Caribbean Premier League 2019 statistical round-up after September 10: Shepherd dominates bowling charts, Gayle, Cornwall thrive

The 2019 Caribbean Premier League is still in its early stages. However, Chris Gayle has already left his stamp on the tournament with a hundred. Despite having played just 2 matches – several others have played 3 – Gayle is the leading run-scorer of the tournament.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Chris Gayle	Tallawahs	144	72.00	175.6
Devon Thomas	Patriots	134	44.67	145.7
Chanderpaul Hemraj	Amazon Warriors	116	38.67	128.9
Kieron Pollard	Knight Riders	106	106.00	145.2
Denesh Ramdin	Knight Riders	104	52.00	120.9

Gayle’s batting average of 72, however, has been bettered by Kieron Pollard, who has been dismissed just once.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Kieron Pollard	Knight Riders	106	106.00	145.2
Chris Gayle	Tallawahs	144	72.00	175.6
Nicholas Pooran	Amazon Warriors	61	61.00	196.8
Denesh Ramdin	Knight Riders	104	52.00	120.9
Shimron Hetmyer	Amazon Warriors	103	51.50	121.2

Rahkeem Cornwall’s staggering strike rate of 265.4 is way clear of others, but then, these are only early days.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Rahkeem Cornwall	Zouks	69	34.50	265.4
Fabian Allen	Patriots	100	50.00	208.3
Nicholas Pooran	Amazon Warriors	61	61.00	196.8
Andre Russell	Tallawahs	59	29.50	184.4
Chris Gayle	Tallawahs	144	72.00	175.6

Gayle hit 10 sixes during his hundred, which took his tournament tally to 13 – obviously, the most.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Chris Gayle	Tallawahs	13	82	6.3
Evin Lewis	Patriots	10	60	6.0
Chadwick Walton	Tallawahs	9	65	7.2
Fabian Allen	Patriots	8	48	6.0
Lendl Simmons	Knight Riders	7	56	8.0

Not only did Gayle slammed the first hundred, his 116 is at least 43 more than any other entry on the highest scores chart.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Chris Gayle	116	Tallawahs	Patriots	10/9
Chadwick Walton	73	Tallawahs	Patriots	10/9
Devon Thomas	71	Patriots	Tallawahs	10/9
Shimron Hetmyer	70*	Amazon Warriors	Patriots	7/9
Tion Webster	66*	Knight Riders	Tallawahs	6/9

Romario Shepherd, Shadab Khan, and Jimmy Neesham have all taken 7 wickets apiece – the most in the tournament.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Romario Shepherd	Amazon Warriors	7	8.14	5.34
Shadab Khan	Amazon Warriors	7	10.71	6.25
Jimmy Neesham	Knight Riders	7	11.14	9.00
Sheldon Cottrell	Patriots	4	12.00	6.00
Obed McCoy	Zouks	4	15.50	7.91
Oshane Thomas	Tallawahs	4	23.00	11.50
Mohammad Hasnain	Knight Riders	4	26.00	8.67

Shepherd’s 8.14 is the best bowling average as well. In fact, the top five averages all belong to the top wicket-takers.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Romario Shepherd	Amazon Warriors	7	8.14	5.34
Shadab Khan	Amazon Warriors	7	10.71	6.25
Jimmy Neesham	Knight Riders	7	11.14	9.00
Sheldon Cottrell	Patriots	4	12.00	6.00
Obed McCoy	Zouks	4	15.50	7.91

Shepherd also has the best economy rate of the tournament. Sunil Narine is the only other one to have conceded fewer runs than balls bowled. Sheldon Cottrell has also gone for 6.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Romario Shepherd	Amazon Warriors	7	8.14	5.34
Sunil Narine	Knight Riders	3	22.33	5.58
Sheldon Cottrell	Patriots	4	12.00	6.00
Shadab Khan	Amazon Warriors	7	10.71	6.25
Chris Green	Amazon Warriors	3	28.00	7.00

Shepherd, Obed McCoy, and Oshane Thomas, the top three names on the best figures chart, are the only ones with four-wicket hauls so far.

Players	Fig.	Teams	Against	Date
Romario Shepherd	4/13	Amazon Warriors	Tridents	8/9
Obed McCoy	4/41	Zouks	Amazon Warriors	5/9
Oshane Thomas	4/53	Tallawahs	Patriots	10/9
Sheldon Cottrell	3/13	Patriots	Knight Riders	4/9
Shadab Khan	3/16	Amazon Warriors	Zouks	5/9