Bathurst batsmen make up six of the top 10 run scorers on the list and account for five of the six centuries scored across all games.

Here's the three Bathurst men showing how it's done in 2020-21.

Runs: 308 @ 102.67

HS: 156* vs Centrals, round five

WHEN City Colts brought in Russ Gardner this season to help support their top order the team had confidence that the BOIDC veteran could become a valuable figure within the club.

Well, consider it mission accomplished.

The former Bathurst district skipper leads the competition with his 308 runs across five innings, and his unbeaten 156 runs against Centrals in round five remains the best individual score of the season to date.

Gardner got his BOIDC off to the worst start possible with a duck against Orange City but in his third game against his former club Centennials Bulls he found the spark he needed.

He scored 80 in that match, sparking a devastating three game run that included his century against Centrals and a 72 in Colts' massive win against CYMS.

It's not a bad effort at all for someone who hadn't put on the pads for close to three years.

Gardner's return to Bathurst cricket comes after several years away at Coffs Harbour, and is his first look at a Central West cricket competition in eight years.

Runs: 294 @ 58.8

HS: 123* vs City Colts, round four

IT'S been a rough season thus far for Centennials Bulls but Blake Aubin is shining bright for the side with his pair of half centuries across BOIDC and Royal Hotel Cup play, plus a top knock of 123 against City Colts.

Aubin's in the business of making big, unbeaten stands - all three of those 50-plus scores saw him finish the innings still standing out in the middle at the end of the innings.

With such a record Aubin has to be considered one of the hardest players in the competition to dismiss when he finds momentum.

The Bulls man sits third in the overall run standings at 294, just four behind CYMS' Dave Neil and two ahead of Orange City's Lachie Coyte.

Runs: 243 @ 121.5

HS: 119 vs City Colts, round seven

THE only two times Connor Slattery has been dismissed this BOIDC season he had reached 75 and 117 runs.

He's practically unshakeable in 2020-21.

Slattery's 2019-20 season was excellent, scoring 416 runs at an average of 69.3, and somehow he's on a current trajectory to do even better this time around.

He began this season with unbeaten knocks of 18 and 21 to take St Pat's Old Boys to wins over Centennials Bulls and Rugby Union, then scored his 75 in a win over CYMS.

His 117 against City Colts unfortunately couldn't contribute to a result, due to wet weather, but its certain to lay the groundwork for a big back half of the season.

Slattery can definitely lay claim to being the most consistent batsman across both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 BOIDC competitions.

RUSSELL GARDNER

Runs: 308 @ 102.67

HS: 156*

DAVE NEIL

Runs: 298 @ 42.57

HS: 77*

BLAKE AUBIN

Runs: 294 @ 58.8

HS: 123*

LACHIE COYTE

Runs: 292 @ 48.67

HS: 90*

CONNOR SLATTERY

Runs: 243 @ 121.5

HS: 119

BAILEY BRIEN

Runs: 239 @ 47.8

HS: 92

TOM BELMONTE

Runs: 234 @ 29.25

HS: 49

RORY DABURGER

Runs: 220 @ 27.50

HS: 80

RYAN PEACOCK

Runs: 219 @ 43.80

HS: 100

MARK DAY

Runs: 211 @ 42.2

HS: 83*