COLIN INGRAM (GLAMORGAN) – 61%
1,267 runs, average 90.5, five centuries
The man they call the King at Sophia Gardens.
While Sam Northeast may have stole the limelight early in the season, not least with his record-breaking 335* at Lord’s in April, veteran South African Colin Ingram eclipsed his skipper, and everyone else in Division Two, with a stellar season.
At the age of 39 his career-best unbeaten 257 against Leicestershire last month was his fifth century of the campaign and will live long in the memory, though he passed 50 in four of Glamorgan’s past five matches too to become the leading run-scorer across both divisions.
DAVID BEDINGHAM (DURHAM) – 75%
1,265 runs, average 79.06, six centuries
Division One’s leading run-scorer was comfortably the most popular pick this year, fresh off the back of a huge career-best knock of 279 – and the highest score in Durham’s first-class history – against Lancashire earlier this month.
The 30-year-old South Africa international consistently produced every time he came to the crease, including a remarkable run of four consecutive centuries in May.
David Bedingham topped the batting charts by more than 150 runs despite playing at least three fewer matches than every other player who made the top 10, as well as hitting the highest number of boundaries and making the most centuries with six.
JORDAN COX (ESSEX) – 52%
918 runs, average 65.57, four centuries, two half-centuries
It has been quite the year for Jordan Cox, who earned his first England international Test squad call-up for the series against Sri Lanka in August thanks to his excellent domestic form.
The 23-year-old racked up more than 900 runs at an average of 65.57 – the second highest of any player in Division One, behind only leading run-scorer Bedingham.
Cox has enjoyed an impressive first season with Essex after joining from Kent, scoring four hundreds, including a double century on his return to the St Lawrence Ground on the way to a comprehensive victory in May.
