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Freya Kemp wins Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer.
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Freya Kemp has won the Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer award, finishing top of the MVP Rankings, powered by OFX, following a strong showing of all-round performances.
Kemp secured 139.34 MVP points from her 13 IT20 games, including a brilliant 28-ball unbeaten innings of 44 in an 80-run partnership with England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt in the T20 World Cup final at Lord’s.
England were defeated by Australia in the final by seven wickets as they were bidding for their first T20 title since 2009.
The 21-year-old scored 191 runs at an average of 47.75, earning 59.28 batting points and took nine wickets at 15.2 a-piece, securing 60.06 bowling points and was a significant contributor to England getting to the final.
Of England’s 13 games in the format, they beat New Zealand 2-1, India 2-1 and won every game on their way to the T20 World Cup final.
The all-rounder won four Match MVP awards highlighting her importance to the side statistically. Against India in the second IT20 match, Kemp earnt 25.87 MVP points and the Match MVP after smashing an unbeaten 39 off 13 balls including four fours and two sixes, alongside figures of 2-15 as England won by 26 runs.
Against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup, Kemp earnt an impressive 45.69 MVP points for brilliant figures of 4-22 off her four overs as England won by 87 runs.
Kemp’s aforementioned innings in the T20 World Cup final also won her a Match MVP award and a further 10 points.
Finishing not far behind with 121.38 MVP points in second place was spinner Charlie Dean thanks to taking 19 wickets with a fantastic average of 16.6.
Captaining her side for nine of the 13 matches and delivering consistent performances, Dean proved her quality on multiple occasions throughout the summer earning 81.18 MVP bowling points.
In the third IT20 against New Zealand, the 25-year-old helped dismiss the opposition for 80 with figures of 3-13.
Dean also provided figures of 2-11 against Ireland and 2-31 in the T20 World Cup semi-final at The Oval against South Africa.
Surrey’s Alice Capsey finished third in the rankings with 114.25 MVP points thanks to scoring 312 runs at an average of 31.2 and a strike-rate of 138.
The 21-year-old earnt 37.16 MVP points and the Match MVP award for her powerful innings of 82 from 43 balls with nine fours and three sixes setting up a six-wicket win for England against India.
A second Match MVP for Capsey came against New Zealand securing 32.79 MVP points for an unbeaten knock of 74 off 51 balls in a seven-wicket England victory.
The Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer was selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, the PCA’s Official FX Partner. The formula takes into account expected performance on every ball according to CricViz’s extensive database. The algorithm also considers the historic performances of the venue each fixture is being played at, therefore giving a more accurate reflection of the top performers in the game than traditional batting and bowling averages do.
Kemp currently leads the Overall Women’s International MVP table with Test and ODI cricket still to play this summer, with Dean and Capsey sitting in second and third respectively.
England women’s focus now turns to Test cricket as they look forward to facing India in a historic Test at Lord’s starting on Friday.
View the final IT20 and current Overall Women’s International tables here.
