Blackwood, Permaul are top performers after 8 rounds
CWI PCL Regional 4-Day tournament…
After eight rounds of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day tournament, Jermaine Blackwood and Veerasammy Permaul have topped the respective batting and bowling charts.
Jermaine Blackwood
The Jamaican Blackwood, who has scored 768 runs, with the tournament’s high score of 248, is aiming to break into the West Indies Test Team for the England series. He has an average of 51.20, and has recorded six half-centuries.
Kyle Mayers is the second-highest run-scorer with 654 runs, while the ever-consistent Devon Smith occupies the third spot with 649 runs, which include one century and four half-centuries.
Nkrumah Bonner is next in line with 523 runs, while rising star Joshua Da Silva of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force has 507 runs.
West Indies Test opener John Campbell has 491 runs, with two centuries, while Shayne Mosely has 490 runs. Guyana Jaguars captain Leon Johnson has 472 runs, while Kraigg Brathwaite has 468 runs.
Veerasammy Permaul
Other batsmen who have scored more than 400 runs this season are: Kaveem Hodge (454), Christopher Barnwell (435), Keron Cottoy (432), Kieran Powell (429) and Jason Mohammed (424).
In terms of bowling performance, Permaul has taken 50 wickets, 14 more than the bowlers who occupy second position. Permaul has a best bowling figure of 8-18 and a match haul of 15-77. He also has three 5-wicket hauls and two 10-wicket hauls, with a stunning average of 12.98 and a strike rate of 37.2.
Right-arm fast-bowler Chemar Holder and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein sit in second position with 36 wickets each, while Preston McSween has taken 31 wickets, and Kemar Roach and Rahkeem Conrwall have each taken 30 wickets from the five matches they played.
Other notable wicket takers are Keon Harding (29), Marquino Mindley (24), Derval Green (22), Patrick Harty (22), Anderson Phillip (21), and Nial Smith (20).
And Guyana Jaguars’ wicket-keeper Anthony Bramble has recorded the most dismissals, with 22 catches and five stumpings.
