BREADY (League position 3rd; Senior Cup: 1st round)

Bready mounted a serious league challenge and it wasn’t until the final few weeks that they slipped up with losses at Brigade and Eglinton, as well as having a wash-out at Bonds Glen. They rarely had a full strength side, and had more than their fair share of injuries and availability issues which makes their title challenge all the more impressive. They did pick up silverware with a victory over Coleraine in the ammy Jeffrey final.

They were very reliant on their top order with four players topping 400 runs, and in the process making 18 of the 22 fifties they managed – nobody making a hundred. David Rankin led the way as he scored an impressive 737 at 38.79, which included 6 fifties and saw him make the top 10 in the region. Irosh hit five half centuries on his way to 553 at 30.72, while teenager Gavin Roulston scored 484 at just over 30, and new signing Kyle Magee hit 438 at 33.69 (four 50s).

The bowling unit had to do without Irish international Conor Olphert for all but four early season games, but they did have five bowlers that passed 20 wickets.

Irosh was the only one in the North West top 20 though, thanks to his 28 wickets at 17.43, while skipper David Scanlon managed 23 at 20.35 despite a late season injury. Jordan McCorkell picked up 22 at 23.86, while Ian Young managed 22 at 25, including a match-winning six wickets against Fox Lodge. Gavin Roulston completed a fine all-round campaign as he took 20 at 24.05.

Bready have a youth system that is second to none and solid foundations in place that allow for a steady stream of talent that filters into the senior ranks, so no doubt they will once again be there or thereabouts when the trophies are given out.

TOP RUN SCORERS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 D Rankin 21 21 2 737 93 38.79 853 86.40 - 6 68 14
2 I Samarasooriya 20 19 1 553 83* 30.72 602 91.86 - 5 53 17
3 G Roulston 19 18 2 484 90* 30.25 587 82.45 - 3 60 10
4 K Magee 16 16 3 438 72* 33.69 473 81.18 - 4 37 11
5 I Young 23 19 3 265 51 16.56 321 82.55 - 1 15 11
6 R Clarke 21 14 1 237 87 18.23 359 66.02 - 1 17 4
7 J Magee 22 20 4 235 42* 14.69 370 63.51 - - 21 1
8 D Scanlon 21 17 3 217 50 15.50 235 88.09 - 1 16 10
9 M Magee 11 11 1 186 71 18.60 199 93.47 - 1 19 7
10 J McCorkell 20 13 3 135 35 13.50 196 60.71 - - 9 1
11 D McCloskey 14 13 4 107 37* 11.89 169 58.58 - - 8 -
12 N McCombe 10 6 1 23 10 4.60 28 82.14 - - 1 1
13 M Collum 7 4 3 20 10* 20.00 25 80.00 - - 2 -
14 R Campbell 4 3 2 14 6* 14.00 17 82.35 - - 1 -
15 A Cooke 6 3 3 12 8* - 9 133.33 - - 2 -
16 C Olphert 4 2 - 10 9 5.00 13 76.92 - - 1 -
17 A Dalzell 2 1 1 2 2* - 3 66.67 - - - -
18 P Ryan 2 2 - 2 1 1.00 9 22.22 - - - -
19 B Crumley Jnr 3 1 1 1 1* - 3 33.33 - - - -
20 P Robinson 2 1 - 1 1 1.00 1 100.00 - - - -

TOP WICKET TAKERS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 I Samarasooriya 20 115.5 11 488 28 4-43 17.43 4.21 24.82 - 23 1
2 D Scanlon 21 98.4 13 468 23 3-14 20.35 4.74 25.74 - 37 2
3 J McCorkell 20 91 3 525 22 4-54 23.86 5.77 24.82 - 36 10
4 I Young 23 116 8 551 22 6-22 25.05 4.75 31.64 1 35 -
5 G Roulston 19 104 10 481 20 3-30 24.05 4.62 31.20 - 11 1
6 N McCombe 10 53.3 1 289 16 4-7 18.06 5.40 20.06 - 10 3
7 K Magee 16 39.2 3 201 13 3-26 15.46 5.11 18.15 - 3 1
8 C Olphert 4 15 - 99 5 3-16 19.80 6.60 18.00 - 25 8
9 A Cooke 6 19 1 114 5 3-20 22.80 6.00 22.80 - 7 -
10 M Magee 11 15 - 82 3 1-12 27.33 5.47 30.00 - 3 -
11 J Orr 1 4 - 19 2 2-19 9.50 4.75 12.00 - - 1
12 T Faulkner 1 5 2 12 1 1-12 12.00 2.40 30.00 - 2 -
13 D McCloskey 14 4.3 - 27 1 1-27 27.00 6.00 27.00 - 5 -
14 D Rankin 21 10 1 47 1 1-16 47.00 4.70 60.00 - 1 1
15 B Crumley Jnr 3 8 - 57 1 1-10 57.00 7.12 48.00 - - -
16 P Ryan 2 8 - 67 1 1-14 67.00 8.38 48.00 - 4 -
17 M Collum 7 29 1 160 1 1-20 160.00 5.52 174.00 - 6 2
18 A Dalzell 2 4 - 31 - 0-31 - 7.75 - - 2 -
19 J Magee 22 4.5 - 38 - 0-7 - 7.86 - - - 1