That was the season that was (part 2) ... the willow swingers

Last week we took a look back at the Tigers who appeared in the Ambush during the 2013 season. 

This week we're going to focus on the willow swingers. Those Tigers who piled on the runs for us in league games, friendlies and overall.

Most League Runs

Skipper, Chris Grain, topped the league run leader board in the Ambush in the 2013 season with 150 runs in 5 innings of which he was not out in one. 

Highest league run scorer, Chris Grain, shows how he did it

Highest League Averages

The Tiger with the highest batting average in the West Oxfordshire Midweek League this season was also Chris Grain, with an excellent 37.5. 

Chris Grain pulling his way to a 2013 season league average of 37.5 

Chris was followed closely in the league averages by our Sandford Supremo, opening bat Tim Lowe, who averaged 35.

Tim Lowe finished the league season with an average of 35

And making up the top four averaging Tigers in the league were Combe young guns Steve Dobson with an average of 27 and Hassan Mohsin with 26.75.

Hass Mohsin in action against Uffington CC

Highest League Innings

Tim Lowe holds the 2013 Tigers record for the most runs scored in a single league innings with his 69 against Swinbrook at West Witney CC.

Tim Lowe hit the Tigers highest individual score of 69 against Swinbrook CC

Chris Grain was the only other Tiger to register a league half half-century with a swashbuckling 55 against Swinbrook at Swinbrook CC.

Super Skipper Chris Grain hit 55 against Swinbrook

And not to be outdone, Steve Dobson and Hassan Mohsin registered 41 each in the Tigers league victory against Uffington at West Witney CC.

Our Hass ... 41 against Uffington at Witney CC

Friendlies

Because Tigers dip in and out of friendly games, and the lack of friendlies in the 2013 season, there weren't really any meaningful averages to speak of. 

However, the most notable individual performance of any Tiger in a 2013 friendly just has to be James 'Twiggy' Ellwood against Witney RFC at West Witney CC. Twiggy's super-aggressive 50 not out in six overs resulted in joint skippers on the night, Robbie Mills and Baz Floyd, to retire him early. Just too aggressive for a friendly but a superb innings all the same.

James Ellwood ... an aggressive 50 not out against Witney RFC

Overall

Taking league and friendly games into account, Steve Dobson topped the Tigers' batting averages for the 2013 season. Scoring 86 across three innings in which he was also not out once, Dobbo averaged 43 for the Tigers' 2013 season overall.

Unsurprisingly, Steve was followed by Chris Grain with an overall average of 31.17 across seven innings (not out once), Tim Lowe on 29.6 from five innings and Hass Mohsin with 26.75 from five.

Across all games, just three Tigers surpassed the 100 run mark across the entire season. Chris Grain hit a total of 187, Tim Lowe clocked up 148 and Hass Mohsin turned in an overall 107 runs across all games.  

Steve Dobson finished the 2013 as Tigers' overall highest averaging batsman with 43