Monday 20 May 2019

WCB R4 MVP Ratings - 19th May 2019

Here are the top 10 players in each of the batting, bowling and overall categories from the fourth round of fixtures in Division One of Women's County Championship. The games were played on Sunday 19th May 2019 and the results were as follows


Hampshire 233/6 lost Kent 235/7
Notts 207/9 beat Warwickshire 203/9
Sussex 176/7 lost to Surrey 177/5
Lancashire 158 all out lost to Yorkshire 160/5





Martin Davies
20/05/19

Monday 13 May 2019

WCB Cumulative Ratings as at 12th May 2019 (after three rounds of games)

After three rounds of the Women's County Championship here are the current WCB MVP Ratings, taking into account performances by players in those first three games.




Martin Davies
13/V/19

WCB R3 MVP Ratings - 12th May 2019

Here are the top 10 players in each of the batting, bowling and overall categories from the third round of fixtures in Division One of Women's County Championship. The games were played on Sunday 12th May 2019 and the results were as follows


Hampshire 128 all out lost to Sussex 129/9
Lancashire 241/6 beat Notts 195/9
Surrey 148 all out lost to Kent 152/3
Yorkshire 112 all out beat Warwickshire 108 all out




Martin Davies
13/V/19

Wednesday 8 May 2019

WCB Cumulative MVP Ratings as at 6th May 2019 (after two rounds of games)


After two rounds of the Women's County Championship here are the current WCB MVP Ratings, taking into account performances by players in those first two games.





Martin Davies
08/V/19

WCB R2 MVP Ratings - 6th May 2019

Here are the top 10 players in each of the batting, bowling and overall categories from the second round of fixtures in Division One of Women's County Championship. The games were played on Monday 6th May 2019 and the results were as follows

Yorkshire 190 all out beat Hampshire 131 all out
Warks 232 all out lost to Kent 233/3

Lancs 242/9 beat Surrey 241/7
Notts 150 all out beat Sussex 127 all out




WCB R1 MVP Ratings - 5th May 2019

Here are the top 10 players in each of the batting, bowling and overall categories from the first round of fixtures in Division One of Women's County Championship. The games were played on Sunday 5th May 2019 and the results were as follows


Lancashire 179 all out beat Hampshire 163 all out
Kent 192/9 beat Notts 143 all out
Yorkshire 118 all out lost to Surrey 119/2
Warks 165 all out lost to Sussex 167/9





Martin Davies
08/V/19

New WCB Women's County Championship MVP Player Ratings - explained

We thought it would be interesting to try and create an MVP (Most Valuable Player) system specifically for the Women's County Championship played here in England. The games are 50 over format with the first 10 overs of the game deemed to be Powerplay overs, during which time only two fielders are allowed outside the fielding ring. For the rest of the game, except the batting powerplay of five overs, four fielders are allowed outside the ring. During the batting powerplay only three fielders are allowed outside the ring.

The aim of the MVP calculations is to achieve parity between a good performance with either the bat or the ball, which means taking into account strike rate as well as runs scored for batsmen, and economy rate as well as wickets taken for bowlers.

For batting there are points for :-
i) weighted runs (ie depends where you bat - to reflect more opportunity to score runs in the top four for example)
ii) strike rate
iii) overall percentage of a team's runs
iv) plus bonuses for 50 & 100

For bowling there are points for
i) weighted wickets taken (more for top 4, then 5-6, then 7-8 & then 9-11);
ii) economy rate (linked to overs bowled)
iii) maidens
iv) bonus for 5 wickets

All players are also given points for catches, run outs, and stumpings and there is a bonus of five runs for each member of the winning team.

No system is perfect - sometimes a battling 7* off 35 balls might be the crucial innings in a game - but we hope that this MVP Rating system gives an idea of who the most valuable players are to their counties in each individual match and over the season as a whole.

The WCB MVP Rating will be updated and published after each round of the Women's County Championship.

Martin Davies
08/V/19