Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

Oliver Joins Mitchell And Munro In Topping 200 Run Mark In T20 Blast

Oliver Joins Mitchell And Munro In Topping 200 Run Mark In T20 Blast

Opener Richard Oliver's return to form in NatWest T20 Blast cricket means Worcestershire Rapids now have three batsman who have topped the 200 run mark in this season's competition.

Oliver's impressive 44 in Sunday's home clash with Lancashire Lightning means he has now scored 233 runs in nine innings in the competition in his first season with the club.

Skipper Daryl Mitchell still leads the way with 276 runs after his 46 against the Red Rose county with New Zealander Colin Munro just behind him on 253.

On the bowling front Chris Russell is in front with 16 wickets from seven games despite not adding to that tally against Lancashire.

Saeed Ajmal has the best economy rate, conceding just 6.28 runs per over ahead of his final T20 Blast appearance of 2014 against Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston on Friday.

AVERAGES AFTER 11 MATCHES

BATTING

Mitchell Matches 9, Innings 9, Not Outs 3, Runs 276, Average 46.00

Munro 9, 9, 1, 253, 31.62

Oliver 9, 9, 0, 233, 25.88

Kervezee 9, 7, 1, 122, 20.33

Kohler-Cadmore 7, 7, 0, 121, 17.28

Whiteley 9, 8, 3, 114, 22.80

Ali 4, 4, 0, 101, 25.25

Cox 9, 7, 5, 43, 21.50

Andrew 1, 1, 0, 20, 20.00

Ajmal 8, 1, 0, 16, 16.00

Shantry 9, 2, 1, 16, 16.00

D'Oliveira 6, 2, 2, 9, —

Morris 2, 1, 1, 2 —

Russell 6, 0, 0, 0 —

BOWLING

Russell: Matches 7, Overs 27, Runs 231, Wkts 16, Average 14.43, Economy 8.55

Shantry 9, 35, 303, 10, 30.30, 8.65

Ajmal 9, 35, 220, 9, 24.44, 6.28

Munro 9, 18, 157, 5, 31.40, 8.72

Ali 4, 16, 112, 4, 28.00, 7.00

Morris 2, 8, 82, 2, 41.00, 10.25

Mitchell 9, 16, 147, 1, 147.00, 9.18

D'Oliveira 6, 15, 126, 1, 126.00, 8.40

Whiteley 9, 3, 41, 0, —, 13.66