Colin Ingram is in contention to win two awards again at this year\'s NatWest PCA Awards.
Last year the former South Africa left-hander scooped the PCA MVP award for the NatWest T20 Blast as well as the Sky Sports T20 player of the year award and his standout performances particularly in limited-overs formats has made him the leading batsman in white-ball cricket in the country this season, scoring 1,026 runs and five centuries in the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast.
Ingram finished top of the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings in the Royal London One-Day Cup and was third in the NatWest T20 Blast PCA MVP, so will be in contention for both the Royal London awards as well as the overall player of the year trophy.
His competition includes Essex seam bowler Jamie Porter who is also in contention to pick up two gongs and emulate Northamptonshire’s Ben Duckett in the process at the Awards do next week.
Last year Duckett became the first player to win both the NatWest PCA Players’ Player and Young Player of the Year Awards in the same season and Porter, already a Specsavers County Championship winner this summer, has been shortlisted in both categories. Both awards are voted for by current county players.
Ingram and Porter have been shortlisted alongside Nottinghamshire’s double winning all-rounder Samit Patel and Surrey’s former Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara for the NatWest PCA Players’ Player of the Year. The winner will receive the Reg Hayter Cup.
In the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year Award, Porter faces competition for the John Arlott Cup from fellow seamers, Jofra Archer of Sussex, Yorkshire’s Ben Coad and Somerset’s Craig Overton who, was yesterday called up to England’s Ashes squad.
Three members of the England side that won the ICC Women’s World Cup have been shortlisted for the NatWest Women’s Player of the Summer. Opening batsman Tammy Beaumont, who won this prize 12 months ago, faces competition from slow left-armer Alex Hartley and all-rounder Natalie Sciver for the award which will be voted for by their peers.
The 48th NatWest PCA Awards will take place at the Roundhouse in Camden on October 4. The event is organised by the PCA in their 50th year, in association with the England and Wales Cricket Board with the Awards reflecting the domestic and international season with all proceeds from the night going to the PCA Benevolent Fund.
Full list of Awards to be presented on October 4:
Harold Goldblatt Award for the PCA Umpire of the Year
ECB Special Award
PCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Greene King PCA England Masters Player of the Year
NatWest T20 Blast Player of the Year Award
Royal London One-Day Cup Player of the Year Award
Specsavers County Championship Player of the Year Award
PCA Team of the Year
Royal London One Day International Player of the Summer
Investec Test Player of the Summer
NatWest Women’s Player of the Summer
John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year
Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Players’ Player of the Year