After four rounds of two-day games in the Christchurch senior men's competition it is the experienced players who are once again coming to the fore.

Generally speaking ball has dominated bat, which is the norm at this time of year when outfields are traditionally slow and pitches favouring the seam bowlers.

There have, however, been a few exceptions to this rule, which is not surprising given the fact that TelstraClear Black Caps have had their most extended run playing club cricket for quite a number of years.

With the bat, East Shirley's Craig McMillan is the top two-day run scorer, amassing 222 runs at an average of 76. He also tops the averages. Shanan Stewart of Riccarton is the only other batsman to score over 200 runs. He has 202 at a 40.40 average.

Other leading two-day run scorers include Michael Papps of East Shirley (188 runs at 47), Andy McDowell (188 at 37.60), Paul Wiseman of HSOB (180 at 45), Steven Knox of St Albans (166 at 27.67) and Gary Stead of Riccarton (147 at 73.50).

With the ball, Stephen Cunis of St Albans tops the two-day aggregates with 22 wickets at 7.82. His team-mate Chris Harris is second on the list and also heads the averages with 20 wickets at a traditionally miserly 4.85 per wicket. Wade Cornelius of Lancaster Park/Woolston is close behind Cunis and Harris with 19 wickets at 9.37.

Other leading players include: Chris Martin of St Albans (16 wickets at 11.63), Bobby Chilton of Marist (15 at 12.47), Ryan Burson of East Shirley (14 at 13.07) and Shane Bond of HSOB (12 at 8.37).

With the gloves it is Aaron Johnstone of St Albans who leads the way. He has a total of 17 dismissals, made up of 15 catches and two stumpings. Carl Solomons of Lancaster Park/Woolston, who has moved to Christchurch from Blenheim, has 14 dismissals, all of which have been catches.

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