket Club’s Matthew de Villiers struck three centuries each. No other batsman managed more than one ton.
Cape Town Cricket Club’s three is the highest number of representatives in this season’s list of top run-scorers.
Position
Player and club
Innings
Runs
Average
1st
Brad Barnes (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
20
851
47.3
2nd
Matthew de Villiers (Claremont Cricket Club)
17
729
66.3
3rd?
Gavin Kaplan (Western Province Cricket Club)
15
708
64.4
4th
William Hantam (Cape Town Cricket Club)
21
700
38.9
5th
Grant Edmeades (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
18
644
71.6
6th
Quinton Dreyer (University of the Western Cape Cricket Club)
19
621
32.7
7th
Hayes van den Berg (Durbanville Cricket Club)
17
612
38.2
8th
James Crowson (Cape Town Cricket Club)
21
589
32.7
9th
Matthew Goles (Cape Town Cricket Club)
19
560
37.3
10th
Jean Marais (Durbanville Cricket Club)
18
551
36.7
Top 10 wicket-takers
This season’s list of top wicket-takers features three spinners among the top five – one more than last season.
15 wickets separated the players at the top and bottom of this season’s top wicket-takers in the WPCA premier league. This number is more than double the same reference in the 2019-20 WPCA first division A.
Rondebosch Cricket Club’s three is the highest number of representatives in this season’s list of top wicket-takers.
Position
Player and club
Innings
Wickets
Average
1st
Alistair Gray (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
20
50
8.9
2nd
Marvin Williams (Claremont Cricket Club)
21
49
12.9
3rd
Bradley Petersen (Cape Town Cricket Club)
20
42
13.1
4th
Luke Stevens (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
21
42
14.5
5th
Nathan Swartz (Durbanville Cricket Club)
17
40
12.5
6th
Brendan Young (Cape Town Cricket Club)
21
39
15.7
7th
Jade Adams (Brackenfell Cricket Club)
20
37
18.1
8th
Wesley Bedja (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
22
36
16.1
9th
Siya Simetu (University of the Western Cape Cricket Club)
16
36
10.4
10th
Craig Meier (University of Cape Town Cricket Club)
Congratulations to RCC on a well deserved victory.
What is odd, is that Marvin WIlliamson is in the top of the bowling stats yet again, yet no call up to the next level.
Surely someone needs to consider this.
HOW CAN ANY CLUB PLAYER REACH A HIGHER LEVEL IF THE SELECTORS—WHOEVER THEY MAY BE?ARE NEVER SEEN WATCHING AND SEARCHING FOR TALENT AT CLUB CRICKET.THIS IS SOMETHING THE EXECUTIVE MUST ATTEND TO SOONER THAN LATER
Congratulations to RCC on a well deserved victory.
What is odd, is that Marvin WIlliamson is in the top of the bowling stats yet again, yet no call up to the next level.
Surely someone needs to consider this.
HOW CAN ANY CLUB PLAYER REACH A HIGHER LEVEL IF THE SELECTORS—WHOEVER THEY MAY BE?ARE NEVER SEEN WATCHING AND SEARCHING FOR TALENT AT CLUB CRICKET.THIS IS SOMETHING THE EXECUTIVE MUST ATTEND TO SOONER THAN LATER