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1 - SCOTT ROSS
Marong
Runs: 3660 Innings: 117
HS: 283* Avr: 32.97
100s: 4 50s: 22
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Fielding: 145
Addy MVP points: 5350
Has the task of both opening the batting and wicket-keeping for the team, which takes in the 2009-10 to 2018-19 seasons. No player scored more than Ross' 3660 runs during the decade or took more than his 145 dismissals. Also made the EVCA's record score of 283 n.o. against Spring Gully during the 2012-13 season.
2 - MATT GIRI
Mandurang
Runs: 3377 Innings: 69
HS: 173 Avr: 52.77
100s: 10 50s: 25
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Wickets: 20 Overs: 144
Best: 3-36 Avr: 33.75
Strike: 43.20 5WI: 0
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Fielding: 80
Addy MVP points: 4602
Only knows one way to bat and that's with pure aggression. That attacking mentality didn't stop Giri from averaging more than 50 during the decade, while his 10 centuries for the Rangas were the most of any player during the past 10 seasons.
3 - SHAUN MAKEPEACE
Spring Gully
Runs: 2646 Innings: 70
HS: 195* Avr: 48.11
100s: 6 50s: 15
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Wickets: 29 Overs: 150
Best: 4-24 Avr: 21.17
Strike: 31.03 5WI: 0
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Fielding: 47
Addy MVP points: 3706
Scored the equal third most centuries of the decade with six to go with his 48.11 average in the top order. Did the bulk of his damage in the early part of the decade, particularly in 2011-12 when he plundered 820 runs, which included a stretch of five-consecutive games with 50-plus scores.
4 - MATT DWYER
Sedgwick, West Bendigo
Runs: 3297 Innings: 67
HS: 271 Avr: 55.88
100s: 9 50s: 20
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Wickets: 40 Overs: 258
Best: 5-38 Avr: 24.23
Strike: 38.70 5WI: 3
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Fielding: 36
Addy MVP points: 4462
Had the decade's best batting average of any player in the competition with 55.88 from 67 innings for Sedgwick and West Bendigo. The hard-hitting left-hander belted nine tons, including a Sedgwick record 271 against West Bendigo in December of 2016.
5 - RHYS WEBB
Spring Gully
Runs: 1854 Innings: 37
HS: 180 Avr: 52.97
100s: 6 50s: 9
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Wickets: 46 Overs: 221
Best: 5-54 Avr: 16.65
Strike: 28.83 5WI: 1
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Fielding: 31
Addy MVP points: 3084
Might raise some eyebrows given Webb only played three seasons during the timeframe. But in those three seasons he averaged more than 50, peeled off three scores of more than 150 and in 2018-19 produced the decade's top season with the bat with 825 runs.
6 - ALEX COLLINS
United
Runs: 3376 Innings: 83
HS: 185 Avr: 42.20
100s: 6 50s: 23
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Wickets: 141 Overs: 847
Best: 6-33 Avr: 19.33
Strike: 36.04 5WI: 9
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Fielding: 48
Addy MVP points: 6696
All-rounder whose 3376 runs and 146 wickets for the decade included a memorable double of 141 and 6-54 in the Tigers' 2013-14 grand final win over Emu Creek. Took the equal-most five-fors of the decade with nine.
7 - KEIRAN NIHILL
United
Runs: 1149 Innings: 53
HS: 137 Avr: 24.45
100s: 1 50s: 4
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Wickets: 137 Overs: 743
Best: 6-23 Avr: 12.79
Strike: 32.54 5WI: 7
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Fielding: 21
Addy MVP points: 4109
His 137 wickets for the decade came at the measly average of just 12.79 and at the stingy economy rate of 2.36. Was the EVCA's champion player of 2016-17.
8 - SIMON MARWOOD
Emu Creek, Sedgwick
Runs: 3255 Innings: 119
HS: 163* Avr: 29.32
100s: 3 50s: 16
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Wickets: 198 Overs: 1118
Best: 6-45 Avr: 20.87
Strike: 33.88 5WI: 4
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Fielding: 43
Addy MVP points: 7655
An outstanding decade for the all-rounder who not only won premierships with both Emu Creek (2013) and Sedgwick (2019), but also ranked No.1 for wickets (198) and Addy MVP points (7655).
9 - SCOTT MCKENZIE (capt)
Sedgwick
Runs: 2819 Innings: 107
HS: 102* Avr: 32.40
100s: 2 50s: 17
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Wickets: 155 Overs: 1008
Best: 7-49 Avr: 18.67
Strike: 39.02 5WI: 2
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Fielding: 56
Addy MVP points: 6493
Had intended to hang up the whites at the end of the 2011-12 season. Luckily for McKenzie he didn't or else he would have missed out on playing in the Rams' breakthrough 2019 premiership. Fair effort for a player who had already turned 40 by the time the decade started to churn out the numbers he did with bat and ball.
10 - JEREMY ROSS
Marong
Runs: 2274 Innings: 95
HS: 112 Avr: 27.40
100s: 1 50s: 8
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Wickets: 152 Overs: 954
Best: 7-45 Avr: 15.18
Strike: 37.66 5WI: 5
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Fielding: 62
Addy MVP points: 5954
Ranked fourth in the decade for wickets with 152 and was no slouch with the bat either with more than 2200 runs. Finished fourth in Addy MVP points for the decade behind Simon Marwood, Alex Collins and Scott McKenzie.
11 - BRAD WEBSTER
California Gully
Runs: 898 Innings: 77
HS: 124 Avr: 14.03
100s: 1 50s: 2
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Wickets: 185 Overs: 912
Best: 7-19 Avr: 14.85
Strike: 29.58 5WI: 6
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Fielding: 30
Addy MVP points: 4908
Only Marwood took more than Webster's 185 wickets for the decade. One of the five players for the decade to take 150-plus wickets, but of those five Webster has both the best average and strike rate.
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