Season 2014-15 (part 2)

Today we continue (and conclude) the write-up of our performance over the incredibly long season that recently finished. Last post discussed the team's overall performance and looked at individual batting stats - today we do the bowling stats and player contributions.

Bowling stats

Sanjit, being the player who played the most matches last season, equalled the record for "most overs bowled in a season" - he bowled two in each game he played, plus 1 extra for a total of 61. Xavier also bowled 61 in the other extra-long season (2009-10), and Brad bowled 61 in 2010 when he chose himself to bowl again a lot.

Before going any further, here's the basic bowling stats for our regular players for 2014/15:

Player	Overs	Wickets	Runs	Avg
Sanjit	61	58	387	12.69
Rian	58	55	320	11.03
Brad	57	68	426	14.95
Trompf	57	62	439	15.40
Xavier	52	57	292	11.23
Omar	48	51	360	15.00
Gareth	46	82	137	5.96
Dan I.	33	26	311	18.85
Rajit	28	22	233	16.64
Stu	22	18	180	16.36
Andrew L.	22	14	254	23.09
Matt	14	12	144	20.57
Adam R.	14	12	89	12.71

In summary, these stats tell us.... Gareth.

Even though he was only 7th on the list of most matches played (and most overs bowled), and even though he played 7 matches less than the most capped player of the season, G took 14 wickets more than the nearest contender. Despite constantly going on about how long the season was, Gareth didn't need to any more than a fairly standard number of matches himself (23) to claim a new record for "most wickets in a season"

Two other players - Brad and Trompf - took advantage of the long season to get themselves on the following list:

Most wickets in a season

Season	Player	Overs	Wicket	Wkts/Match
Weston 2014/15	Gareth	46	82	3.57
Weston 2014	Gareth	56	74	2.64
Weston 2010	Xavier	57	73	2.56
Weston 2010/11	Brad	57	71	2.49
Weston 2014/15	Brad	57	68	2.39
Weston 2010	Brad	61	67	2.20
Weston 2009/10	Jake	56	67	2.39
Weston 2009/10	Xavier	61	65	2.13
Weston 2014/15	Trompf	57	62	2.18
Weston 2014	Rian	56	60	2.14

That average of 3.57 wickets per match is a massive record as well. Prior to this season, no one had averaged 3 wickets per match over a season (excluding seasons where someone only played a few matches). The previous record was Rajit's 2.96 wickets per match in the season before this one.

And finally, the big one - average total runs per match. Gareth's 5.96 runs per match may or may not be a record, depending on what criteria you use to qualify for the list:

Best bowling average in a season

Season	Player	Overs	Wicket	Runs	Runs/match
Weston 2010/11	Jim	16	18	45	5.63
Weston 2014/15	Gareth	46	82	137	5.96
Weston 2010	Jim	14	18	43	6.14
Weston 2010/11	Rian	43	51	161	7.49
Lyneham 2011/12	Rian	42	48	158	7.52
Kaleen 2012/13	Evan	12	13	50	8.33

Jim played 7 and 8 games in his entries on the list, but Gareth certainly tops the list for truly "regular" players.

Not-Gareth
Ok, that's enough embarrassing Gareth by pointing out how good a season he had with the ball...

Xavier made up for his below-average batting by having his best season with the ball since 2011. Sanjit also had his 3rd best season ever. And as a mark of how well the team did in general, no one went anywhere near the record for "most runs off their bowling in a season" despite the number of games played. Trompf's 439 runs against was the most, coming in only 7th on the all-time list, exactly 100 runs behind Matt's record from our 2012 season at Lyneham.

Overall
Finally, for you all to analyse on your own, here is the list of overall contribution averages for the season.

Player	Avg Bat	Avg Bowl	Avg Contribution
Rian	24.07	11.03	+13.04
Brad	25.21	14.95	+10.26
Gareth	15.64	5.96	+9.68
Xavier	20.19	11.23	+8.96
Adam	23.00	20.57	+2.43
Trompf	16.84	15.40	+1.44
Sanjit	10.50	12.69	-2.19
Matt	6.14	12.71	-6.57
Omar	7.80	15.00	-7.20
Dan I.	11.63	18.85	-7.22
Stu	8.18	16.36	-8.18
Andrew L.	12.00	23.09	-11.09
Rajit	4.57	16.64	-12.07