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Essex seam bowler Jamie Porter is in contention to emulate Northamptonshire’s Ben Duckett by completing the double at the NatWest PCA Awards.
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Last year Duckett became the first player to win both the NatWest PCA Players’ Player and Young Player of the Year Awards in the same season and Porter, already a Specsavers County Championship winner this summer, has been shortlisted in both categories.
Both awards are voted for by current county players. Porter has been shortlisted alongside Glamorgan all-rounder Colin Ingram, Nottinghamshire’s double winning all-rounder Samit Patel and Surrey’s former Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara for the NatWest PCA Players’ Player of the Year. The winner will receive the Reg Hayter Cup.
In the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year Award, Porter faces competition for the John Arlott Cup from fellow seamers, Jofra Archer of Sussex, Yorkshire’s Ben Coad and Somerset’s Craig Overton who, was yesterday called up to England’s Ashes squad.
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 27: Kumar Sangakkara of Surrey is applauded off the pitch after his last innings during the County Championship Division One match between Lancashire and Surrey at Old Trafford on September 27, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
Three members of the England side that won the ICC Women’s World Cup have been shortlisted for the NatWest Women’s Player of the Summer. Opening batsman Tammy Beaumont, who won this prize 12 months ago, faces competition from slow left-armer Alex Hartley and all-rounder Natalie Sciver for the award which will be voted for by their peers.
The 48th NatWest PCA Awards will take place at the Roundhouse in Camden on Wednesday October 4. The event is organised by the PCA in their 50th year, in association with the England and Wales Cricket Board with the Awards reflecting the domestic and international season with all proceeds from the night going to the PCA Professional Cricketers’ Trust.
NOMINEES FOR NATWEST PCA PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Colin Ingram (Glamorgan)
The former South Africa left-hander was the standout limited-overs batsman in the country this season, scoring 1,026 runs and five centuries in white-ball cricket.
He finished top of the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings in the Royal London One-Day Cup and was third in the NatWest T20 Blast PCA MVP.
Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
The former England all-rounder played a key role in Nottinghamshire’s white ball trophy double by scoring 539 runs and taking nine wickets in the Royal London One-Day Cup and 405 runs and taking 16 wickets in the NatWest T20 Blast. He was second in the PCA MVP in both competitions.
He made back-to-back centuries in the Specsavers County Championship in June against Gloucestershire and Leicestershire.
Jamie Porter (Essex)
Three years ago Porter was working as a recruitment consultant but Essex’s decision to sign him proved inspired as he topped 70 wickets in leading them to their first County Championship title in 25 years.
He returned career-best and match figures – seven for 55 and 12 for 95 – against Somerset at Chelmsford in August and took seven wickets in the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston which clinched the title.
Kumar Sangakkara (Surrey)
The Sri Lankan great went into retirement leaving the fans wanting more. He topped 1,400 runs in his farewell season and fell just 16 runs short of becoming only the fourth batsman in first-class history after CB Fry, Don Bradman and Mike Procter to score six centuries in consecutive innings.
Sangakkara also shone in the Royal London One-Day Cup with 545 runs including two centuries and three half centuries in nine innings.
NOMINEES FOR NATWEST PCA YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
The Barbados –born former West Indies Under-19 international made a big impression in his first full season of county cricket, taking more than 80 wickets across all competitions including a career-best seven for 67 in the Specsavers County Championship opener against Kent.
He proved equally effective in white ball cricket and took a NatWest T20 Blast four for 18 in the victory over Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl and also contributed important runs down the order in all three competitions.
HOVE, ENGLAND – JUNE 05: Jofra Archer of Sussex clean bowls Josh Tongue of Worcestershire during the fourth day of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two match between Sussex and Worcestershire at The 1st Central County Ground on June 5, 2017 in Hove, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Ben Coad (Yorkshire)
The Ripon-based seamer was given his chance at the start of the season because of injuries to frontline bowlers and seized the opportunity by taking three five wicket hauls in the first two matches.
Coad took six for 37 in the defeat by Hampshire and followed up with a maiden 10 wicket match haul in the demolition of Warwickshire at Edgbaston. He followed up with another five wicket haul in the Roses Match victory over Lancashire at Headingley in June.
Craig Overton (Somerset)
The 23-year-old Devonian played in all but two of Somerset’s matches in all competitions and those were only because he was on international duty with England and England Lions.
Overton led Somerset’s tack brilliantly, taking more than 70 wickets across all formats with a career-best match haul of nine for 134 against Yorkshire at Scarborough.
Jamie Porter (Essex)
The former MCC Young Cricketer made his mark this season by spearheading the attack in Essex’s County Championship campaign.
Porter’s county performances were noted by the England selectors who picked him for England Lions against South Africa A at Canterbury where he took six wickets in the match.
NATWEST WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE SUMMER
Tammy Beaumont
Last year’s award winner finished as leading run-scorer in the World Cup with 410 in nine innings including 148 in the victory over South Africa at Bristol in the group stage where she also shared a second wicket partnership of 275 – World Cup record for that wicket – with Sarah Taylor.
Beaumont became the fourth-fastest player to 1,000 ODI runs and capped a memorable World Cup by winning the Player of the Tournament award.
Nat Sciver
Sciver captured the imagination of the public by playing an audacious between-her-legs shot, which was instantly christened the ‘Natmeg’, in her century n the World Cup victory over New Zealand at Derby.
Sciver also made a century against Pakistan at Leicester and top-scored with 51 in the final against India at Lord’s . Her accurate medium pace proved effective with a best of three for three against West Indies at Bristol.
Alex Hartley
The Lancashire slow left-armer was one of the inexperienced players who came of age in England’s fourth World Cup win.
She took 10 wickets in the tournament including three for 44 against New Zealand at Derby to help secure a semi-final place. She claimed the prize scalp of India’s Harmanpreet Kaur to help turn the final in England’s favour.
Full list of Awards to be presented on Wednesday October 4
Harold Goldblatt Award for the PCA Umpire of the Year
ECB Special Award
PCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Greene King PCA England Masters Player of the Year
NatWest T20 Blast Player of the Year Award
Royal London One-Day Cup Player of the Year Award
Specsavers County Championship Player of the Year Award
PCA Team of the Year
Royal London One Day International Player of the Summer
Investec Test Player of the Summer
NatWest Women’s Player of the Summer
John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year
Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Players’ Player of the Year
