Friday, July 18th, 2014

Skipper Mitchell Tops 300 Runs For The Rapids In Natwest T20 Blast

Skipper Mitchell Tops 300 Runs For The Rapids In Natwest T20 Blast

Skipper Daryl Mitchell has become the first Worcestershire Rapids player to top 300 runs in this season's NatWest T20 Blast.

Mitchell will head into tonight's clash with Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Northampton having scored 309 runs at an average of 44.14.

His tally includes three half centuries and the 30-year-old has reaped the benefits of moving up to open in the shortened format of the game after Moeen Ali's call-up by England.

Saeed Ajmal ended his spell at New Road with the best economy rate of the Worcestershire bowlers in the T20 Blast.

The Pakistan spin wizard conceded an average of just 6.09 runs per over and was also the second highest wicket-taker with 12 victims.

AVERAGES AFTER 12 MATCHES BATTING

Mitchell Matches 10, Innings 10, Not Outs 3, Runs 309, Average 44.14

Munro 10, 10, 1, 262, 29.11

Oliver 10, 10, 0, 237, 23.70

Kohler Cadmore 8, 8, 0, 172, 21.50

Whiteley 10, 9, 3, 134, 22.33

Kervezee 10, 8, 1, 130, 18.57

Ali 4, 4, 0, 101, 25.25

Cox 10, 8, 6, 77, 38.50

Andrew 1, 1, 0, 20, 20.00

D'Oliveira 7, 3, 3, 20, —

Ajmal 8, 1, 0, 16, 16.00

Shantry 9, 2, 1, 16, 16.00

Morris 2, 1, 1, 2 —

Russell 6, 0, 0, 0 —

BOWLING

Russell: Matches 8, Overs 30.2, Runs 280, Wkts 16, Average 17.50, Economy 9.27

Ajmal 10, 39, 237, 12, 19.75, 6.07

Shantry 10, 39, 340, 10, 34.30, 8.71

Munro 10, 20, 185, 6, 30.83, 9.25

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

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

Mitchell 10, 19, 170, 2, 85.00, 8.94

D'Oliveira 7, 18, 144, 1, 144.00, 8.00

Whiteley 9, 3, 41, 0, —, 13.66