Red ball cricket stats, none of that kiddie cricket whack-a-ball here...

A. Athanaze 128 runs @ 32 (2 x 50s, HS 64)

K. Carty 197 runs @ 32 (1 x 100, HS 147)

R. Chase 100 runs @ 50 (1 x 50, HS 84) 8 wkts @ 25 (BB 5/28 )

J. Greaves 214 runs @ 42 (1 x 100, 1 x 50, HS 122) 2 wkts @ 80 (BB 1/29)

S. Joseph 78 runs @ 26 (HS 46) 6 wkts @ 29 (BB 2/26)

B. King 64 runs @ 32 (1 x 50, HS 63)

G. Motie 120 runs @ 30 (1 x 50, HS 53) 24 wkts @ 12 (BB 6/73)

J. Seales 13 runs @ 13 (HS 13) 13 wkts @ 8 (BB 7/34)

J. Warrican 13 runs @ 6 (HS 9) 11 wkts @ 26 (BB 5/71)

Development (starter) contracted players:

J. Andrew 57 runs @ 9 (HS 27)

J. Blades 21 runs @ 21 (HS 21) 2 wkts @ 46 (BB1/31)

J. Layne 60 runs @ 60 (HS 43*) 5 wkts @ 26 (BB 2/15)

The following players were not among those to have their contracts renewed but were previously contracted:

K. Brathwaite 294 runs @ 73 (1 x 100, 1 x 50, HS 176)

T. Chanderpaul 308 runs @ 77 (1 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 117*)

J. Da Silva 318 runs @ 106 (1 x 100, 1 x 50, HS 220)

K. Mayers 159 runs @ 39 (2 x 50s, HS 84) 3 wkts @ 36 (BB 2/17)

K. Roach 21 runs @ 21 (HS 21) 9 wkts @ 26 (BB 3/50)*

(* Kemar Roach is playing county cricket in England)

@4REALQUICKS

Thanks 4RQ. The question is what is the standard required of these international or near international players on the regional circuit. I think for batters it should be a 50+ average and for bowlers, no more than 25 runs per wicket.

ps I note that you did not include a few players in your stats such as Imlach, Hodge, Jangoo, Mckenzie, Campbell, Phillip and Auguste. Perhaps you can update?

@4REALQUICKS

Thanks for that!

I'll just add a list of the top batsmen so far:

Wickham 371 runs @ average of 124

Campbell 334 @ 67

McKenzie 323 @ 65

Da Silva 318 @ 106

Chanderpaul 308 @ 77

@PalsofMine

I wanted to focus on the players who are contracted, hence the title.

mikesilva has kindly added some more to the thread, so we can look at the likes of Campbell, McKenzie etc.

Just adding the other players requested:

A. Auguste 197 runs @ 32 (2 x 50s, HS 95)

T. Imlach 151 runs @ 30 (1 x 50, HS 82)

A. Jangoo 299 runs @ 149 (1 x 100, 1 x 50, HS 203*)

K. Hodge 154 runs @ 25 (1 x 50, HS 74) 3 wkts @ 36 (BB 1/23)

A. Phillip 34 runs @ 34 (HS 22*) 17 wkts @ 17 (BB 6/38 )

@mikesiva

Wickham 371 runs @ average of 124

Campbell 334 @ 67

McKenzie 323 @ 65

Da Silva 318 @ 106

Chanderpaul 308 @ 77

Add Hope to the mix And Da Silva as captain and thats the batting sorted

Add our two best spinners our two best fast bowlers and Holder and there is your team right there

It will upset the SS posse but dem backside😆

A 3 game Season is too short to make anything of averages. In addition playing against the same opposition makes stats alone more unreliable. Hope we get back to a proper FC season next season. as next year we CWI should see a profit.

Good to see some of the usual suspects who are on or should be about the test team prosper. Shows that on average, these are the better batsmen in the region: Campbell, Silva, Jangoo, Tage, Paint. Also good to see the seamers like Phillips, Seales, Smith, Mindley also do well and also spinners like Motie, Warrican and to a lesser extent, Salmon, Dember and Pierre. Interesting that no leg spinners were picked except probably Cyrus who had a below par season. Only Wickham came from out of the dark to shine as a batsman. Of the allrounders, Keemo probably bowled the best and had a couple 50s. Hinds had a century but not many wickets. Salmon had a couple wickets but not much runs. The poorest for the season were probably Hodge and the perennial Cornwall who probably had his worst season on record and the most disappointing were Andrew and Evin Lewis.

@voiceofreason

in the era where most test nations play at best a 3 test series, this format was not totally unrealistic as a way of preparing for meeting the same opposition more than once rather than hiding your average behind a huge score against a weak bowling attack in one match while failing against a stronger bowling attack knowing that you only have to face the stronger attack once. I think the best metric to look at from this system is how did players progress from match to match. Look at Hamilton's performances for example or Silva's in LI v TT. If we could get players who could do the same in a test series, just show improvement from game to game, we would be a much happier bunch of fans.

@PalsofMine

Anyone

Where is Hope ?

@PalsofMine

Thinking the same thing. I would only wish for more 3 game series. Example Yaad would now move on to play one of the other 4 teams and BIM likewise. Lots of 3 match series. Cricket all year.

From the recently concluded matches one cannot properly gauge the quality of the batsmen with a bundle of runs.

Where the format failed is that we know there is weakness against good spin bowling and most if not all of those high scorers did not face Motie who is probably the best spinner around now. Proof of that is his 24 wickets @ 12, sadly it was against the same team three times. So apart from the batsmen he was not tested too.

Folks who are advocating for 2 group of 4 teams playing each other twice and the top team from each group contest a final may be on to something more worthwile.

@natty_forever

Why cant regional teams just tour each other, outside of the regional competition? Ja can send a team to TT for a red or white ball series etc. If this is outside the regional competition, then CWI may not need to foot the bill but only give its blessing. If the individual boards can afford it or get sponsors for it, it would be good to keep the players active. I believe that in the pre Shell Shield era, there were such regional games, eg when Worrell and Walcott as teenagers thoroughly embarrassed Trinidad with an almost 500 run partnership.

@Kay

I would say Akeem Auguste did well vs both Motie and Shamar for the WI. Two 90s in the first 2 matches with one coming in the second innings of the second match. I dont think he should open at any level though.

@tc1

Where is Hope ?

I just reached out to a source and I'm awaiting a response.

My suspicion is that Hope is resting after a very long active period.

I will give a better reply when mu source gets back to me.

Ans no, Hope is not my source.

I do not have direct contact with hope.