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Liam Dawson captains team of 2023 decided by PCA MVP Rankings
Hampshire captain James Vince and all-rounder Liam Dawson have both been selected in the IG PCA Men's Team of the Year.
The team, selected on Monday 25 September ahead of the last round of LV= Insurance County Championship matches sees Liam Dawson captain as he sat top of the domestic MVP with an imposing 617 MVP points. The Hampshire spinner has also been nominated for the cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year award.
IG is a leading trading and investing provider and an official partner of England Cricket. Their side contains three faces from last year’s team in Sam Cook, James Vince and Simon Harmer, who incredibly makes the team for the fifth successive year. Middlesex’s Ryan Higgins and Durham’s Alex Lees make the side following brilliant seasons and are also nominated for the cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year award.
Somerset youngster James Rew enters the team as wicketkeeper having scored more than 1,000 First-Class runs this season. The 19-year-old is also nominated for the cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year award.
With the Men’s Overall Domestic MVP selecting a well-balanced team, MVP points across the LV= Insurance County Championship, Vitality Blast, The Hundred and Metro Bank One Day Cup are taken into account.
The cinch PCA Awards takes place at The Troxy on Monday 2 October where the best performing players in domestic and international cricket will be recognised.
All players selected in the 2023 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year will received a personalised winner’s medal from Mappin & Webb.
Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent / London Spirit)
412 MVP points
Scored unbeaten triple century in County Championship
Third highest points from a batter with 368
600 runs in Vitality Blast – second highest
Alex Lees (Durham)
415 MVP points
Shortlisted for cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year
2,084 runs overall
Average of 74.5 in County Championship
James Vince (Hampshire / Southern Brave)
560 MVP points
937 runs in County Championship
Leading run scorer in Vitality Blast with 670 runs
Leading batter with 447 batting MVP points
Joe Clarke (Nottinghamshire / Welsh Fire)
437 MVP points
961 runs in County Championship
Highest score of 229 not out
432 runs in Vitality Blast with 154.83 strike-rate
James Rew (Somerset)
281 MVP points
Shortlisted for cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
1,080 First-Class runs
Six hundreds across all formats
Ryan Higgins (Middlesex)
602 MVP points
Second on Domestic Overall Rankings
53 wickets across all formats
1,465 runs overall
Liam Dawson - captain (Hampshire / London Spirit)
Leading MVP with 617 points
Shortlisted for cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year
71 wickets this summer with best figures of 7-15
1,069 runs across all formats
Simon Harmer (Essex)
544 MVP points
Highest ranked spinner with 328 bowling points
Leading wicket-taker in County Championship Division One with 60
Fifth year in succession in Team of the Year
Dan Worrall (Surrey / London Spirit)
353 MVP points
47 wickets at 23.68 in County Championship
Nine wickets in The Hundred with 7.35 economy rate
Fourth highest bowling MVP points with 293
Matt Henry (Somerset / Welsh Fire)
425 MVP points
Leading bowler with 336 bowling points
Won Vitality Blast and finished leading wicket-taker with 31
32 wickets in County Championship at 16.18
Sam Cook (Essex / Trent Rockets)
355 MVP points
47 wickets in County Championship at 19.14
16 wickets in Vitality Blast
IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year in third successive season
*IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year was selected ahead of the final LV= Insurance County Championship round of the season.
