BANKSTOWN first grade run machine and former North-Nowra Cambewarra’s Philip Wells has had an amazing Sydney grade cricket season, one which it is difficult to imagine being bettered.
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In all formats, Wells amassed a mind-boggling 1527 runs, including five centuries, at an average of 101.8.
And when the T20 format is deducted, it moves up to 102.75, with 1233 runs to his name.
Records that Wells bettered during the season included: topping Kevin Roberts aggregate of 1168 in 1993/94, bettering the average of the club’s first test player Grahame Thomas of 87.60 in 1960/61 and his second wicket partnership with Daniel Solway of 336 against St George, bettering the mark of 228 set by Mark Waugh and Rod Bower in 1983/84.
Wells also became the 14th player in history to average 100 in Sydney grade cricket for the season, leading to him being awarded Sydney’s batsmen of the year.
He joins the likes of Victor Trumper, Sir Donald Bradman, Doug Walters and Monty Noble to do so.
He is also the first player in the last seven years to score more than five tons in a single season.
Among the many awards and accolades he received this season – including Bankstown player of the year for the second time, Wells won the Michael Bevan Medal as the player of the limited overs final where he scored 109, including nine boundaries.
Wells excelled so much with the willow this year that team mate and former New Zealand test bowler Daryl Tuffey tweeted on March 24 at Wells was on par with AB De Villiers and Brendon McCullum as the scariest batter to bowl to at the time.
Wells has been back at training for a couple of weeks now and the 28-year-old is primed for another big year.
