Beaumont crowned PCA’s 2020/21 ODI MVP
Monday 1st March 2021
Tammy Beaumont has been named the PCA England Women ODI MVP for Winter 2020/21 after her side claimed a 2-1 series victory over New Zealand in the 50-over format.
Kent Women’s Captain has been in inspired form with the bat throughout the three fixtures in Christchurch and Dunedin, earning 34.7 MVP points with the bat alone and 38.7 overall at an average of 12.9 points-per-game.
The 29-year-old passed 50 during every game, making scores of 71, 72 not out and 88 not out and averaging 231.00 in the process.
She became the world’s top ranked ODI batter at the end of the series, topping the rankings for the first time in her career to date.
Beaumont’s runs accounted for a huge 39% of her team’s cumulative total throughout the series, highlighting her importance to the side and earning her bonus MVP points, as the MVP algorithm takes into account important contributions such as scoring a high proportion of your team’s runs.
As Sunday’s game marked England Women’s last 50-over fixture of their 2020/21 schedule, it means that Beaumont is officially the ODI MVP, and the first since Sarah Glenn won the award following England’s tour of Malaysia in December 2019.
Beaumont edged out teammate Nat Sciver to the award, the all-rounder finishing with 38.5 MVP points, just 0.3 behind the eventual winner after another typically excellent series from an individual perspective.
Beaumont and Sciver end the winter as comfortably the top two in the ODI MVP, as Heather Knight finishes in third position with 28.4 points an average of 9.5 per game.
Next on England’s schedule is three more limited overs fixtures as the side prepare for an IT20 against the same opposition during the coming week.
The same squad of 16 will take part in the fixtures in Wellington and Tauranga, which will give the players a chance to impress ahead of a busy domestic Summer for women’s cricket.
View the PCA’s England MVP Rankings here >>>
Keep up-to-date with all the latest MVP news by following the @pcaMVP on Twitter >>>
