June MVP Teams of the Month announced

The PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings have decided the teams of the month in domestic men’s and women’s cricket for the month of June. 

Using the MVP’s unique algorithm, both elevens have been selected by picking out the game’s top performers across every single domestic fixture in the month.

The MVP works by comparing a player’s accomplishments against the expected performance for that game. Runs and wickets achieved at each ground are also considered and compared to the average. Enabling players to score or lose MVP points on every ball through CricViz’s extensive historical database, the rankings is a true reflection of performance.

The teams have been selected to create a well-balanced side, so that it’s not just the best 11 cricketers according to MVP points. This means players such as Worcestershire’s Mitchell Santner are unfortunate to miss out due to the fantastic form of fellow spinners Liam Dawson and Simon Harmer.

In the men’s game, the month has been dominated by the culmination of the Vitality Blast group stages alongside two rounds of the LV= Insurance County Championship. In the longer format of the game, Daniel Bell-Drummond stole the show with the bat during the month with an incredible unbeaten 300, a career best for the Kent opener, which earnt him 62 MVP points on the way to 867 runs in June.

Hampshire spinner Dawson enjoyed a lucrative month also excelling in the First-Class format with an incredible performance against Middlesex scoring 141 and taking match figures of 12-130 earning him a massive 89 MVP points. Dawson’s teammate and skipper at Hampshire James Vince made the Team of the Month for the second month in succession.

In the women’s game, June saw the end of the Charlotte Edwards Cup group games and the culmination of the tournament at finals day, which was won by Southern Vipers for the second year in a row.

A brilliant month from Southern Vipers opener Danni Wyatt earned her a spot in the team having scored an impressive 194 runs from her three matches in June earning 103 MVP points.

Victorious Vipers skipper Georgia Adams has made the side in successive months impressing once again with 91 MVP points, thanks to scoring 127 runs alongside taking six wickets at an average of 20.8.

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