Vote now for July POTM

Voting is now open to choose your PCA Player of the Month winners for July with all eight nominees having an outstanding month on a personal level.

The top four women’s and men’s domestic players have been announced using the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, with these awards being the fourth out of a total of six iterations this season.

In the women’s game, Durham and New Zealand star Suzie Bates leads the PCA MVP charts after securing 113.23 points over the past month. The 37-year-old has had an excellent July on a personal level after recently winning the Vitality Blast Women’s Player of the Year. She is joined by The Blaze’s all-rounder pair of Kathryn Bryce and Georgia Elwiss along with Lancashire’s opening batter Emma Lamb. The trio all return as nominees together after a month’s absence.

Meanwhile, all-rounders took centre stage in the men’s game in July. Lancashire’s Chris Green produced an outstanding run which saw him top the Men’s MVP standings for July with 179.73 points. He is joined by Worcestershire’s Ethan Brookes, Surrey and England star Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed, who continues to lead Leicestershire’s charge for promotion in the Rothesay County Championship.

The players are selected by the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, which picks out the game’s top performers across every single fixture. This then forms the rankings for each competition, as well as an overall table which is how the top four are selected. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining efforts using a unique algorithm developed by CricViz.

The PCA Player of the Month will be decided by a 50:50 split between the PCA MVP Rankings and the public vote with the poll closing on 2 August at 10pm. With a short window to have your say, vote now to pick your winner of the July awards.

The Vitality Blast came to a dramatic end with Surrey winning the first trophy in the Tier 1 era after beating the Bears in the final at the Kia Oval. The women’s game also saw two rounds of the Metro Bank One Day Cup being played in July.

Bates was dominant with the bat as she won the Vitality Blast Women’s Player of the Year. Across July, the right-handed batter scored 333 runs at an average of 47.57 to earn 113.23 MVP points.

The New Zealander’s standout performance came in her last game of the month against Somerset where she scored163 off just 140 balls to take her side to victory whilst getting 43.57 points to earn the Match MVP.

July saw Lamb score 375 runs at an excellent average of 93.75 which saw her achieve 110.87 MVP points.

The England batter won three Match MVP awards last month with her best performance coming against Durham in the Blast where she scored 74 to pick up 36.05 points. The 27-year-old also scored 142 against Essex in the One Day Cup to earn 30.07 MVP points.

The ever-consistent Bryce secured 108.31 MVP points after scoring 204 runs and taking 11 wickets last month.

The 27-year-old’s best batting display came against Surrey in the Blast where she scored 53 not out while her best bowling performance was against Hampshire, taking four wickets at an economy rate of just 4.10. The Scotland captain also finished second in the Blast MVP standings, just 0.92 points behind Bates.

Already the PCA Player of the Month for May, Elwiss has had another strong month, scoring 262 runs at an average of 37.43 and taking five wickets to earn 98.40 MVP points.

The 34-year-old picked up one Match MVP in July, coming against Hampshire at the Utilita Bowl where the all-rounder scored 87 runs and took two wickets to secure 30.88 MVP points.

The men’s game saw the group stages of the Vitality Blast come to an end with the quarterfinals set to be contested in September. Only First-Class games that started in July count towards the award, meaning County Championship round 11 and the first three days of round 12.

Green picked up the most MVP points in July with 179.73 after scoring 270 runs and taking 27 wickets.

The 31-year-old picked up one Match MVP in the Blast against Durham where he contributed 31 runs and three wickets to take Lancashire to victory and earn 38.34 MVP points. He also scored his First-Class career best of 160 against Gloucestershire in the County Championship and took 6-82 in the ongoing game against Glamorgan.

Jacks’ performances in July sees him get nominated for a second consecutive month after hitting 334 runs and taking eight wickets to secure 163.03 MVP points.

The 26-year-old won three Match MVP honours in the Blast. His best points tally came against Sussex against whom he scored 100 and took 2-27 to help Surrey win. His efforts in Hove saw him earn 54.94 MVP points.

Brookes had a month to remember after scoring 440 runs and taking four wickets to claim 162.95 MVP points.

The 24-year-old won two Match MVP accolades with his best performance coming against Warwickshire in the County Championship. Brookes starred with the bat to hit 227 runs in the game, including achieving his First-Class career best score of 140 to pick up 61.99 MVP points.

Ahmed’s efforts in July included scoring 427 runs at an average of 71.16 and taking 16 wickets to earn 151.79 MVP points.

The spin-bowling all-rounder secured 78.90 MVP points against Derbyshire, the most in a match so far this season and one of his two Match MVPs last month. The 20-year-old’s 115 in the first innings and took 13 wickets in the match helped Leicestershire register a 189-run win.

Find out more about the PCA MVP Rankings and view the men’s and women’s tables.

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