As the English County Championship closes down for the year, SACricketmag.com looks at how the Saffa-connection fared in the averages
While Ashwell Prince stood out for his runaway lead in the Division Two batting, with an average of 67.18, honourable mention must go to Rory Kleinveldt, who was among the top 10 bowlers in that division, taking 57 wickets at 27.14. Colin Ingram stood out with 931 runs at 37.24, while Richard Levi also emerged strongly in the batting stakes, with an average of 44.20 from his 11 matches.
DIVISION ONE | P | W | L | D | Pts |
Yorkshire | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 286 |
Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 218 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 211 |
Durham | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 188 |
Warwickshire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 186 |
Somerset | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 183 |
Hampshire | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 163 |
Sussex | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 161 |
Worcestershire | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 151 |
DIVISION TWO | |||||
Surrey | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 264 |
Lancashire | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 254 |
Essex | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 200 |
Glamorgan | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 183 |
Northamptonshire | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 180 |
Gloucestershire | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 177 |
Kent | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 161 |
Derbyshire | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 153 |
Leicestershire | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 118 |
Batting, Div One | M | R | HS | Av | 100 |
1 J C Hildreth (Somerset) | 16 | 1390 | 220* | 53.46 | 3 |
2 S G Borthwick (Durham) | 16 | 1286 | 103 | 42.86 | 1 |
3 M E Trescothick (Somerset) | 16 | 1284 | 210* | 45.85 | 3 |
4 L J Wright (Sussex) | 16 | 1210 | 226* | 46.53 | 2 |
5 M A Carberry (Hants) | 16 | 1129 | 97 | 46.51 | 0 |
6 N R D Compton (Middx) | 16 | 1123 | 149 | 48.84 | 2 |
10 M H Wessels (Notts) | 16 | 1033 | 117 | 39.73 | 2 |
14 M J Richardson (Durham) | 16 | 964 | 96* | 35.70 | 0 |
38 G K Berg (Hants) | 16 | 672 | 99 | 32.00 | 0 |
43 D J Malan (Middx) | 9 | 629 | 182* | 48.38 | 2 |
Batting, Div Two | M | R | HS | Av | 100 |
1 A G Prince (Lancs) | 16 | 1478 | 261 | 67.18 | 5 |
2 SA Northeast (Kent) | 16 | 1168 | 139 | 47.32 | 1 |
3 N L J Browne (Essex) | 16 | 1157 | 151* | 42.85 | 5 |
4 M J Cosgrove (Leics) | 15 | 1093 | 156 | 40.48 | 4 |
5 B A Godleman (Derbys) | 14 | 1069 | 108 | 44.54 | 3 |
9 W L Madsen (Derbys) | 13 | 1015 | 172* | 48.33 | 2 |
11 C A Ingram (Glam) | 16 | 931 | 105 | 37.24 | 2 |
12 J A Rudolph (Glam) | 14 | 927 | 111 | 38.62 | 1 |
15 A N Petersen (Lancs) | 14 | 861 | 286 | 43.05 | 3 |
30 C B Cooke (Glam) | 15 | 772 | 102* | 35.09 | 1 |
40 R E Levi (Northants) | 11 | 663 | 168 | 44.20 | 1 |
Bowling, Div One | O | W | R | Av | BBI |
1 C Rushworth (Durham) | 585.4 | 83 | 1711 | 20.61 | 6/39 |
2 S J Magoffin (Sussex) | 582.0 | 69 | 1660 | 24.05 | 6/50 |
3 J A R Harris (Middx) | 460.2 | 69 | 1776 | 25.73 | 9/34 |
4 J A Brooks (Yorks) | 420.5 | 65 | 1480 | 22.76 | 5/35 |
5 G Onions (Durham) | 467.5 | 65 | 1744 | 26.83 | 7/68 |
20 G K Berg (Hants) | 429.1 | 42 | 1181 | 28.11 | 4/64 |
28 T D Groenewald (Somerset) | 272.0 | 30 | 976 | 32.93 | 4/41 |
30 A C Thomas (Somerset) | 237.4 | 29 | 735 | 25.34 | 5/73 |
Bowling, Div Two | O | W | R | Av | BBI |
1 T K Curran (Surrey) | 544.4 | 76 | 1754 | 23.07 | 7/20 |
2 M H A Footitt (Derby) | 537.4 | 76 | 1796 | 23.63 | 7/71 |
3 M T Coles (Kent) | 433.0 | 67 | 1574 | 23.49 | 6/55 |
4 J M Jarvis (Lancs) | 450.5 | 62 | 1533 | 24.72 | 5/13 |
5 D I Stevens (Kent) | 419.1 | 61 | 1242 | 20.36 | 5/58 |
9 R K Kleinveldt (Northants) | 407.5 | 57 | 1547 | 27.14 | 5/41 |