The one-day portion of the Cricket North season has been kind to the competition's clubs, with three of them making the Greater Northern Cup finals.
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Launceston, Westbury and Riverside, as well as Cricket North-West side Devonport, will battle it out for the one-day spoils with semi-finals on January 17 and the big dance on January 24.
Despite South Launceston not making finals, keeper-batsman Nathan Philip leads the competition's run-scoring having blasted 506 runs at an impressive average of 84.33.
Yet to reach double figures unlike some of his top-five counterparts, Philip has only fallen below 30 twice (both for scores of 29) and has scored five 50s with a top score of 86 to be an anchor in South's middle order.
ELSEWHERE IN SPORT
Westbury skipper Dan Murfet follows with 412 runs to his name, including his maiden century for the Shamrocks in round 11.
Teammate Chathura Athukorala joins Murfet - sitting fourth with 369 runs - below Mowbray's Luke Scott (378), while Launceston captain Alistair Taylor (361) completes the group.
Riverside trio Tom Garwood (242), Ramesh Sundra (240) and Patrick Mackrell (223) sit in seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
Sundra also sits second in the bowling tally with 13 wickets, trumped only by Mowbray stalwart James Storay, who has found his range to lead the competition with 15 wickets.
Taking at least one wicket each game, the left-armer's season highlight has been a 3-14 against Ulverstone, creating a two-wicket buffer over Sundra and South Launceston's Graham Donaldson.
Launceston's Dihan Cloete and Westbury's Kieren Hume (both 12 wickets) round out the top five.
BATTING
1. Nathan Philip (South Launceston) - 506 runs at 84.33
2. Daniel Murfet (Westbury) - 412 runs at 58.86
3. Luke Scott (Mowbray) - 378 runs at 63
4. Chathura Athukorala (Westbury) - 369 runs at 52.71
5. Alistair Taylor (Launceston) - 361 runs at 51.57
BOWLING
1. James Storay (Mowbray) - 15 wickets at 15.93
2. Ramesh Sundra (Riverside) - 13 wickets at 13.85
3. Graham Donaldson (South Launceston) - 13 wickets at 23.08
4. Dihan Cloete (Launceston) - 12 wickets at 14.75
5. Kieren Hume (Westbury) - 12 wickets at 19.75
LADDER
- Launceston
- Westbury
- Riverside
- South Launceston
- Mowbray