It wasn't the greatest of seasons for CIYMS who found themselves embroiled in a relegation battle instead of their usual title challenge.

They had lost some influential players but still with the talent at their disposal their struggle would have come as a bit of a shock.

Chris Dougherty has been one of the most consistent players in the NCU since he moved from the NW, and is on course to join James Hall and Nigel Jones in the 10,000 run club sometime over the next season or two.

He topped the CIYMS run charts with 788 at 39.40 hitting 7 fifties and one hundred. Tyron Koen - off to pastures new at North Down in 2025 - hit 610 at 35.88 (1 hundred, 3 x 50), while another departee Ross Adair hit five half centuries on his way to 479 at 52.11 in the nine matches his international commitments allowed.

Skipper John Matchett was the other senior centurion making 450 at 22,50, while others worthy of note were Max Burton 401 at 20.05 (3 x 50) and Carson McCullough who made 311 at 19.44 (one half century).

Koen topped the wicket taking charts with 28 at 20.29, while Carson McCullough collected 25 at 25.64.

Bamye Xenxe would have been a good score in scrabble, but showed only glimpses of his talent on the field, taking a modest 22 wickets at 24.47.

Allen Coulter was the other bowler to pass 20 wickets, but they came at a relatively expensive 34.70.

CIYMS have been active in the transfer market with a busy time for ins and outs. If they can replace some of the quality they have lost then there may be better times ahead for the Belmont side.

TOP RUNS

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 C Dougherty 21 21 1 788 107 39.40 1045 75.41 1 7 83 11
2 T Koen 21 21 4 610 100* 35.88 716 83.94 1 3 45 17
3 Ross Adair 9 9 - 469 94 52.11 307 152.77 - 5 39 35
4 J Matchett 21 21 1 450 106* 22.50 1441 31.23 1 - 68 13
5 M Burton 20 20 - 401 62 20.05 562 71.35 - 3 42 10
6 C McCullough 21 19 3 311 63* 19.44 391 79.54 - 1 24 8
7 A Coulter 21 17 4 203 42 15.62 239 84.94 - - 9 11
8 B Xenxe 16 13 3 192 35 19.20 209 91.87 - - 22 1
9 Adam Heasley 14 11 5 156 39 26.00 212 73.58 - - 14 2
10 J Beattie 16 11 2 134 38 14.89 243 55.14 - - 10 -
11 J Mulder 16 11 1 94 37 9.40 151 62.25 - - 5 1
12 J McConkey 2 1 1 29 29* - 39 74.36 - - - 1
13 M Best 16 8 4 29 15* 7.25 60 48.33 - - 1 -
14 C Robinson 5 3 1 12 11 6.00 24 50.00 - - 1 -
15 A Farrell 6 4 3 3 1* 3.00 6 50.00 - - - -
16 J Eagleson 1 1 1 1 1* - 2 50.00 - - - -

TOP WICKETS

Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR wds nbs
T Koen 21 122.4 11 568 28 4-41 20.29 4.63 26.29 37 2
C McCullough 21 114.4 9 641 25 4-22 25.64 5.59 27.52 31 1
B Xenxe 16 98.1 4 534 22 4-44 24.27 5.44 26.77 45 5
A Coulter 21 134.3 17 694 20 2-4 34.70 5.16 40.35 31 11
J Mulder 16 100.4 7 419 18 3-15 23.28 4.16 33.56 8 1
J Matchett 21 81.4 2 458 17 3-9 26.94 5.61 28.82 11 1
M Best 16 48.4 2 260 11 3-12 23.64 5.34 26.55 20 1
Ross Adair 9 29 2 156 5 3-46 31.20 5.38 34.80 4 1