Canterbury Wizards’ Dutch international Ryan ten Doeschate’ has proven his value to his adopted team by taking out the Mitre10 MVP award for the HRV Cup and winning a $1500 Mitre10 voucher.
The Wizards narrowly missed a spot in the final and ten Doeschate was the key player in their solid performance throughout the competition. The talented all-rounder starred during the competition with consistent performances with bat and ball and was the only player to feature inside the top 10 of both the batting (6th) and bowling (9th) Mitre10 MVP points tables.
* Ryan ten Doeschate received the MVP award from NZC Commercial Manager Peter Dwan
Ten Doeschate’s 284 runs (average 40.57) and 12 wickets (17.66) contributed towards a total of 105.62 Mitre10 MVP points, which was 18.32 points ahead of the Stags overseas import Michael Yardy, who finished with 87.30 points. While the Stags duo of English imports were unable to lift their team to victory in the HRV Cup final, Yardy will claim bragging rights by pipping fellow import Ian Blackwell by the narrow margin of 0.21 points.
As is the increasing demand for quality cricketers and soon after the Wizards campaign had ended, ten Doeschate skipped across the Tasman to continue his Southern Hemisphere T20 assault with Tasmania in the Australian domestic equivalent competition.
A feature of this years Mitre10 MVP rankings during the HRV Cup is comparing the performance of the domestic players to that of the international imports. The Mitre10 MVP determines average points per game and although Aces import Rob Quiney tops the MVP averages table, he only participated in one match. Northern Knights import Brad Hodge averaged 15.34 points across his 5 HRV Cup games, narrowly beating out ten Doeschate (11.74) and Central Stags captain Jamie How (11.37). The Top 10 Mitre10 MVP average points per match consists of six overseas imports and fours domestic players (minimum of 3 HRV Cup games played).
Canterbury Wizards opener Rob Nicol was the Mitre10 MVP’s leading batsmen with 62.52 points, narrowly edging out Aaron Redmond (59.36), Brad Wilson (59.04) and the Auckland Aces Colin Munro who compiled 57.63 MVP in his debut season.
The HRV Cup is a hostile environment for bowlers with the best performers this summer dominated by experience. Andre Adams topped the Mitre10 MVP bowling table with 56.92 points, edging out a rejuvenated Richard Sherlock (52.15) who is enjoying a move back to the Wizards this summer. Michael Yardy (50.12), Graeme Aldridge (48.41) and Michael Mason (47.61) round out the top 5.
At the conclusion of the HRV Cup, the Northern Knights’ Graeme Aldridge has overtaken Volts spearhead Neil Wagner in the Mitre10 MVP overall rankings. Aldridge was one of the leading performers in the Mitre10 MVP last summer and with his experience and consistent performances is going to create and exiting personal dual with Andre Adams (2nd), Wagner (3rd) and other contenders as the Domestic One-Day competition begins.
