Englishman Brad Erasmus wins Cricket Southern Bayside’s MVP

After he made more than 900 runs for South Caulfield, it was no surprise Brad Erasmus was Cricket Southern Bayside’s MVP for 2018-19.

South Caulfield’s Brad Erasmus raises his bat after reaching his century against McKinnon.

A crown was set on South Caulfield all-rounder Bradley Erasmus’s kingly season when he won Cricket Southern Bayside’s Championship Division MVP last Friday night.

In the count at Woodlands Golf Club, the 21-year-old Englishman polled 37 votes to nose out Beaumaris captain Sam Coates (35) and 2016-17 MVP Dan Mueller of Bonbeach (31).

It was no surprise Erasmus topped the count.

In his first season for South the right-hander peeled off 912 runs at an average of 60.8, including a hand of 206 against Bentleigh, one of his four centuries.

He also took 26 wickets at 21.4, helping South to the premiership.

Hampton’s Dan Forbes was fourth with 28 votes, and Beaumaris all-rounder Chris Hall and South Caulfield’s Jon Curtis equal fifth with 23.

Murrumbeena captain Brad Kruger made it back-to-back victories in Division 1.

Kruger polled 42 votes to win by 15 from Bayside all-rounder Nick Oxley (27) and Mentone’s Matthew Walker (24).

Kruger nabbed votes in eight matches as he scored 778 runs at 64.8 and took 21 wickets at 17.5.

Daniel Forbes was fourth in the Champion Division MVP.

Cheltenham veteran Scott Neeson took the Division 2 MVP with 28 votes, one more than runner-up Calum Ravesi.

Port Melbourne’s English fast bowler Ollie Bocking was next with 26.

Neeson played only seven matches but polled votes in all of them. He made 229 runs at 57.3 and took 20 wickets at 10.6.

Omega’s Jordan Cooper was the inaugural winner of the CSB women’s MVP for her 193 runs at 96.5 and 18 wickets at 6.4.

Championship team of the year

Daniel Forbes (Hampton), Bradley Erasmus (South Caulfield), Shanuka Dulaj (Bonbeach),

Sam Coates, wk, Beaumaris), Tom Smith (c, Bonbeach), Tej Gandhi (Carnegie), Chris Hall (Beaumaris), Jonathon Curtis (South Caulfield), Kanishka Alvitigala (South Caulfield), Dan Mueller (Bonbeach), Luke Klasen (Beaumaris)

Batting and bowling aggregates

Championship Division: Batting: Bradley Erasmus (South Caulfield) 797 runs. Bowling: Dan Mueller (Bonbeach) 36 wickets

Division 1: Batting: Brad Kruger (Murrumbeena) 683 runs. Bowling: Darcy Brown (Old Mentonians) 29 wickets, Rashmika Perera (Bayside) 29 wickets

Division 2: Batting: Calum Ravesi (Parkdale United) 674 runs. Bowling: Ollie Bocking (Port Melbourne) 38 wickets

Division 3: Batting: Gordon Grewcock (McKinnon) 340 runs. Bowling: Arvind Suresh (Carnegie) 32 wickets

Division 4: Batting: Darren Cumming (Heatherton) 467 runs. Bowling: Amanpreet Singh (Carnegie) 26 wickets

Division 5: Batting: Jamie Parton (Kingston Hawthorn) 359 runs. Bowling: Michael O’Shea (Kingston Hawthorn) 25 wickets

Division 6: Batting: Greg Eime (Port Melbourne) 273 runs. Bowling: Jack Deftereos-Brennan (Parkdale United) 18 wickets

Sat. One Day Division 1: Batting: Simon Hiscock (Parkdale) 295 runs. Bowling: Connor Ramm (Old Mentonians) 24 wickets

Sat. One Day Division 2: Batting: Grant Baylis (Parkdale) 332 runs. Bowling: Darren Ferguson (Bonbeach) 31 wickets

Sun. One Day Division 1: Batting: Sarukkali Silva (Chelsea) 321 runs. Bowling: Chatura Fernando (Chelsea) 18 wickets

Sun. One Day Division 2: Batting: Grant Baylis (Parkdale) 250 runs. Bowling: James Longhurst (Chelsea) 16 wickets

Masters Division: Batting: Rob Cleland (McKinnon) 170 runs. Bowling: Ross Hudson (Parkdale United) 10 wickets