His highest score, an unbeaten 129, came against Centrals in round eight and he scored all three of his other half-tons against would-be title contenders Rugby Union.

The most impressive was those was his 81 in a rain-affected preliminary final against the Bulldogs. It was as classy a knock as you'd see from any opening bat, let alone a teenager.

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Bathurst City's skipper partners Weymouth at the top in to form an incredibly short opening partnership, probably the smallest in stature you could come up with.

But what the pair lack in height, they made up for in runs.

Admittedly, Coughlan had a slow start to the 2020-21 summer, not passing 25 until round six but he broke the shackles after that and punched out a handful of important half-tons.

He did, brutally, fall just short of a ton twice this summer, a heart-breaking 99 against Cavaliers being his top score in his side's three-run loss to Cavaliers in round 10.

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Neil acted as a rock in a young side that, largely, struggled to make a genuine impact this summer, although CYMS will be better for it in coming seasons.

Started the season with a bang by scoring back-to-back half-tons in the opening two rounds and finished the year by knocking up a superb, unbeaten ton against Kinross.

With an average of 38, we'd wager Neil would agree he should've gone bigger with a handful of other starts but nonetheless a strong season from the noodling CYMS veteran.

Another veteran who hasn't let age slow him down, Gardner ended the summer as the highest run-scorer and went on to claim player of the year honours.

Banged out more than 600 runs at better than 70 despite starting the summer with a globe, which proved one of just three genuine failures with the bat.

He passed 50 in seven consecutive innings between rounds four and 12 and turned one of those into a magnificent, unbeaten 156 against Centrals in round five as well.

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One of several Western Zone incumbents in this side, Slattery was strong with both bat and ball this summer, so much so he acts as this side's frontline spinner too.

Yes, we've picked an all-rounder as the frontline spinner.

He backed up his pair of centuries with a couple of half-tons throughout the year but, as his average of almost 70 suggests, there is a slight feeling of 'what if' surrounding Slattery from the 2020-21 summer.

Not because he didn't capitalise on starts, no, more because he quite often didn't get the chance to.

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Aubin is picked solely to bat in this side, despite taking the gloves all summer for Centennials Bulls, who finished 14 points adrift of the top four.

With 426 runs at 42.80, he finished the summer as the competition's sixth highest run-scorer behind this side's top five so it's an easy choice to slot him in here. Like Slattery, he could easily move up or down too.

Notched an excellent, unbeaten ton against City Colts in the early stages of the competition and while he did slow down quite a bit towards the back end of the summer, he's done enough to earn a spot here.

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The Saints' wicketkeeper takes the gloves for us here after a strong season behind the stumps and another solid summer with the bat as well.

Proved to be the Saints' second highest run-scorer and punched out a nice ton against Centennials Bulls towards the back end of the summer, although there could be a question of whether he'd be effective batting seven here.

Brown opens up for St Pat's, did so in all but one game this summer, but we're confident he's versatile enough to slide quite a way down the order and still get the job done.

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The first picked in this side so there's not much point explaining it, we will anyway though.

Ranked third on the competition's bowling list in terms of aggregate, but when you consider all the numbers he's still the BOIDC's premier quick, the burly left-armer's average and strike rate are bordering on elite.

His output with the bat wasn't as good as previous years, which pushed him into the all-rounder category, but he wasn't required to punch out big runs as his teammates lifted around him.

Obviously he captains this side, he's won premierships in all three of his seasons in charge at Orange City and the side's now won four-in-a-row, so that's not even up for debate.

Along with Slattery and Morrish, Taylor is another of this side's Western incumbents and in another super summer the Saints' quick proved exactly why he's considered among the Zone's best.

His average is bettered only by Morrish but he finished above his left-arm counterpart in terms of aggregate, snaring the second-highest number of scalps with 29.

A proven performer, Taylor was once again consistent in spearheading the Saints' attack and picked up a couple of five-wicket hauls along the way in 2020-21, in back-to-back games towards the end of the summer in fact.

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The competition's premier quick this summer, in terms of wickets taken.

Topped that list with 30 scalps from a Herculean 168.5 overs and did everything he could to inspire his side to a miracle finals appearance, producing his best figures of 7-25 against Kinross in round seven.

He actually finished that game with absurd figures of 9-41 after taking another two in the second dig.

A picture of consistency and Redbacks' heart and soul with the ball, he finished a full 13 scalps ahead of the Bathurst side's next best.

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Somewhat of a surprise packet, really, considering his past numbers.

That's not to say he was ever less than excellent for Kinross, but he did max out with 11 scalps for the students in season 2018-19 before linking with Rugby Union.

He picked up 26 this summer though and almost rivalled Morrish in terms of average and strike rate, to suggest he may have been somewhat of a sleeping giant while he was playing for Kinross.

McIntyre had a fair old time against his former side this summer too. He started the season by taking 6-23 against Kinross in round one and backed that up with another bagful against the two blues in round 11.

Rounds out a superb fast-bowling quartet in this side.

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