White Ferns Nicola Browne and Suzie Bates were acknowledged for their stunning performances during the domestic and international season over the weekend when they received their Mitre 10 MVP awards.
Suzie Bates won the international Mitre 10 MVP award for her performances during the Rose Bowl series on home soil. She was surprised to have won but thrilled her contributions have been recognised. “It was amazing winning the $1500 Mitre 10 voucher. I’m still thinking about what I’m going to do with it!” she said.
At the first Twenty20 game at Westpac Stadium Bates opened the batting and went on to make 48, her hightest score during the Twenty20s in New Zealand. Across the three ODIs Bates made 84 runs, with 61 in the second ODI. The right hand medium pacer also chipped in with five wickets during the series, including three for 24 in the second Twenty20 game.
“It was nice having my batting performances being recognised and it’s an honour to be the MVP for this series,” she said. “But other players performed well too. Sophie Devine had an awesome season.”
The other White Fern who was acknowledged over the weekend was Nicola Browne who secured the domestic Mitre 10 MVP award for the 2009/10 season. She was the top run scorer in both the One-Day and twenty20 formats with 474 runs in the 50 over game and 150 in the shortest form. Browne was over 48 MVP
Men’s MVP awards still up for grabs
Three Mitre 10 MVP awards are still up for the taking in the men’s competitions. The Plunket Shield, overall men’s and international winners will be decided in the next week.
BLACKCAPS captain Daniel Vettori still leads the pack in the International Mitre 10 MVP rankings, currently on 282.46 points. His nearest rival, Brendon McCullum is 62.33 points behind on 220.13.
The overall men’s domestic Mitre 10 MVP saw Auckland Aces pace bowler Michael Bates surpassed Central Stags all rounder Ewen Thompson, who has dominated the MVP for most of the season. Bates vaulted into top spot with 397.32 MVP points after his five for 71 against the Stags in the latest Plunket Shield round.
Thompson has also slipped down to second in the overall Plunket Shield MVP rankings with Northern Knights pace bowler Graeme Aldridge clinching the number one ranking with 248.85 points, 12 points clear of Thompson. Aldridge took four wickets in the latest round against the Otago Volts which propelled him into the number one MVP spot.
