Darwin’s biggest boundary and six hitters from the 2022 season revealed
There have been plenty of eye-catching innings in Darwin cricket this year and the NT News can reveal the players who have hit the most fours during the season.
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THERE have been plenty of exciting innings this year in the Darwin & District Cricket Competition.
But who are the biggest boundary bashers and six hitters of the season?
The NT News has assessed the numbers and can now reveal the Top 10 biggest hitters from the 2022 season, across junior and senior grades.
And as you’d expect, the list is dominated by a number of batters who have topped the aggregates in their respective divisions this season.
When it comes to sixes, two Darwin batters top the list, Daniel Crowe and Jake Mundy.
However, the third and fourth position has gone to the one batter from PINT, who hit a total of 53 sixes across C Grade 1 and E Grade: Mariyatharsan Shanthakumar.
He also made our Top 10 list of boundary hitters in 2022.
Shanthakumar, who migrated to the Territory from his native Sri Lanka in 2015, said hitting long balls was his “natural game”.
He was most proud of his C Grade 1 innings against Darwin, 135 not out off 197 balls, with 17 sixes.
“We lost an early wicket so I tried to just hang around, and then over the last five or six overs I hit about six or seven sixes,” Shanthakumar said.
DARWIN’S BIGGEST BOUNDARY BASHERS
Muhammad Faheem
Boundaries 116
Club: University
Grade: C Grade 2
Faheem is the number one batter in C Grade 2 this season with 1015 runs at 72.50.
Alongside nine half centuries this year, Faheem belted 20 boundaries in his highest score: 136 off 121 balls against Nightcliff Grey at Wanguri Oval
Jake Mundy
Boundaries: 110
Club: Darwin
Grade: C Grade 2
Second in the C Grade aggregate with 934 runs at an average of 103.78, Mundy was also second on our six hitting list for season 2022.
Mundy’s biggest spell at the crease was an 83-ball 157 against Waratah White with 20 boundaries as the Eagles racked up 2/327 off 40 overs.
Cadell McMahon
Boundaries: 99
Club: Palmerston Blue
Grade: Under 15s
The Palmerston junior has had an incredible season in 2022, with the club announcing earlier this month his 51 not out in E Grade took him past the 1000-run barrier.
However, in Under 15s McMahon has been a true boundary blaster, hitting 21 in an innings of 114 of just 60 balls against Tracy Village.
Daniel Murphy
Boundaries: 94
Club: PINT
Grade: C Grade 2
The PINT batter has enjoyed a prolific season this year with the Greens, including three tons.
His biggest innings was 194 against Southern Districts Black where he belted 17 boundaries at Dinah Oval.
Dylan Brasher
Boundaries: 92
Club: Darwin
Grade: Premier
The Victorian recruit is Premier Grade’s most prolific batter this season, with 851 runs at 60.79, including three hundreds.
However, he’s also landed in the top 10 for boundaries struck across the entire competition.
The silky left hander smashed 17 fours against Palmerston in a 205-ball innings of 195.
Daniel Crowe
Boundaries: 91
Club: Darwin Blue
Grade C Grade 2
The Eagles middle order batter has made three centuries this season, to land second in the C Grade 2 batting aggregate with 864 runs at 78.55.
That includes a brutal 79-ball 156 against University Chargers with 13 boundaries and a 100-ball 140 against Waratah White with 10 fours.
He also topped Darwin’s six hitters list with 40 maximums.
Clancy McCormick
Boundaries: 83
Club: Waratah
Grade: Under 18s
The Tahs junior was the most prolific batter in Under 18 cricket this summer with 581 runs at 72.63, including two centuries and three half tons.
However, a 96-ball 127 against Southern Districts was perhaps his greatest achievement, dotted with 17 boundaries.
Eli Hayward
Boundaries: 79
Club: Southern Districts
Grade: Under 12s Blue
Hayward was a junior Don Bradman in 2022, averaging 109.4 from 14 matches.
He would belt 11 boundaries in his 30-ball 88 against Palmerston in August.
Mansukh Singh
Boundaries: 77
Club: Nightcliff
Grade: B Grade
Singh, who sits on top of the B Grade batting aggregate with 557 runs at 46.42, blasted a season-high 116 off 79 balls with nine fours against Waratah Red.
However, he hit 18 boundaries in his 111 against Tracy Village during a 233-run stand with Smit Doshi (195 off 170 balls).
Mariyatharsan Shanthakumar
Boundaries: 74
Club: PINT
Grade: C Grade 1
Shanthakumar, who led the batting aggregate in C Grade 1 with 736 runs at 66.91, also led the entire Darwin & District Cricket Competition for sixes.
His biggest innings was an unbeaten 135 against Darwin Gold in August where he smacked 17 fours.
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