It was a tough year for Ballyspallen who finished bottom of the Premiership, although they did manage two wins and were competitive in a number of matches.

They were forced to change professionals mid-season, had a number of injuries, and were often forced to blood youngsters.

Duminda Perera topped their charts with 425 runs at 32.69(6 fifties), while Stuart Kennedy hit 399 at exactly 19. 

Others worthy of mention are Luke Gilfillan (336 at 17.68), skipper James Thompson (320 at 16), Kyle Morrow (263 at 18.79) and replacement pro Zeeshan Malik (201 at 33.50).

The bowling lacked penetration and variety, with only Stuart Kennedy (21 wkts at 30.67) passing the 20-wicket marker.

Duminda Perera and James Thompson each took 15 wickets, while Clive Rodgers (11) and Stephen Kennedy - who got their only 5 wicket haul - the others to reach double figures.

The club continues to improve and develop their facilities, youth and women's teams and will be all the stronger for it.

The solid foundations will serve them well in the years ahead.

TOP RUNS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 D Perera 15 15 2 425 66* 32.69 425 100.00 - 6 42 20
2 Stuart Kennedy 22 22 1 399 57 19.00 484 82.44 - 1 40 19
3 L Gilfillan 20 19 - 336 61 17.68 512 65.62 - 2 45 4
4 J Thompson 22 22 2 320 58 16.00 427 74.94 - 1 30 15
5 K Morrow 17 17 3 263 57 18.79 406 64.78 - 1 20 12
6 Z Malik 6 6 - 201 49 33.50 195 103.08 - - 18 10
7 J Wenlock 12 12 - 132 35 11.00 221 59.73 - - 11 5
8 C Rodgers 12 12 - 130 68 10.83 190 68.42 - 1 20 2
9 Stephen Kennedy 10 10 1 109 44 12.11 164 66.46 - - 15 3
10 A Christie 12 12 - 108 45 9.00 215 50.23 - - 12 1
11 J O'Brien 18 17 - 99 23 5.82 210 47.14 - - 6 2
12 M O'Brien 18 15 8 67 9 9.57 125 53.60 - - 5 1
13 R Bond 12 8 2 38 24 6.33 76 50.00 - - 5 1
14 D McElhinney 13 9 6 31 17* 10.33 75 41.33 - - 3 -
15 Ryan Bond 7 5 2 16 8 5.33 42 38.10 - - 2 -
16 S Guy 3 3 1 16 8* 8.00 31 51.61 - - 2 -
17 S McCloskey 4 4 - 11 5 2.75 48 22.92 - - 2 -
18 G Thompson 4 2 - 10 10 5.00 21 47.62 - - 1 -
19 Z Guy 2 2 - 6 4 3.00 17 35.29 - - - -
20 D Quinlan 6 4 - 5 3 1.25 23 21.74 - - - -

TOP WICKETS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 Stuart Kennedy 22 118 11 644 21 3-23 30.67 5.46 33.71 - 34 -
2 D Perera 15 81.4 6 400 15 2-14 26.67 4.90 32.67 - 15 -
3 J Thompson 22 86.1 2 696 15 4-28 46.40 8.08 34.47 - 18 1
4 C Rodgers 12 63 3 304 11 2-22 27.64 4.83 34.36 - 11 2
5 Stephen Kennedy 10 49.5 1 296 10 5-53 29.60 5.94 29.90 1 2 -
6 K Morrow 17 40.5 - 309 8 2-34 38.62 7.57 30.62 - 7 2
7 M O'Brien 18 35 - 305 7 2-24 43.57 8.71 30.00 - 19 2
8 J Wenlock 12 34.3 - 282 5 2-45 56.40 8.17 41.40 - 21 2
9 J O'Brien 18 15.3 3 103 4 2-7 25.75 6.65 23.25 - 1 -
10 Z Malik 6 38 5 175 4 2-31 43.75 4.61 57.00 - 8 -
11 D McElhinney 13 7.5 - 39 2 2-18 19.50 4.98 23.50 - 4 1
12 R Bond 12 3.3 - 46 1 1-4 46.00 13.14 21.00 - - -
13 S Guy 3 5 - 47 1 1-24 47.00 9.40 30.00 - 1 -
14 S McCloskey 4 18 1 101 1 1-35 101.00 5.61 108.00 - 1 1