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PCA MVP 2008

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 overall, batting, bowling and fielding rankings. These tables are up-to-date as of July 24, 2008.

Overall
Rank	Name	County	Overall Points
1	Martin M van Jaarsveld	Kent	397.47
2	Samit R Patel	Nottinghamshire	364.14
3	Yasir Arafat	Kent	359.39
4	Timothy T Bresnan	Yorkshire	356.32
5	Stephen J Harmison	Durham	353.63
6	Ryan N ten Doeschate	Essex	338.80
7	Ryan R McLaren	Kent	334.94
8	Azhar Mahmood	Kent	327.64
9	Anthony A McGrath	Yorkshire	323.01
10	Nico N Boje	Northamptonshire	320.02

Batting
Rank	Name	County	Batting points
1	Martin M van Jaarsveld	Kent	321.43
2	Marcus E Trescothick	Somerset	262.23
3	Murray W Goodwin	Sussex	244.13
4	Hylton D Ackerman	Leicestershire	238.75
5	Jacques A Rudolph	Yorkshire	238.09
6	Michael J Di Venuto	Durham	237.10
7	Joseph L Denly	Kent	237.01
8	Matthew J Prior	Sussex	230.09
9	Anthony A McGrath	Yorkshire	227.06
10	Adam C Voges	Nottinghamshire	223.97

Bowling
Rank Name County Bowling points

1 Stephen J Harmison Durham 312.55

2 Timothy T Bresnan Yorkshire 257.99

3 Yasir Arafat Kent 256.42

4 Tim J Murtagh Middlesex 248.93

5 Darren J Pattinson Nottinghamshire 248.71

6 Ryan R McLaren Kent 248.05

7 Kabir Ali Worcestershire 242.98

8 Charl M Willoughby Somerset 219.73

9 Charl K Langeveldt Derbyshire 212.72

10 Charles E Shreck Nottinghamshire 212.63

Fielding
Rank Name County Fielding points

1 Geraint O Jones Kent 114.2

2 Philip P Mustard Durham 91

3 Gerard L Brophy Yorkshire 89.8

4 Chris M W Read Nottinghamshire 86

5 Paul A Nixon Leicestershire 76.8

6 Ben J M Scott Middlesex 74.2

7 Jonathan N Batty Surrey 70.4

8 James S Foster Essex 70

9 Niall J O'Brien Northamptonshire 68

10 Steven M Davies Worcestershire 66.6

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