LONDON, Sept 24: Ottis Gibson, the former West Indies bowler who has enjoyed such a prolific season for Durham, has won the Professional Cricketers’ Association inaugural Most Valuable Player award.
Gibson, who picked up 80 Championship wickets and became only the 79th bowler in history to take 10 wickets in an innings when he grabbed 10 for 47 against Hampshire, finished top of the PCA rankings on 735.97 points, comfortably ahead of second-placed Mushtaq Ahmed (600.18) and Danish Kaneria who was third on 557.48.—Agencies