Samuels, Austin lead Championship batting, bowling

Jamaican Marlon Samuels and Ryan Austin of Combined Campuses and Colleges are the leading batsman and bowler, in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional first-class championship, following the fourth round of matches, which ended yesterday.



Samuels has scored 595 runs from seven innings in four matches at an average of 99.16 to lead the batting in the Championship.



He has struck three hundreds so far, with his highest score an undefeated 250 against Guyana on home soil at the Alpart Sports Club in the first round.



Samuels is the only batsman to have crossed the 500-run threshold, but England Lions’ James Taylor has accumulated 421 from seven innings in four matches at an average of 84.20. He is the only other batsman that has crossed the 400-run mark.



Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga has the highest batting average of 120 point 0-0. He has gathered 360 runs, the third highest aggregate from six innings, including three not-outs, which has greatly contributed to his healthy batting average.



Off-spin bowler Austin has collected 18 wickets at 23.38 apiece from 127.3 overs delivered in four matches for the Combined Campuses & Colleges.



England Lions’ Jade Dernbach has been the most successful fast bowler in a competition, which has generally been dominated by spinners in recent times.



Dernbach has captured 17 wickets at an average of 15.94 apiece from 91.4 overs bowled in three matches.



The Championship takes a break this coming weekend, but resumes on March 11.