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Somerset dominate shortlist for PCA Player of the Month
It’s time to vote for the September PCA Player of the Month.
Somerset captain Lewis Gregory, meanwhile, topped the MVP table in the men’s game this month, on the back of some great all-round displays in the Vitality County Championship and Vitality Blast.
He is joined on the shortlist by teammates Jack Leach and Archie Vaughan.
The 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Year Alice Davidson-Richards ended a fruitful month of September by picking up yet another trophy for showing her excellent form with the bat.
The PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings 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 players are selected. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining contributions using a unique algorithm developed with CricViz.
The PCA Player of the Month is decided by a 50:50 split between the MVP and the public vote on the PCA website, with the poll closing at 10pm on Friday October 4th.
With a small window to have your say, vote now to pick your winners for September.
Men’s Player of the Month
The men’s game saw tournaments of all three formats being contested, including the Vitality Blast Finals Day and the final of the Metro Bank One Day Cup, being won by Gloucestershire and Glamorgan respectively. There were also three rounds played in the Vitality County Championship, including a day’s worth of play from Round 11 going towards September’s MVP points total.
Lewis Gregory (Somerset)
Gregory had a phenomenal month, both with bat and ball. He played in the Vitality Blast and County Championship and ended up with 17 wickets and 197 runs. He picked up 170.56 points last month.
The Somerset captain was particularly impressive in the Vitality Blast where he helped his side reach the finals. He picked up two three-wicket hauls and scored an unbeaten half century.
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
The Hampshire all-rounder has had an incredible September on a personal level. The 34-year-old retained his Men’s Overall MVP title and Vitality County Championship Player of the Year from 2023 and then was voted the cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year by his peers.
Dawson amassed 128.51points in the month with his best display coming in the County Championship game against Worcestershire. He scored 109 not out in the first innings, 51 in the second and also picked up seven wickets, including 5-88 in the first innings.
Jack Leach (Somerset)
The England international picked up 25 wickets in September and ended up with 128.43 points.
He started the month by picking up five wickets on day four against Durham in Round 11 of the County Championship which formed part of a seven-wicket haul. The spinner picked up two more five-wicket hauls in the month – against Surrey and Hampshire.
Archie Vaughan (Somerset)
Vaughan had a breakout 2024 season which saw him make his First-Class debut towards the end of August. The all-rounder scored 222 runs and picked up 13 wickets in the month which saw get 124.28 points.
His best performance in September came against Surrey in the County Championship where he picked up the first 10-wicket haul in his career as Somerset secured a famous 111-run victory in Taunton.
Women’s Player of the Month
September saw the final rounds of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy being played, including the semi-finals and the final. The South East Stars faced the Sunrisers in the showpiece game with the latter winning their first 50-over title by 27 runs (DLS).
Alice Davidson-Richards (South East Stars)
The right-hand batter enjoyed a great month of September with the bat, ending with the most MVP points, on 99.45.
She scored an astonishing 332 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy last month, which included two crucial innings when it mattered the most – an unbeaten 90 and 93 in the semi-final and the final respectively.
Kira Chathli (South East Stars)
The South East Stars wicketkeeper scored 111 runs and took five catches behind the stumps to end the month with 60.36 points.
Her best performance in the last 30-day period came in the game against the Central Spark at Solihull where she scored 80 runs, resulting in her side winning the game by 20 runs.
Phoebe Turner (Northern Diamonds)
Turner had an impressive month with the ball, picking up nine wickets from four matches to end up with 57.03 points in September.
The seamer picked up 6-20 against Thunder in Southport with five of her wickets coming by hitting her opponent’s stumps. She also picked up two wickets and scored an unbeaten 49 against the South East Stars.
Kathryn Bryce (The Blaze)
Despite playing just two games in September, the 2024 cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year ended him with an impressive points haul of 53.31.
She scored 64 runs and also picked up two wickets, including 31 against Thunder to help The Blaze record a 24-run victory at Sale.
