Clive Ellis: Ramprakash ahead in Whyte & Mackay Rankings (18 September 1997)

Thursday 18 September 1997

Ramprakash ahead in Whyte & Mackay Rankings

By Clive Ellis

MARK RAMPRAKASH and Andy Caddick are in pole position for the top awards of -L10,000 as the Whyte & Mackay rankings go into their final few days.

Ramprakash took advantage of Graham Thorpe`s decision to sit out Surrey`s championship match against Lancashire, sneaking ahead of his England team-mate, while the only other batsman in the running is Steve James.

There are also three contenders for the bowling award - Caddick, Mike Smith and Dougie Brown.

BATTING

1 M R Ramprakash (Middx) 495 2 G P Thorpe (Surrey) 487 3 S P James (Glamorgan) 477 4 N Hussain (Essex) 374 5 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 370 6 M P Maynard (Glamorgan) 366 7 D L Hemp (Warwickshire) 360 8 D Byas (Yorkshire) 350 9 J J B Lewis (Durham) 347 10 M P Dowman (Notts) 346 A P Wells (Kent) 346 12 R C Russell (Gloucs) 338 13 A J Stewart (Surrey) 337 14 K M Curran (Northants) 334 15 P J Prichard (Essex) 332 16 M W Alleyne (Gloucs) 329 17 N R Taylor (Sussex) 328 M A Butcher (Surrey) 328 T L Penny (Warwickshire) 328 20 A P Grayson (Essex) 327

BOWLING

1 A R Caddick (Somerset) 520 2 A M Smith (Gloucs) 510 3 D R Brown (Warwickshire) 499 4 R D B Croft (Glamorgan) 473 5 G D Rose (Somerset) 459 6 S L Watkin (Glamorgan) 451 7 P M Such (Essex) 441 8 P J Martin (Lancashire) 423 9 A R C Fraser (Middlesex) 414 10 D E Malcolm (Derbyshire) 409 11 D Gough (Yorkshire) 398 12 G Welch (Warwickshire) 395 13= M A Robinson (Sussex) 388 M P Bicknell (Surrey) 388 15 J P Hewitt (Middlesex) 384 16 J P Taylor (Northants) 374 17 P A J DeFreitas (Derbys) 363 18 C E W Silverwood (Yorks) 360 19 D W Headley (Kent) 351 20 M V Fleming (Kent) 350

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