Harry Brook and Jenny Gunn have been nominated for June’s Men’s and Women’s PCA Player of the Month.
For the very first time, the June PCA Player of the Month contest will see a separate vote to produce both a men’s and women’s winner of the award.
With the women’s domestic season commencing at the end of May and taking place alongside the ongoing men’s domestic season, the PCA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Rankings, which were relaunched ahead of the 2021 season, have produced four nominees for each award based on MVP points scored throughout the month of June.
The winners will be decided via a public vote, with separate polls running until midday on Sunday for the men’s and women’s awards.
Harry Brook
Youngster Brook picked up 132.8 MVP points throughout his 10 appearances across both formats in June.
The 22-year-old has been one of the stars of this season’s Vitality Blast campaign so far – only Glenn Phillips and Stevie Eskinazi have scored more batting MVP points in the competition than Brook’s 90.3. Amazingly, Brook has passed 22 with the bat in every match he has played for the Vikings in the Blast so far this season, including unbeaten scores of 48 (twice), 83, 45 and 28.
Jenny Gunn
A genuine great of English cricket, Gunn remains at the top of her game as she has scored 78 MVP points in her first five appearances of this domestic season.
Like Smith, Gunn’s MVP points are almost evenly split between batting (31.2) and bowling (35.8) and she has also contributed six points in the field. The all-rounder has been named the MVP of the Match on two occasions, including for her starring role in Northern Diamonds’ dramatic last over win against South East Stars, when she took 2-45 and scored 50 to earn 24.3 MVP points.
