STRABANE (League position 11th; Senior Cup 2nd round)
Strabane struggled for consistency throughout the season, proving the equal of many on their day, but they suffered more than most with injuries and availability throughout the year.
They had a quality overseas player in Nasir Nawaz who hit the only two senior hundreds for the Red Caps in his 799 at 47, also making five fifties. He forged a successful opening partnership with Kevin Gallagher – 580 runs at 29 – who hit two half centuries. Aaron Gillespie made 472 at 31.47 despite missing a chunk of the year, but those three aside there wasn’t much else with Ryan Gallagher (219) and Usman Azhar (214) the next best.
Gallagher topped the bowling charts with 31 wickets at 15.81, followed by fellow spinner Rhys Logue who picked up 28 at 16.07, including a five-wicket haul. The new ball duo of Nawaz – 26 at 23.81 – and Usman Azhar – 25 at 23.08 – proved a real handful at times, while Andy Mullen (17 at 27.35) was the fifth member of the bowling unit.
Strabane will be one of the favourites for what is sure to be a keenly contested Championship, and if they can add a player or two to improve their depth, then a return to the Premiership may not be too far away.
TOP RUNS
# | Name | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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1 | N Nawaz | 21 | 20 | 3 | 799 | 121 | 47.00 | 743 | 107.54 | 2 | 5 | 95 | 29 |
2 | K Gallagher | 22 | 22 | 2 | 580 | 65 | 29.00 | 702 | 82.62 | - | 2 | 69 | 10 |
3 | A Gillespie | 15 | 15 | - | 472 | 93 | 31.47 | 434 | 108.76 | - | 3 | 65 | 14 |
4 | R Gallagher | 19 | 17 | 2 | 239 | 71* | 15.93 | 337 | 70.92 | - | 1 | 23 | 4 |
5 | U Azhar | 18 | 15 | 4 | 214 | 34 | 19.45 | 340 | 62.94 | - | - | 18 | 9 |
6 | C Graham | 19 | 16 | 1 | 164 | 53 | 10.93 | 305 | 53.77 | - | 1 | 16 | 2 |
7 | V Moorthy | 13 | 9 | 4 | 93 | 26* | 18.60 | 122 | 76.23 | - | - | 11 | - |
8 | R Logue | 16 | 16 | 5 | 86 | 21* | 7.82 | 144 | 59.72 | - | - | 8 | 1 |
9 | Mk McNulty | 10 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 5.12 | 86 | 47.67 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
10 | G Gillespie | 16 | 7 | - | 24 | 10 | 3.43 | 86 | 27.91 | - | - | 2 | - |
11 | A Ganesan | 7 | 4 | - | 21 | 12 | 5.25 | 28 | 75.00 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
12 | A Mullen | 17 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2.71 | 27 | 70.37 | - | - | - | 2 |
13 | P Gillespie | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 34 | 52.94 | - | - | 1 | - |
14 | K Ravichandran | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7* | 6.00 | 24 | 50.00 | - | - | 1 | - |
15 | Tom Harpur | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 34 | 26.47 | - | - | 1 | - |
16 | T Barr | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 10 | 60.00 | - | - | 1 | - |
17 | R Chhibber | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6.00 | 14 | 42.86 | - | - | 1 | - |
18 | L McGarrigle | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | 1.67 | 26 | 19.23 | - | - | - | - |
19 | T Mandeep | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 4 | 25.00 | - | - | - | - |
20 | R Kanala | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 14 | 7.14 | - | - | - | - |
TOP WICKETS
# | Name | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI | wds | nbs |
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1 | R Gallagher | 19 | 103 | 8 | 490 | 31 | 3-7 | 15.81 | 4.76 | 19.94 | - | 21 | - |
2 | R Logue | 16 | 82.4 | 2 | 450 | 28 | 5-8 | 16.07 | 5.44 | 17.71 | 1 | 5 | - |
3 | N Nawaz | 21 | 114.5 | 7 | 619 | 26 | 3-12 | 23.81 | 5.39 | 26.50 | - | 32 | 9 |
4 | U Azhar | 18 | 100.5 | 4 | 577 | 25 | 5-16 | 23.08 | 5.72 | 24.20 | 1 | 49 | 3 |
5 | A Mullen | 17 | 90 | 5 | 465 | 17 | 3-16 | 27.35 | 5.17 | 31.76 | - | 7 | - |
6 | V Moorthy | 13 | 25.4 | - | 165 | 8 | 4-24 | 20.62 | 6.43 | 19.25 | - | 17 | - |
7 | Mk McNulty | 10 | 23 | - | 130 | 6 | 4-9 | 21.67 | 5.65 | 23.00 | - | 5 | - |
8 | A Gillespie | 15 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2-19 | 9.50 | 2.38 | 24.00 | - | 1 | - |
9 | R Kanala | 5 | 4.2 | - | 26 | 2 | 1-1 | 13.00 | 6.00 | 13.00 | - | 1 | - |
10 | P Gillespie | 1 | 8 | - | 33 | 1 | 1-33 | 33.00 | 4.12 | 48.00 | - | 2 | - |
11 | K Singh | 2 | 2 | - | 8 | - | 0-8 | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 1 |
12 | S Narayan | 1 | .5 | - | 8 | - | 0-8 | - | 9.60 | - | - | - | - |
13 | P Carlin | 2 | 2 | - | 9 | - | 0-9 | - | 4.50 | - | - | 1 | - |
14 | T Barr | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | - | 0-17 | - | 17.00 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
15 | K Gallagher | 22 | 4.4 | - | 37 | - | 0-4 | - | 7.93 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
16 | K Ravichandran | 6 | 7.5 | - | 59 | - | 0-22 | - | 7.53 | - | - | 3 | - |