Statistics Booklet 2015-16 Premier League Statistician Report prepared by Bob Cotgrove Cricket Tasmania Premier League (CTPL) First Grade Activity. [see Table 1] Despite generally fine weather throughout the summer this season’s First Grade activity, measured by the total balls bowled, 41175, was the lowest for 5 seasons when wet weather restricted the 2010- 11 season to just 38739 balls. Last season 42724 balls were bowled and three summers ago, in the 2012-13 season, 47794 balls were bowled, an extra 1103 overs. Partly this reduction in activity may be due to a decrease in the number of scheduled matches, from 21 matches (complete round-robin matches in each of the three formats, Twenty20, One-Day and Two-Day) in 2012-13 to just 17 matches this season (5 matches in each of the Twenty20 and One-Day formats and 7 matches in the Two-Day format). A total of 25738 runs were scored, the lowest since the 2010-11 season, for the loss of 1139 wickets, the lowest since the 2009-10 season. The number of runs scored per wicket lost, 22.60, was slightly higher than the previous 3 seasons but continues the trend of consistency in the low 20s range. The scoring rate of 62.51 runs per 100 balls was comparable with recent seasons in the low 60s range, considerably higher than the trend for scoring rates to be below 50 runs per 100 balls that prevailed prior to the mid-1990s. Given the consistency of runs per wicket, the generally higher scoring rate is mirrored by the generally lower loss rate of 36.15 balls per wicket this season. Although comparable with other seasons this century, the loss rate is considerably lower than the rate of balls per wicket in the 50s that prevailed prior to the mid-1990s. The conclusion is that batsmen are scoring more quickly but losing their wickets more frequently this century than was the case during the latter part of the last century. Club performances. [see Tables 2, 3 and 4] Table 2 gives the match scores in each of the 68 scheduled matches (17 rounds) for the season by runs scored and wickets lost (across the rows) and runs conceded and wickets taken (down the columns). Table 3 shows the overall Club totals, while Table 4 gives a breakdown by Club for each of the three types of matches (Twenty20, One-Day, and Two-Day) in terms of batting (runs scored, wickets lost, balls received, runs scored per wicket lost, runs scored per 100 balls faced and balls faced per wicket lost) and in terms of bowling (runs conceded, wickets taken, balls bowled, runs conceded per wicket taken, runs conceded per 100 balls bowled and balls bowled per wicket taken). Overall performances. [see Table 3] Measured by total percentage, the ratio of the batting average (runs scored per wicket lost) to the bowling average (runs conceded per wicket taken), the season was dominated by the four teams who made the semi-finals. Minor premiers Kingborough had the best percentage, 143.36, ahead of eventual premiers, South Hobart-Sandy Bay (134.77), Clarence (121.26) and University (110.96). At the other end of the scale, New Town again had the lowest percentage (68.62) below North Hobart (78.18), Glenorchy (86.42) and Lindisfarne (88.54). In the 15 seasons this century, New Town’s overall percentage has not exceeded 100 in any season, ranging from a low of 44.4 in 2002-03 to a high of 96.0 in 2003-04. On the other hand, during the same period, Clarence is the only club to finish each season with a percentage greater than 100, ranging from a low 100.2 in 2007-08 to a high of 195.8 in 2003-04. In batting, South Hobart-Sandy Bay had the highest batting average, 28.89 runs per wicket, and the highest loss rate, losing a wicket only every 42 balls, and scoring its runs at the high rate of 69 runs per 100 balls. On the other end of the scale, Lindisfarne and New Town had the lowest batting averages, 18.65 and 18.83 respectively, losing a wicket every 32 and 35 balls respectively and having the slowest scoring rate, 58 and 53 runs per 100 balls respectively. In bowling, Kingborough’s bowlers dominated conceding only 16.27 runs for each wicket taken, restricting opposition teams to just 55 runs per 100 balls and taking a wicket every 30 balls. On the other hand North Hobart had the highest bowling average conceding 30.40 runs per wicket, allowed opposing teams to score at 71 runs per 100 balls and taking a wicket only every 43 balls. New Town’s bowlers did little better, having a bowling average of 27.43, conceding 74 runs per 100 balls and collecting a wicket only every 37 balls. Tweny20 