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PCA MVP 2008 - Friends Provident Trophy

Welcome to the PCA MVP presented on Cricinfo. The PCA MVP are the first ever county cricket player ratings system. The PCA MVP is the newest benchmark in the game, a statistic that for the first time combines all aspects of a player's game and gives him a ranking in relation to his peers.

There are specific tables for batting, bowling, fielding and one that combines all of these for the overall player table. For full details of these rankings and for top 100 tables, please visit the official site.

Please see here for the top-ten tables for the 2008 Friends Provident Trophy, batting, bowling and fielding rankings. These tables are up-to-date as of September 27, 2008.

Overall
Rank	Name	County	Overall Points
1	Martin M van Jaarsveld	Kent	161.87
2	Ravinder S Bopara	Essex	133.31
3	Yasir Arafat	Kent	120.09
4	Samit R Patel	Nottinghamshire	119.41
5	Ryan N ten Doeschate	Essex	104.73
6	Timothy T Bresnan	Yorkshire	103.31
7	Kyle W Hogg	Lancashire	96.97
8	Michael J Di Venuto	Durham	94.43
9	Stephen J Harmison	Durham	92.37
10	Paul A Nixon	Leicestershire	92.23

Batting
Rank	Name	County	Batting points
1	Martin M van Jaarsveld	Kent	151.77
2	Ravinder S Bopara	Essex	95.17
3	Craig M Spearman	Gloucestershire	82.28
4	Michael J Di Venuto	Durham	80.43
5	Hylton D Ackerman	Leicestershire	74.39
6	Usman U Afzaal	Surrey	72.99
7	Joseph L Denly	Kent	70.47
8	Vikram S Solanki	Worcestershire	68.52
9	Mark L Pettini	Essex	65.94
10	Jason E R Gallian	Essex	65.27

Bowling
Rank Name County Bowling points

1 Yasir Arafat Kent 101.51

2 Stephen J Harmison Durham 80.44

3 Timothy T Bresnan Yorkshire 78.83

4 David D Masters Essex 59.76

5 Garnett J P Kruger Leicestershire 58.27

6 Charl K Langeveldt Derbyshire 57.95

7 Kyle W Hogg Lancashire 57.89

8 Samit R Patel Nottinghamshire 57.16

9 Ryan R McLaren Kent 56.28

10 Dewald D Nel Scotland 56.15

Fielding
Rank Name County Fielding points

1 Paul A Nixon Leicestershire 37

2 Philip P Mustard Durham 33

3 James S Foster Essex 32

4 Geraint O Jones Kent 25

5 Gerard L Brophy Yorkshire 23

6 Niall J O'Brien Northamptonshire 17

7 Chris M W Read Nottinghamshire 17

8 Matthew J Prior Sussex 14

9 Ben J M Scott Middlesex 14

10 Gary C Wilson Ireland 13

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