ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Anthony Alleyne and Rahkeem Cornwall are the top performers following the first three rounds in the Digicel Regional 4-Day Tournament. Alleyne, the Barbados Pride left-handed opener, has been the most prolific batsman so far with 443 runs from five innings in three matches at an average of 88.60. He entered the first break in the season with four successive scores of 50 runs or more, including a maiden first-class hundred of 186 against Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the second round of matches at Queen’s Park Oval in the T&T capital of Port of Spain.
The 23-year-old Alleyne, a former West Indies Under-19 player, is the only batsman to aggregate more than 300 runs for the season – and only six others – including former West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul – have reached the 200-run threshold.
Cornwall, the Leeward Islands Hurricanes off-spin bowling all-rounder, has been the most successful bowler so far with 19 wickets at an average of 23.68 runs apiece. The 23-year-old from Antigua & Barbuda has continued in the rich vein of form from the recent West Indies A-Team trip to Sri Lanka, where he was the visitors’ most successful bowler.
He has twice captured five wickets or more in an innings twice this season, including a best bowling performance of 6-82 against two-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars in the second round of matches at Warner Park in the St. Kitts capital of Basseterre.
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
My XI to date....
1) Anthony Alleyne - 443 runs @ average of 88.60
2) Kyle Hope - 255 runs @ ave of 63.75
3) Raj Chandrika - 224 runs @ ave of 56
4) Nkrumah Bonner - 200 runs @ ave of 50
5) Shiv Chanderpaul - 200 runs @ ave of 66.66
6) Shamarh Brooks - 208 runs @ ave of 52
7) Rahkeem Cornwall - 152 runs @ ave of 38 & 19 wickets @ average of 23.68
Jahmar Hamilton (wkpr) - 118 runs @ ave of 39.33
9) Nikita Miller - 13 wkts @ ave of 17.76
10) Veerasammy Permaul - 14 wkts @ ave of 21.57
11) Keon Joseph - 11 wkts @ ave of 18.45
Keon Joseph the most improved player/fast bowler so far
He's on the up...esp since that A team tour
lessons
In reply to mikesiva... figures fitting to be called an All-rounder
7) Rahkeem Cornwall - 152 runs @ ave of 38 & 19 wickets @ average of 23.68
In reply to doosra
He's a strange one though Joseph....I occasionally catch a view of him when when a Guyana game is streamed... he normally looks very innocuous to me... one one occasion last year ( can't remember which game) he looked really good... really steaming in and bowling very fast... hurried and troubled all the batsmen.... I know all quick bowlers ( in fact all bowlers) have good and not so good days when the ball perhaps doesn't come out properly but he really seems to run very cold and occasionally very hot !
In reply to robbo
that hot and cold corresponds to being played this match, dropped for the next 15 , play another
we finally have him playing consistently and it is paying off
In reply to robbo
Joseph looked really really good against Barbados. Maybe he needs encouraging wickets.
In reply to Baje
he bowled really well on the A tour in Lanka as well...ah i said that a million times before lol
