Premium Windies secured a commanding 74-run victory against Premium Paks in the 17th match of the American Premier League at Pearland's Moosa Cricket Stadium on December 27 (Wednesday). Another game saw Premium Afghans getting a win against Premium Canadians.
Opting to bat first, Premium Windies posted a total of 172-6. Opener Aaron Johnson scored his first half-century of the season, contributing 52 off 36 balls. Supported by Kevin Stoute (24 off 18) and Gajanand Singh (28 off 21), their innings gained momentum. Lower-order batsmen Hayden Walsh (16 off 15), Javon Searles (15 off 10), and Terrance Hinds (21 off nine) propelled the score past 150, with a brisk 28 runs scored in the final two overs. Naqash Ali (2 for 31) and Ariful Haque (2 for 35) were the standout bowlers for Premium Paks in a below-par bowling display.
In reply, Premium Paks struggled, collapsing for a mere 98 runs. Premium Windies' leg-spinner Hayden Walsh continued his superb form, claiming four wickets for 13 runs in his four overs. Kirk Thompson secured two wickets, while Raj Nannan, Terrance Hinds, Kevin Stoute, and Elias Sunny chipped in with one wicket each. Only four Premium Paks batters managed double-digit scores.
Following this match, let’s review the top run-scorers and wicket-takers in the American Premier League.
Top Run-Getters in American Premier League 2023:
Gerhard Erasmus from PAC leads with 135 runs in four innings, followed closely by Aaron Johnson of PWI. The table outlines each player's total runs, matches played, innings batted, highest score, average, strike rate, centuries (100s), half-centuries (50s), as well as the number of boundaries (4s) and sixes (6s) they've scored in the tournament.
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Runs |
Matches |
Innings |
High Score |
Average |
Strike Rate |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
|
1 |
Gerhard Erasmus |
PAC |
135 |
4 |
4 |
77 |
45 |
146.74 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
|
2 |
Aaron Johnson |
PWI |
128 |
5 |
5 |
52 |
32 |
130.61 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
9 |
|
3 |
Abdul Wasi |
PAFG |
102 |
5 |
4 |
44 |
51 |
105.15 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
|
4 |
Kjorn Ottley |
PAC |
100 |
4 |
3 |
51 |
50 |
131.58 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
|
5 |
Ravi Bopara |
PIND |
92 |
3 |
3 |
55 |
30.67 |
115 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
|
6 |
Shawn Findlay |
PWI |
82 |
4 |
4 |
68 |
20.5 |
97.62 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
|
7 |
Usman Ghani |
PAFG |
75 |
5 |
4 |
46 |
18.75 |
127.12 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
|
8 |
Hayden Walsh |
PWI |
70 |
5 |
3 |
43 |
23.33 |
148.94 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
9 |
Rajdeep Darbar |
PIND |
58 |
3 |
3 |
30 |
19.33 |
131.82 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
10 |
Gajanand Singh |
PWI |
57 |
5 |
4 |
28 |
14.25 |
129.55 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
Top Wicket-Takers in American Premier League 2023:
Hayden Walsh from PWI leads the bowling chart with 16 wickets in five matches, including a best bowling performance of 5/17, at an average of 5 and an economy rate of 4.17.
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Wickets |
Matches |
Innings |
Best Bowling |
Average |
Economy Rate |
4W+ |
5W+ |
|
1 |
Hayden Walsh |
PWI |
16 |
5 |
5 |
May-17 |
5 |
4.17 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Raj Nannan |
PWI |
12 |
5 |
5 |
04-Jun |
6.42 |
3.85 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
PAC |
10 |
3 |
3 |
May-14 |
7 |
6.89 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
4 |
Sunny Patel |
PIND |
6 |
3 |
3 |
Mar-14 |
5.67 |
2.83 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Amad Butt |
PIND |
6 |
3 |
3 |
May-25 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
|
6 |
Stephen Wiig |
PIND |
5 |
3 |
3 |
Mar-25 |
11.6 |
5.27 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Mario Lobban |
PWI |
5 |
4 |
4 |
02-Feb |
14.6 |
5.62 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
Amir Hamza |
PAC |
4 |
3 |
3 |
03-Sep |
10.5 |
4.67 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
Simi Singh |
PAUS |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Feb-19 |
12.5 |
5.56 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
Sabir Rao Ali |
PAC |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Mar-27 |
9.25 |
5.69 |
0 |
0 |