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Although it was the Central Stags who lifted the HRV Cup after yesterday’s explosive final there was consolation for the Auckland Aces with all-rounder Scott Styris topping the Mitre10 MVP points table for the competition.
Styris has been the stand-out performer with bat and ball and just edged out Northern Knights bowler Daniel Vettori by 0.13 of a point to be top pick in the HRV Cup 1st XI (based on MVP points standings).
It is no surprise that big hitting Ross Taylor made the list but it’s international import Graham Napier who is the highest ranked Central Stag in third spot, with most of his points accrued through his lethal bowling.
Tim Southee can reflect on a successful campaign after being the top ranked New Zealand fast bowler in fourth place with all-rounder Jacob Oram rounding out the top five.
How they stacked up…
1 Scott Styris
Team: Auckland Aces
MVP points: 122.78
Batting average: 27.40
Highest score: 59
Bowling average: 25.08
Best bowling: 3-15
2 Daniel Vettori
Team: Northern Knights
MVP points: 122.65
Batting average: 24.60
Highest score: 57
Bowling average: 19.50
Best bowling: 3-31
3 Graham Napier
Team: Central Stags
MVP points: 119.71
Batting average: 8.80
Highest score: 17*
Bowling average: 16.33
Best bowling: 3-22
4 Tim Southee
Team: Northern Knights
MVP points: 104.53
Batting average: 24.50
Highest score: 35*
Bowling average: 18.07
Best bowling: 3-15
5 Jacob Oram
Team: Central Stags
MVP points: 104.35
Batting average: 9.00
Highest score: 22
Bowling average: 18.17
Best bowling: 5-14
6 Ian Butler
Team: Otago Volts
MVP points: 103.19
Batting average: 24.00
Highest score: 36*
Bowling average: 12.78
Best bowling: 6-28
7 Ravi Bopara
Team: Auckland Aces
MVP points: 99.65
Batting average: 17.12
Highest score: 55*
Bowling average: 20.91
Best bowling: 3-21
8 Ross Taylor
Team: Central Stags
MVP points: 99.59
Batting average: 47.87
Highest score: 80
Bowling average: 93.00
Best bowling: 1-9
9 Bradley Scott
Team: Northern Knights
MVP points: 96.56
Batting average: 34.50
Highest score: 20*
Bowling average: 12.26
Best bowling: 4-13
10 Daryl Tuffey
Team: Auckland Aces
MVP points: 93.34
Batting average: 52.00
Highest score: 17*
Bowling average: 19.57
Best bowling: 3-19
11 Rob Nicol
Team: Canterbury Wizards
MVP points: 91.51
Batting average: 23.70
Best batting: 58
Bowling average: 36.75
Best bowling: 5-22
* NOTE: The points, best performances and averages are for the 2009/10 HRV Cup only.
It is a well balanced top XI, with a mixture of hard hitting batsmen, a world class spinner and plenty of seam options.
The batting line up might look something like:
Rob Nicol
Daniel Vettori
Ravi Bopara
Ross Taylor
Scott Styris
Jacob Oram
Graeme Napier
Tim Southee
Ian Butler
Daryl Tuffey
Bradley Scott
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