Matches. Lindisfarne has the best percentage of all teams in the Twenty20 matches, its batting average of 21.54 and the competition’s lowest bowling average of only 13.95 giving it a percentage of 154.42. North Hobart had the lowest percentage, 61.46, made up of the lowest batting average of 14.14 and the highest bowling average, 23.00. One-Day Matches. Kingborough dominated in the One-Day matches with a percentage of 168.82. It had the highest batting average, 25.56, and the highest loss rate, losing a wicket only every 37 balls, as well as having by far the lowest bowling average, 15.14. Clarence was next best in bowling averages with 21.86 runs per wicket. Kingborough conceded the least runs per 100 balls, 57.00 (with Clarence again second best with 67.87). Kingborough also had the best strike rate, taking a wicket every 26.56 balls. New Town had the worst One-Day percentage, 74.72, due principally to its very low batting average of just 16.81 runs per wicket lost. Not surprisingly it had the worst loss rate, losing a wicket every 28 balls, and the slowest scoring rate of only 61 runs per 100 balls. Two-Day Matches The four semi-final teams, Clarence, Kingborough, South Hobart-Sandy Bay and University dominated the round of Two-Day matches. Premiers, South Hobart-Sandy Bay had the best percentage, 155.47, made up of the competition’s highest batting average, 32.50, and third lowest bowling average, 20.90. University had the third highest batting average, 31.11, while Clarence and Kingborough had by far the lowest bowling averages, 16.97 and 17.09, respectively. Lindisfarne had the competition’s lowest batting average, 16.25, only half that of South Hobart-Sandy Bay, for a percentage of 73.41, while New Town, 66.50, and North Hobart, 64.00, had by far the highest bowling averages, giving them percentages of 59.94 and 88.19 respectively. Glenorchy batsmen had the fastest scoring rate, 61 runs per 100 balls, but suffered the lowest loss rate, losing a wicket every 35 balls. Clarence’s and Kingborough’s bowlers restricted opposing batsmen to the lowest economy rates of 34 and 37 runs per 100 balls respectively. Player Performances. [see Tables 5, 6 and 7] Batting Twenty five players qualified for the CTPL batting averages by scoring at least 300 runs from a minimum of 6 innings. This compares with 29 players last season. Emerson Rodwell medallist for the competition’s best and fairest player, and playing coach of Clarence, Daniel Salpietro was the season’s stand-out player, being the highest run scorer with 949 runs at 55.82 and claiming 29 wickets at 16.00. He also took 10 catches. Salpietro’s performances included 4 centuries as well as a One-Day match effort of 59 not out and 6-24 against Kingborough. His centuries included 106 and 100 not out in One-Day matches against Lindisfarne and South Hobart- Sandy Bay, as well as 144 against New Town and a second innings 111 not out against University. Tim Paine of University won the batting average with a mammoth 240.5, being dismissed only twice in 7 trips to the crease while accumulating 481 runs. His runs included a match-winning innings of 172 not out against New Town and an impressive carrying-his-bat score of 92 not out against Clarence as well as other innings of 46 not out, 34, 50 not out, 57 and 30 not out. Salpietro’s captain, Harrison Allanby, was the second highest aggregate run scorer with 623 runs at 34.61, including consecutive scores of 162 against Kingborough and 135 against North Hobart to complete the roster series. North Hobart opener Jordan Silk was third highest run scorer with 605 runs at the second highest average of 86.43. Silk’s innings included 196 against University and 156 not out against Glenorchy. Altogether 22 centuries were scored during the season by 14 different players. Apart from those already mentioned, Glenorchy’s Ben Dunk recorded the highest individual innings score of 210 in a Two-Day match against North Hobart and an impressive 103 in a team score of 2-131 in a Twenty20 match against Clarence. South Hobart-Sandy Bay’s George Bailey scored 202 against North Hobart and combined with Alex Doolan, 108, in a 4th-wicket partnership of 182 against North Hobart. The same pair later in the season shared a match winning partnership of 204 (Doolan 126, Bailey 123) in the Grand Final against Kingborough. Bowling Sixteen players qualified for the bowling averages by taking a minimum of 20 wickets from at least 100 overs, compared with 22 players who achieved the same feat last season.