American Premier League 2023: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Premium Americans vs Premium Afghans (Updated) ft. Gerhard Erasmus

Premium Afghans won by six wickets against Premium Americans in the 15th game of the American Premier League (APL) 2023 at the Moosa Stadium in Pearland in Tuesday, December 26.

The other game between Premium Indians and Premium Canadians was washed out because of rain.

Premium Americans elected to bat first in a rain-truncated game reduced to 15 overs. Namibia captaim Gerhard Erasmus produced an exposive 46-ball 77, laced with six fours and four sixes. Opener Kjorn Ottley played second-fiddle to Erasmus with a near run-a-ball 41* in an unbeaten 119-run stand for the third wicket, helping the Americans to 127-2.

Although the Afghans lost three wickets in the powerplay, Oman international Mehran Khan anchored the chase with a calm and composed unbeaten 54. Americans conceded as many as 36 runs as extras, including 23 wides, compounding their misery.

Abdul Wasi continued his role of a finisher with 19 off 16 powered by a six as Afghans went past the challenging target in the 12th over. On that note, let’s take a quick look on the updated run-scorers and wicket-takers of the American Premier League 2023.

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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	Abdul Wasi	PAFG	102	4	4	44	51	105.15	0	0	7	4
3	Kjorn Ottley	PAC	100	4	3	51	33.33	131.58	0	1	12	3
4	Ravi Bopara	PIND	92	3	3	55	30.67	115	0	1	8	6
5	Shawn Findlay	PWI	82	4	4	68	20.5	97.62	0	1	6	3
6	Aaron Johnson	PWI	76	4	4	35	25.33	122.58	0	0	5	5
7	Usman Ghani	PAFG	75	4	4	46	18.75	127.12	0	0	6	3
8	Raj Darbar	PIND	58	3	3	30	19.33	131.82	0	0	3	4
9	Mehran Khan	PAFG	56	2	2	54	56	119.14	0	1	0	7
10	Navanpreet Brar	PAC	56	4	4	23	28	59.57	0	0	3	1

Gerhard Erasmus' explosive knock against Premium Afghans helped him make giant strides in the run-getters’ list of the APL 2023.

Ahead of the game, the Namibian was eighth, but his 77* took him to the top with an aggregate score of 135 runs in four innings at a strike rate of 146.74.

Abdul Wasi and Kjorn Ottley are the other two batters to make progress in the run-scorer’s list after the 15th game of the APL. Both joined Erasmus in getting into three figures in the tournament. Wasi is second with 102 runs while Ottley has made 100 runs, taking one fewer innings than the Afghanistan all-rounder.

Premium Indians all-rouder Ravi Bopara has slipped to fourth spot after holding the pole position for a while. Shawn Findlay, Aaron Johnson and Usman Ghani also moved down the ladder. Meanwhile, Mehran Khan moved into the top 10 after an excellent fifty against Premium Americans.

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American Premier League 2023 Most Wickets List

Rank	Player	Team	Wickets	Mat	Inns	BBI	Avg	ER	4W+	5W+
1	Hayden Walsh	PWI	12	4	4	5/17	5.58	4.42	0	1
2	Raj Nannan	PWI	11	4	4	4/6	5.28	4	1	0
3	Imran Khan	PAC	10	3	3	5/14	7.1	6.98	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

There weren't any changes in the American Premier League's top 10 wicket-takers list following the Premium Americans-Premium Aussies game.

The Americans bowlers Imran Khan, Amir Hamza and Sabir Rao Ali were in action against Premium Afghans on Tuesday, but none of them picked up a scalp to add to their tally.

As a result, Premium Windies bowlers Hayden Walsh Jr and Raj Nannan continue to lead the bowling charts with 12 and 11 wickets, respectively. Imran Khan is third place with 10 wickets from three innings at an economy rate of 6.98.