Derbyshire opening batter, Shan Masood, who scored back-to-backdouble-centuries in April, has been voted the PCA’s Player of the Month.The left-hander, who has represented Pakistan 30 times, finished top of themonth’s PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, registering 129.34 points.
The public was equally impressed with Masood’s 713 runs, as he achieved 46%of the vote to secure the award. Masood pipped Kent’s Ben Compton,Hampshire all-rounder Keith Barker and Yorkshire’s Harry Brook who received30%, 14%, and 10% of the vote respectively with the four player shortlistselected from the MVP Rankings.
The left-hander scored a career-best 239 against Sussex at the CountyGround, before backing that up with another 219 against Leicestershire. Inaddition to his back-to-back double hundreds, Masood has scored threehalf-centuries, giving him an average of 119.
Masood told the Association that he is grateful for the award and hepraised the environment in the Derbyshire dressing room for helping him toachieve this.
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“County cricket excites me, the fixtures are relentless, but it gives yougames of cricket week in and week out and the chance to improve your trade.I knew I would play 14 Championship games – and I get to work with IanBell, which is a huge privilege. You play against quality opposition andhave the chance to play all three formats,” Masood stated.
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