The South African Cricketers’ Association Most Valuable Player (SACA MVP) rankings kick off with the new domestic cricket season on Friday 11th October with the first match of the Momentum One Day Cup.
“Every season brings with it a renewed excitement as we watch the country’s best first-class cricketers strive to make their mark in all three formats of the game,” said SACA Chief Executive, Tony Irish. “A new season adds to the interest, as new talent is always valuable. This year promises to be one of the most keenly contested SACA MVP series’ we’ve ever had. It’s a great way to follow the players that are performing day in and day out in the domestic competitions.”
The SACA MVP is an on-field player ranking system administered by SACA for its players. It measures the on-field performances of players in the varied disciplines of the game – bowling, batting, fielding, captaining, and winning – in the domestic competitions, Sunfoil Series, Momentum One Day Cup and the RamSlamT20.
The SACA MVP rankings are updated after each round of matches on the SACA website (www.saca.org.za) where the cricket community can closely follow player performance throughout the season.
At the end of the season, the SACA MVP winners are announced and players who finish in the top 30 in the overall rankings and in the top 10 in each of the domestic competitions will be paid incentives based on their final position in the SACA MVP rankings. It is possible for the winner to win up to R128, 000 for top performances across all domestic competitions.
Last season was a closely contested race with Andrew Birch (Chevrolet Warriors), Quinton De Kock (bizhub Highveld Lions), Hardus Viljoen (bizhub Highveld Lions), and Kyle Abbott (Sunfoil Dolphins) all finishing in the top five, with Roelof van der Merwe (Unlimited Titans) taking top honours and a prize of R110,000.