Van Jaarvsveld Still Leads As Prolific Trescothick Enters MVP Race - 26/08/2008
Plenty of MVP round ups this summer have started with the name Martin van Jaarsveld and Kent's South African batting colossus still heads the overall table. He has scored 1823 runs, taken 11 wickets (including 3-18 against Lancashire this week) and pouched 39 catches, which is more than some of the keepers on the circuit. Van Jaarsveld won the FPT MVP and is on course to take the LVCC MVP title, too.
Van Jaarsveld's closest challenger for the overall title is his county colleague and compatriot Ryan McLaren, who jumps to second having scored 587 runs and taken 72 wickets across all cricket. The all-rounder, who lies fifth in the LVCC and finished in the top twenty of both the FPT and T20 MVPs took 2-16 in the pro40 against Yorkshire to jump over some of his closest rivals.
Tim Bresnan, drafted into the England one-day squad but released to play for Yorkshire once again demonstrated his frugal qualities with the ball returning figures of 1-10 from five overs against Kent. He has scored 624 runs and taken 71 wickets across all forms.
Ravi Bopara and Samit Patel have had quiet weeks in the MVP as they are both involved with England. They lie in fourth and fifth respectively with Bopara - who has been away with England for chunks of the summer - having the best points-per-game ratio (16.64) of any of the leading contenders. He has scored 1631 runs and taken 42 wickets, Patel 1191 and 34.
If the leaders are ever inclined to look over their shoulders in the run-in to this year's MVP the man looming largest in the chasing pack is former England opener Marcus Trescothick. The Somerset southpaw is the leading run-scorer in the country with 2025 runs across all four competitions and currently heads the Pro40 MVP having scored 493 runs from just six games. His 184 in the week against Gloucestershire has seen him close to within 53 points of van Jaarsveld in the overall race.
Kent's Pakistani duo Azhar Mahmood and Yasir Arafat have been out of action for Kent since losing the FPT final at Lord's. They occupy seventh and eighth respectively.
In ninth, Ryan ten Doeschate maintained his impressive showing this season with scores this week of 94 and 46 against Worcestershire taking his tally to 1163 runs in addition to 48 wickets.
Kabir Ali, who is ranked second in the LVCC MVP, completes the top ten with 383 runs and 80 wickets. He has taken 61 of those wickets in the Championship but remember second division scalps count less than those taken in the first division.
For those of you, who can't get enough stats from the county game here are the leading run-scorers, wicket-takers and glove-men across all forms of the game:
Batting:
1. Marcus Trescothick 2025 runs
2. Martin van Jaarsveld 1823 runs
3. HD Ackerman 1777 runs
4. Jacques Rudolph 1671 runs
5. Ravi Bopara 1631 runs
6. Joe Denly 1587 runs
7. Jonathan Trott 1587 runs
8. Murray Goodwin 1512 runs
9. Vikram Solanki 1506 runs
10. Mark Ramprakash 1494 runs
Bowling
1. Tim Murtagh 85 wickets
2=Steve Harmison 80 wickets
2=Kabir Ali 80 wickets
4.Yasir Arafat 77 wickets
5.Ryan McLaren 72 wickets
6=Charl Langeveldt 71 wickets
6=Tim Bresnan 71 wickets
6=Danish Kaneria 71 wickets
9=David Masters 62 wickets
9=Nadeem Malik 62 wickets
Fielding
1. Geraint Jones 89 dismissals (78 catches, 11 Stumpings)
2. Phil Mustard 83 dismissals (65, 8)
3. Steven Davies 79 dismissals (77, 2)
4=Paul Nixon 74 dismissals (65, 9)
4=James Foster 74 dismissals (64,10)
6. Gerard Brophy 69 dismissals (60,9)
7. Chris Read 63 dismissals (56, 70)
8. Jon Batty 58 dismissals (46,12)
9. Ben Scott 57 dismissals (45,12)
10. Nic Pothas 53 dismissals (47, 6)
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