Dynamic Davies Moves Top Of MVP Table
Steven Davies, Worcestershire's answer to Adam Gilchrist, leads the overall MVP after more dynamic contributions in the 50-over format. Davies, who topped last year's Pro40 MVP and represented England in their last Twenty20 international, is currently ranked third in the Friends Provident Trophy (FPT) MVP having scored 303 runs at better than a run-a-ball. He has 226 runs in the Championship (LVCC) taking his overall aggregate to 529 in addition to 11 catches and 7 stumpings.
Somerset, the only unbeaten team in the FPT, have four players in the top seven of the FPT MVP including former England Marcus Trescothick, who leads the way with 106 points. Trescothick has been in blistering form at the top of the Sabres' order racking up 458 runs from his seven FPT knocks including 144 versus Scotland and four other fifties. He has scored more than 26% of Somerset's competition runs at a strike rate of 1.20. Across all cricket he has scored 738 runs and is ranked second in the overall MVP.
Trescothick's county team mate Peter Trego is second in the FPT MVP having scored 152 runs and taken 17 wickets in the competition. Trego has an incredible strike rate of 1.92 with the bat and of his 17 victims with the ball most have been top-order players. Across all forms Trego has scored 200 runs and taken 22 wickets.
Andrew Hall, who figured prominently in last year's Twenty20 MVP and who led last week's overall MVP is down to third overall after a quiet week in the FPT. Hall is ranked first in the LVCC MVP and has 435 runs and 20 wickets across all cricket.
Vikram Solanki, who led the way a fortnight ago, is down to fourth in the overall MVP. The PCA Chairman and former England one-day international is also ranked fourth in the LVCC MVP having scored a double hundred and three fifties. He has contributed more than a quarter of Worcestershire's runs in the LVCC and has 456 runs across all forms.
Phillip Hughes, the audacious young Australian opener, notched the first one-day hundred of his short career against Somerset at Lord's but could not prevent Middlesex going down to his compatriot Justin Langer's team. Hughes has now recorded four hundreds in little over a month with the Panthers and will leave a big hole at the top of the order when he leaves later this week. He is the leading run-scorer across all cricket with 825 runs, with his aggregate of 574 in the championship earning points at a reduced premium due to his Middlesex' second division status. He sits fifth in the overall MVP.
Craig Kieswetter, the Somerset gloveman, is in sixth spot in the overall MVP and seventh in the FPT MVP. Kieswetter's aggressive opening partnership with Trescothick has been one of the key factors in the Sabres' FPT success. He has scored 247 FPT runs at better than a run-a-ball including 138 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Two more hundreds in the Championship have helped realise 313 runs taking his tally to 560 across all cricket.
Gloucestershire stalwart Jon Lewis remains one of the most consistent new ball bowlers in the county game. The former England man is ranked seventh overall, 11th in the LVCC and 18th in the FPT MVP. He has scored 122 runs and taken 26 wickets across both forms.
Last year's overall MVP winner, Martin van Jaarsveld is ominously placed to mount a defence of his title after notching his fourth hundred of the season against Somerset at Canterbury. The prolific South African, who also topped the FPT MVP in 2008, made an undefeated 132 in a losing cause taking his runs in all cricket to 677 (426 in division two of the county championship). He is currently in eighth spot in the overall MVP.
Van Jaarsveld' county colleague James Tredwell and Durham's Ian Blackwell make up the overall top ten, whilst Somerset's Zander De Bruyn looks like one to watch in the FPT. The batting all-rounder has enjoyed scores of 70, 71, 72 and 73 from his four knocks in the competition.
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MVP Goes Amateur!
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