Statistical Analysis of Fairbreak Global Invitational 2022

The inaugural season of the Fairbreak Global Invitational T20 tournament concluded on May 15 with Tornadoes winning the championship. A total of six teams, namely, Falcons, Barmy Army, Sapphires, Spirit, Tornadoes and Warriors, participated in the competition that was played from May 4 in Dubai, in association with Cricket Hong Kong. There were some scintillating performances across the tournament. Let’s look at the top performers.

Batting Performance

Most Runs

Falcons’ Chamari Athapaththu top scored with 313 runs in seven matches. The left-handed opening batter from Sri Lanka averaged 52.16 and scored at a strike rate of 139.11. The swashbuckling batter hit 38 boundaries and 14 sixes in total. Her count of 38 boundaries and 14 sixes was the highest and second-highest respectively by any player in this tournament.

 Top 5 run-getters

Position	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	4s	6s
1	Chamari Athapaththu	Falcons	7	7	313	52.16	139.11	38	14
2	Deandra Dottin	Barmy Army	7	6	289	72.25	155.37	31	16
3	Sophia Dunkley	Spirit	7	7	263	43.83	152.90	37	4
4	Sterre Kalis	Tornadoes	7	7	225	32.14	97.40	30	1
5	Danielle Wyatt	Falcons	6	6	216	43.20	150.00	25	7

Highest Individual Score

Spirit’s Sophia Dunkley registered the highest score in the competition with a blistering 123 not out off 73 balls in the third place play off against Barmy Army. She completed the tournament as the third highest run getter with 263 runs in seven matches, including one century and one half-century.

Top 5 scores in an innings

Position	Batter	Team	Opposition	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate	4s	6s
1	Sophia Dunkley	Spirit	Barmy Army	123*	73	168.49	18	3
2	Deandra Dottin	Barmy Army	Spirit	111	53	209.43	8	9
3	Chamari Athapaththu	Falcons	Warriors	107*	55	194.54	13	5
4	Danielle Wyatt	Falcons	Warriors	83	48	172.91	11	1
5	Georgia Redmayne	Falcons	Spirit	80*	61	131.14	11	0

Best Batting Average

Tornadoes’ captain Stafanie Taylor had the best batting average at the end of the tournament. The right handed middle order batter from West Indies muscled 174 runs in five innings at a breathtaking average of 87. She remained not out in three out of her five innings. She registered one half-century and had the best score of 78 not out against Barmy Army.

Position	Batter	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Not Outs
1	Stafanie Taylor	Tornadoes	6	5	174	87.00	3
2	Georgia Redmayne	Warriors	3	3	161	80.50	1
3	Marizanne Kapp	Falcons	2	2	76	76.00	1
4	Deandra Dottin	Barmy Army	7	6	289	72.25	2
5	Elyse Villani	Sapphires	5	5	164	54.66	2

Most 50+ scores

Barmy Army’s Deandra Dottin scored two half-centuries and a century which was the highest in this tournament. The right handed opening batter from West Indies was the leading run getter for her team and second highest overall with 289 runs. She had the best score of 111 against Spirit in the competition.

Best Strike Rate

With a stellar strike rate of 179.79, Spirit’s captain Nicola Carey had the best strike rate in this tournament. The attacking left-handed middle-order batter from Australia pummeled 178 runs in seven innings, including the best of 70 against Sapphires.

 

Position	Batter	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Strike Rate
1	Nicola Carey	Spirit	7	7	178	179.79
2	Rumana Ahmed	Barmy Army	7	4	63	161.53
3	Marizanne Kapp	Falcons	2	2	76	158.33
4	Deandra Dottin	Barmy Army	7	6	289	155.37
5	Sophia Dunkley	Spirit	7	7	263	152.90

Bowling Performance

Most wickets and Best Bowling Figures

Spirit’s Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in this tournament. The left-arm spinner from England scalped 17 wickets, including a five wicket haul, in seven matches at an average of 7.64 and an economy of 5.23. She also registered the best bowling figures in an innings when she claimed 5-8 in 3.1 overs against Tornadoes.

 

Position	Bowler	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	Runs	4-fers	5-fers
1	Sophie Ecclestone	Spirit	7	24.5	17	7.64	130	0	1
2	Ayabonga Khaka	Spirit	7	25.0	9	14.44	130	0	1
3	Grace Harris	Sapphires	4	15.0	7	14.85	104	0	1
4	Rumana Ahmed	Barmy Army	7	23.0	7	20.00	140	0	0
5	Winifred Duraisingam	Tornadoes	7	25.0	7	24.42	171	0	0

 

Best Bowling Average, Best Bowling Strike Rate, and Best Bowling Economy

Spirit’s Shizuka Miyaji had the best bowling average in this tournament. The left-arm spinner from Japan bowled seven overs and picked up six wickets conceding 33 runs at an average of 5.50, strike rate of 7 and economy of 4.71.

Best Bowling Average

Position	Bowler	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average
1	Shizuka Miyaji	Spirit	5	7.0	6	5.50
2	Sophie Ecclestone	Spirit	7	24.5	17	7.64
3	Sana Mir	Sapphires	3	9.0	5

Hat-trick

Sapphires’ Grace Harris was the only bowler in the tournament to pick up a hat-trick. The right arm off spinner from Australia achieved the feat against Barmy Army when she bagged 5-22 in four overs. She completed the competition as the third highest wicket-taker with seven wickets in four matches.