It wasn't the greatest of seasons for CSNI, but they kept investing in their impressive youth set-up that will stand them in good stead for the years ahead.

Marc Ellison with 697 at an impressive 53.62 scoring their only senior hundred as well as four fifties. Jordan Neill showed his ability in hitting seven 50's on his way to 619 at 36.41, while the rest of the batting unit managed only a very disappointing combined six half centuries between them.

Skipper Stuart Thompson got two of them in his 406 at 25,38, Ryan Hunter scored three on his way to 373 at 21.94, while fellow teenager Adam Leckey got one in his 280 at 18.67.

It must be heartening for the Stormont club to look at their bowling stats and see three teenagers in the top three of the bowling.

James West leads the way with 30 wickets at 23.37, followed by Harry Dyer's 29 at 21.69 and Adam Leckey's 26 at 20.23. 

Impressive indeed!

They are followed by Matthew Foster who claimed 21 wickets at 27.24. Jordan Neill 18 at 34.50, and overseas professional Colin Archibald who took a modest 17 at 33.41.

There's no doubt that CSNI have the building blocks in place and with their youngsters a year older and wiser, coupled with a talented overseas player will once again be a tough nut to crack in the NCU top echelons.

TOP RUNS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 MP Ellison 17 17 4 697 119 53.62 887 78.58 1 4 61 17
2 Jordan Neill 20 20 3 619 92 36.41 641 96.57 - 7 59 26
3 S Thompson 22 19 3 406 87* 25.38 430 94.42 - 2 35 10
4 R Hunter 17 17 - 373 74 21.94 471 79.19 - 3 85 3
5 Adam Leckey 22 19 4 280 58* 18.67 386 72.54 - 1 26 5
6 C Archibald 16 14 1 268 45 20.62 185 144.86 - - 21 17
7 Harry Dyer 23 20 1 223 44 11.74 352 63.35 - - 20 3
8 J West 20 14 3 188 38 17.09 305 61.64 - - 12 4
9 P Beverland 15 12 2 176 36* 17.60 260 67.69 - - 9 3
10 AJ Cowden 22 12 6 114 32* 19.00 217 52.53 - - 7 1
11 S Yeates 5 5 - 99 57 19.80 159 62.26 - 1 7 2
12 J Neill 2 2 - 90 73 45.00 129 69.77 - 1 7 4
13 J Kennedy 5 5 2 72 48* 24.00 84 85.71 - - 5 4
14 Finn Lutton 15 11 4 36 15 5.14 47 76.60 - - 1 -
15 L Bates 5 3 2 34 18* 34.00 78 43.59 - - 3 -
16 Matthew Foster 16 6 3 26 10* 8.67 43 60.47 - - 1 -
17 M Bates 6 3 1 14 10 7.00 38 36.84 - - - -
18 Luke Georgeson 2 2 - 3 3 1.50 15 20.00 - - - -

TOP WICKETS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 J West 20 138.5 4 701 30 3-21 23.37 5.05 27.77 - 21 -
2 Harry Dyer 23 135.4 7 629 29 4-12 21.69 4.64 28.07 - 11 -
3 Adam Leckey 22 97.3 2 526 26 3-28 20.23 5.39 22.50 - 37 -
4 Matthew Foster 16 111.4 11 572 21 3-29 27.24 5.12 31.90 - 15 1
5 Jordan Neill 20 117.5 7 621 18 4-44 34.50 5.27 39.28 - 23 1
6 C Archibald 16 114 7 568 17 4-49 33.41 4.98 40.24 - 33 5
7 Finn Lutton 15 54.3 2 304 8 2-16 38.00 5.58 40.88 - 21 5
8 Luke Georgeson 2 7.3 - 48 2 2-21 24.00 6.40 22.50 - 5 -
9 S Yeates 5 8 - 49 2 2-37 24.50 6.12 24.00 - 3 2
10 J Neill 2 18 1 87 2 2-30 43.50 4.83 54.00 - 3 -
11 O Dyer 2 2 - 20 1 1-20 20.00 10.00 12.00 - - -
12 L Bates 5 6 - 36 1 1-36 36.00 6.00 36.00 - 4 -
13 AJ Cowden 22 .2 - 7 - 0-7 - 21.00 - - - -