Bridgetown, Barbados, December 23 – (www.bcacricket.org) – ESA Field Pickwick batsman Kyle Hope amassed the most runs and Sagicor UWI off-spinner Ryan Austin took the most wickets but all-rounder Ryan Hinds of ICBL Empire and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn of Super Centre Spartan topped the batting and bowling averages in the BCA Division I championship between 2009-2011.

Hope, who made his debut for Barbados at the first-class level in 2010, registered 2 729 runs including seven centuries (the most) at an average of 53.51. His 1194 runs (ave 66.33 with 5 centuries) in 2009 was a new division 1 record.

Experienced Austin who has played two Tests for the West Indies bagged 174 wickets at 15.74 each. He took five or more wickets in an innings 18 times (the most), along with five ten-wicket match hauls.

Hinds the former Barbados captain and West Indies player scored 1 695 runs at an average of 77.05 including six hundreds. He played in 23 of the maximum 39 matches in this period.

Benn whose appearances were limited due to West Indies duties captured 91 wickets at 13.19 apiece. The lanky Benn who played in only 17 matches earned five or more wickets in an innings seven times, along with two ten-wicket match hauls.

Leading averages in the BCA Division 1 championship between 2009- 2011 (A maximum of 39 matches were played by any one team).

Tabulate under:

BOWLING: M- matches, I- innings, NO- not outs, R- runs, HS- highest score, Ave- average, 100- centuries, 50- fifties.* denotes not out. Qualifications: 1500 runs.

BOWLING; MT- matches, O- overs, M- maidens, R- runs, W- wickets, BB- best bowling, 5W- five wickets in an innings, 10W- ten wickets in a match. Qualifications: 75 wickets.

BATTING                                M      I      NO     R      HS      Ave     100    50

Ryan Hinds (Empire)               23    27     5    1695   208*   77.05     6      8

Kyle Hope (Pickwick)               37    62    11   2729   185     53.51     7     15

Martin Nurse (Wand & Banks)  24    40     4    1863   209*   51.75     5      8

Floyd Reifer (UWI)                  32    45    12   1690   173     51.21     3     11

Omar Phillips (UWI)                24    39     2    1727   158     46.68     5     8

Ryan Wiggins (YMPC)              28    43     7    1512   104*   42.00     1     11

Roston Chase (B’Youth &Banks) 33  49     6     1696   148    39.44     1     12

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine)35   50     6     1662   127     37.77    3     10

Raymon Reifer (BYouth& UWI) 37    56    10    1717   180      37.33   6     6

Nekoli Parris (UWI &YMPC)      33    54     9     1676   149     37.24    4     8

Vonrick Nurse (Carlton)           30    49     5    1638   158     37.23    3      7

Romel Currency (UWI)             33   50     7     1581   115*   36.77    3     9

Rashidi Boucher (Spartan)       27    47    5      1518   119    36.14     2    11

Randy Thomas (LIME)              38   63     4    2015   127*    34.15    3    12

Derick Bishop (St. Catherine)   37   48     3     1527   173     33.93    2     3

Pedro Agard (Maple)               35    55     3     1627   126     31.29    3    5

Kofie Hurdle (Banks)               39    68     1    1690    100      25.22   1    9

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BOWLING                                   MT      O      M        R      W     Ave       BB     5W     10W

Sulieman Benn (Spartan)             17   516.2   160   1200    91   13.19   8-43      7       2

Ryan Austin (UWI)                      32   894.1   164   2739   174   15.74   8-65     18      5

Jomel Warrican(B’Youth&Empire)  24   637.2   135  1834    114  16.09   8-32      7       3

Dave Marshall (Spartan)              25   524.2   112   1520    90   16.89    6-65      8      1

Ryan Hinds (Empire)                   23   572.3   125   1402    78    17.97   7-66      5      1

Ashley Nurse (LIME)                   30    474.4    73   1445    78    18.53    8-47      4     1

Nikolai Charles (LIME)                 37   944.3   179   3013   162   18.60    7-102   15     2

Derick Bishop (St. Catherine)       37   1128.5 261   3022   159    19.01    7-57    10     2

Shane Ramsay (Maple)                38   974.3   158    3091  156   19.81    7-52      7      2

Khalid Springer (Carlton)             35   469.5    77     1594   79    20.18    6-33      1      0

Andre Marshall (Spartan)             36    871.2  224    2363  114   20.73     5-21     7      0

Jason Smith (Police)                    28   659.4     87    2477  119   20.82     7-26    12     2

Marlon Graham (Carlton)             33   816.4    166   2153   102   21.11     7-63     4     0

Shadd Simmons (Banks)              39   687.3    84    2769    130   21.30    6-33      4     1

Jamar Griffith (Bristol & Maple)     25    578.4  117    1720    79    21.77    9-58     5     1

Roston Chase (B’Youth& Banks)    33    701      129    2094   96     21.81    8-58     2    1

Chad Clarke-Reifer(Wanderers)     28    605.2   123   1912    87     21.98    7-31    5     0

Ryan Layne (Pickwick)                  39    749     132    2474   112    22.09    6-54     7    0

Antonio Mayers (Police)                 25   577.2   107    1934    83    23.30    5-36     5    0

Corey Edwards (LIME)                   32   732.3   139    2557   104    24.58    7-59    4    2

Kenroy Williams (St. Catherine)     35    748.4  128    2255    91      24.78    6-54   5     0

Andre Gill (Spartan)                      36    570.3   98    2189     88      24.88    5-58    2     0