American Premier League 2023: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Premium Windies vs Premium Paks (Updated) ft. Hayden Walsh

Premium Windies humiliated Premium Paks by 74 runs in the 17th game of the American Premier League at the Moosa Cricket Stadium in Pearland on Wednesday, December 27. In an earlier game, Premium Afghans was awarded the match against Premium Canadians.

Meanwhile, after being put into bat first, Premium Windies posted 172-6. Opener Aaron Johnson led the charge with his first fifty of the season - 52 off 36. He was involved in a 51-run opening stand with Kevin Stoute (24 off 18). Gajanand Singh also played a handy knock of 28 off 21.

Lower-order batters Hayden Walsh (16 off 15), Javon Searles (15 off 10) and Terrance Hinds (21 off nine) took the Premium Windies past 150, with 28 runs coming in the last two overs. Naqash Ali (2 for 31) and Ariful Haque (2 for 35) were the pick of the bowlers in a below par bowling show from Premium Paks.

Premium Windies leg-spinner Hayden Walsh continued his terrific form with the ball, accounting for four wickets for 13 runs from his parsimonious spell of four overs to shoot down the opposition for a paltry 98.

Kirk Thompson scalped two wickets, while Raj Nannan, Terrance Hinds, Kevin Stoute and Elias Sunny picked up one apiece. Only four of the 11 Premium Paks batters managed double-digit scores.

On that note, let’s check all the top run-getters and top wicket-takers of the American Premier League after the action on Wednesday.

American Premier League 2023 Most Runs List

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	Mat	Inns	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Gerhard Erasmus	PAC	135	4	4	77	45	146.74	0	1	10	7
2	Aaron Johnson	PWI	128	5	5	52	32	130.61	0	1	7	9
3	Abdul Wasi	PAFG	102	5	4	44	51	105.15	0	0	7	4
4	Kjorn Ottley	PAC	100	4	3	51	50	131.58	0	1	12	3
5	Ravi Bopara	PIND	92	3	3	55	30.67	115	0	1	8	6
6	Shawn Findlay	PWI	82	4	4	68	20.5	97.62	0	1	6	3
7	Usman Ghani	PAFG	75	5	4	46	18.75	127.12	0	0	6	3
8	Hayden Walsh	PWI	70	5	3	43	23.33	148.94	0	0	2	4
9	Rajdeep Darbar	PIND	58	3	3	30	19.33	131.82	0	0	3	4
10	Gajanand Singh	PWI	57	5	4	28	14.25	129.55	0	0	3	5

Premium Windies opener Aaron Johnson jumped to second spot from sixth after his fine fifty against Premium Paks in the American Premier League 2023. The Canadian batter has scored 128 runs in five innings at an average of 32 and a strike rate of 130.61.

Premium Americans middle order batter Gerhard Erasmus leads the charts with 135 runs in four innings at a strike rate of 146.74. Premium Windies players Hayden Walsh (70) and Gajanand Singh (57) moved into the top-10.

American Premier League 2023 Most Wickets List

Rank	Player	Team	Wickets	Mat	Inns	BBI	Avg	ER	4W+	5W+
1	Hayden Walsh	PWI	16	5	5	5/17	5	4.17	1	1
2	Raj Nannan	PWI	12	5	5	4/6	6.42	3.85	1	0
3	Imran Khan	PAC	10	3	3	5/14	7	6.89	0	2
4	Sunny Patel	PIND	6	3	3	3/14	5.67	2.83	0	0
5	Amad Butt	PIND	6	3	3	5/25	12	6	0	1
6	Stephen Wiig	PIND	5	3	3	3/25	11.6	5.27	0	0
7	Mario Lobban	PWI	5	4	4	2/2	14.6	5.62.	0	0
8	Amir Hamza	PAC	4	3	3	3/9	10.5	4.67	0	0
9	Simi Singh	PAUS	4	3	3	2/19	12.5	5.56	0	0
10	Sabir Rao Ali	PAC	4	4	4	3/27	9.25	5.69	0	0

Hayden Walsh remains top of the wicket-takers list since the first game of the APL 2023. The West Indies leg-spinner picked four wickets for 13 runs against Premium Paks to boost his tally to 16 wickets in five games at an economy rate of 4.17.

Hayden Walsh is the only player to feature in both the top 10 runs and wickets list in the APL 2023. Premium Windies left-arm spinner Raj Nannan added one wicket to consolidate his place in second position with 12 dismissals.