The Marsh Cup 2019-20 statistical round-up after November 21: Hughes, Finch, Coulter-Nile, Bird leading charts

New South Wales opener Daniel Hughes currently heads the runs chart with 440 runs ahead of big guns like Aaron Finch, Callum Ferguson, and Usman Khawaja. Marnus Labuschagne’s impressive 2019 continues.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Daniel Hughes	New South Wales	440	73.33	95.9
Aaron Finch	Victoria	409	81.80	96.7
Callum Ferguson	South Australia	403	57.57	92.0
Usman Khawaja	Queensland	372	93.00	83.6
Marnus Labuschagne	Queensland	364	60.66	100.6

Barring Ferguson, the remaining four of the top five on the runs chart also feature in the list of the best five batting averages.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Usman Khawaja	Queensland	372	93.00	83.6
Aaron Finch	Victoria	409	81.80	96.7
Macalister Write	Tasmania	150	75.00	76.1
Daniel Hughes	New South Wales	440	73.33	95.9
Sam Heazlett	Queensland	278	69.50	117.3

Among the players scoring more than 100 runs in the tournament, Max Bryant of Queensland has the highest strike rate, followed by teammate Sam Heazlett.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Max Bryant	Queensland	154	30.80	127.3
Sam Heazlett	Queensland	278	69.50	117.3
Matthew Gilkes	New South Wales	150	30.00	113.6
Nic Maddinson	Victoria	125	31.25	113.6
Marcus Stoinis	Western Australia	208	34.66	112.4

Finch has hit most sixes in the tournament so far – the sum of what the next two men, Marcus Stoinis and Moises Henriques – have managed between them.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Aaron Finch	Victoria	19	423	22.3
Marcus Stoinis	Western Australia	10	185	18.5
Moises Henriques	New South Wales	9	331	36.8
Tom Cooper	South Australia	8	268	33.5
Cameron Bancroft	Western Australia	7	284	40.6
Shaun Marsh	Western Australia	7	333	47.6

Hughes hit the most fours, in the tournament, followed by 40 fours from Labuschagne.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Daniel Hughes	New South Wales	48	459	9.6
Marnus Labuschagne	Queensland	40	362	9.1
Sam Heazlett	Queensland	38	237	6.2
Alex Carey	South Australia	37	285	7.7
Callum Ferguson	South Australia	37	438	11.8

Finch’s massive 188* is the highest score of the tournament with Hughes being the other player to join him in 150+ innings with his 152.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Aaron Finch	188*	Victoria	Queensland	Oct 1
Daniel Hughes	152	NSW	WA	Oct 2
Usman Khawaja	138	Queensland	Victoria	Sep 29
Marnus Labuschagne	135	Queensland	South Australia	Oct 23
D’Arcy Short	129	WA	Tasmania	Sep 25

Nathan Coulter-Nile has the most wickets, followed by Nathan Ellis. Jackson Bird, Wes Agar, and Mark Steketee complete the quintet at the top.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Western Australia	14	19.64	5.39
Nathan Ellis	Tasmania	12	22.58	5.21
Jackson Bird	Tasmania	11	20.54	3.83
Wes Agar	South Australia	11	20.72	5.30
Mark Steketee	Queensland	11	22.27	4.38

Coulter-Nile also boasts the best bowling average of the tournament. He is the only one with a sub-20 average.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Western Australia	14	19.64	5.39
Jackson Bird	Tasmania	11	20.54	3.83
Wes Agar	South Australia	11	20.72	5.30
Mark Steketee	Queensland	11	22.27	4.38
Nathan Ellis	Tasmania	12	22.58	5.21

Bird and Sean Abbott are the only bowlers to have economy rates under 4.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Jackson Bird	Tasmania	11	20.54	3.83
Sean Abbott	New South Wales	5	33.60	3.95
Clive Rose	Tasmania	5	19.00	4.04
Mark Steketee	Queensland	11	22.27	4.38
Jack Wildermuth	Queensland	5	27.00	4.65

Bird’s 6/25 are the best bowling figures of the tournament, followed by Ellis’ 5/38.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Jackson Bird	6/25	Tasmania	NSW	Nov 20
Nathan Ellis	5/38	Tasmania	NSW	Oct 23
Wes Agar	5/40	SA	WA	Nov 17
Daniel Sams	5/46	NSW	Victoria	Nov 17
Nathan Coulter-Nile	5/48	WA	South Australia	Nov 17