Cricket Scotland Youth Awards 2012

   

U19 Player of the Year - Matthew Cross

Wicket keeper batsman, Matthew Cross was the team’s top run scorer during 2012 with 473 runs at an average of 31.53.  Those runs were scored at a strike rate of 116 runs per 100 balls and included an explosive innings of 100 off only 70 balls against eventual U19 World Cup finalists Australia.  

In addition he took 18 catches and 1 stumping over the course of the season.

 Other notable performers

Ruaidhri Smith – 20 wickets @ average of 19.35 and 145 not out v North West U19’s

Aman Bailwal – 29 wickets @ average of 22.21, including 5 for 52 against Australia

Freddie Coleman – 393 runs @ average of 30.23

Ross McLean – 227 runs @ average of 37.83 in U19 World Cup

Henry Edwards – 123 v Northern Universities 

U17 Player of the Year – Michael English

The highlight of the U17 season was Michael’s innings of 152 not out in a two day ECB Championship match against Cumbria.  This is the highest ever individual score in a Scotland youth international match.  

In total Michael scored 271 runs at an average of 45.17.  He also chipped in with 8 wickets at an average of 22.25 with his accurate medium pacers.

Other notable performers

Haris Aslam – 15 wickets @ average of 10.93

Lyle Hill – 200 runs @ average of 25 and 13 wickets @ average of 17.54

Gregor Thomson – 10 wickets @ average of 18.30

Omar Afridi – 132 v Herefordshire 

U15 Player of the Year – Ryan Brown 

Ryan was the highest wicket taker in 2012 for the Scotland U15 team with 17 wickets at the very impressive average of 11.94 whilst conceding an average of only 2.5 runs per over.  He also contributed 111 runs at an average of 18.5 and took 5 catches.  

Other notable performers

Thomas Hilton – 14 wickets @ average of 16.86

Ryan West – 14 wickets @ average of 20.36

Cameron Sloman – 11 wickets @ average of 14.00

Ross Armour – 73 v Derbyshire

Inter-Regional Championships 

Unfortunately, like all of cricket in Scotland in 2012 the U18 and U15 Inter-Regional competitions were badly affected by the weather.  In the U18 event both the Western Warriors and Eastern Knights completed only two of their six scheduled matches winning both against the Caledonian Highlanders.  The Knights finish top of the table by securing the maximum 4 points in an outright win in a two day match against the Highlanders.  

 In the U15 competition the Caledonian Highlanders won both of their completed fixtures in convincing fashion to finish top of the table ahead of the Western Warriors.

The U15 residential festival and both the U18 and U15 T20 days were completely washed out.

U18 Inter – Regional Championship

U15 Inter-Regional Championship                             

Inter-Regional Championship notable performances

Josh Irvine – 144, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Michael Miller – 52no, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Craig Young – 51, Western Warriors U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Chris Cash – 57no, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Gregor Thomson – 4 for 16, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Chayank Gosain – 5 for 24, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Alex Anderson – 4 for 34, Caledonian Highlanders U18 v Eastern Knights U18

Duncan Player – 5 for 14, Eastern Knights U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Abdul Sabri – 4 for 8, Western Warriors U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Elliott Speirs – 4 for 22, Western Warriors U18 v Caledonian Highlanders U18

Robbie Henderson – 4 for 21, Western Warriors U15 v Eastern Knights U15

Scott Cameron – 58, Caledonian Highlanders U15 v Western Warriors U15

Ben Wilkinson – 62, Caledonian Highlanders U15 v Eastern Knights U15

Tom Hilton –  4 for 21, Eastern Knights U15 v Caledonian Highlanders U15

Ryan Brown –   4 for 25, Caledonian Highlanders U15 v Eastern Knights U15

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