Leinster
League position: 7th, with 4 wins, 9 defeats and one no result
Cups: first round defeat in Leinster Senior Cup; second round win and third round defeat in Irish Senior Cup
Total matches: 17 (total players used: 20)
Batting
Total runs: 3134 (329 extras) from 151 innings (23 not out) in 667.5 overs at 4.7 runs per over
Scores of 20-49 - 34; fifties - 13; hundreds - 2
Leading run scorers:
Brathwaite, Carlos - 608 @ 43, with 7 scores 20-49, 1 fifty, 2 hundreds
Scholtz, Anton - 369 @ 31, with 4, 3
O'Dwyer JP - 359 @ 26, with 4, 2
Mallon, Craig - 309 @ 28, with 3, 2
Dockrell, George - 260 @ 33, with 1, 3
Kelly, Mark - 244 @ 19, with 4, 1
Modes of dismissal: b - 30; lbw - 14; c wkt - 20; st - 4; c&b - 2; c - 50; ro - 8
Bowling
Total runs conceded: 3,525 (370 extras) from 116 completed innings in 757.1 overs at 4.7 runs per over
Individual hauls of 4 wickets or better - 2
Leading wicket takers:
Brathwaite, Carlos - 27 @ 25 at economy of 4.2
Kelly, Mark - 22 @ 23 at 4.1
Byrne, Peter - 17 @ 30 at 4.8
Dockrell, George - 13 @ 27 with 1 4+ haul at 4.1
Scholtz, Anton - 11 @ 49 with 1 4+ haul at 5.1
Lennon, Will - 9 @ 34 at 5.1
Modes of dismissal: b - 27; lbw - 17; c wkt - 18; st - 4; c&b - 1; c - 41; ro - 8
Fielding
Wicketkeeping: Jones, Mark 12+0
Outfield catches: Scholtz, Anton - 10; Miley, Rob - 8
Comments
The balance of the team was fine: four all-rounders; two bats; two bowlers; a (third choice) keeper; and two bits and pieces players. One all-rounder, George Dockrell, missed over half the season with Ireland, another, Carlos Brathwaite, did very well, but most of the others disappointed. Matches which could (should) have been won weren't, so the team got relegated. Lots of hard work and planning will be needed for an immediate return to Division 1.
For each side is presented a summary of team and individual performances, plus a few comments. Statistics are derived from all matches (League, Leinster Senior Cup, Irish Senior Cup) in which there was at least one innings completed (including two no results).
