Surrey's Martin Bicknell, who has been in the international wilderness since playing in two Tests against Australia four years ago, has pipped Darren Gough for the July bowling award.

Last month's rankings

 Batting
1 M R Ramprakash (Middlesex) 337
2 S P James (Glamorgan) 321
3 G P Thorpe (Surrey) 283
4 H Morris (Glamorgan) 265
5 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 262
6 D L Maddy (Leicestershire) 259
7 N Hussain (Essex) 249
8 R A Smith (Hampshire) 241
9 R C Russell (Gloucestershire) 235
10= M W Alleyne (Gloucestershire) 234
 A J Stewart (Surrey) 234
12 C J Adams (Derbyshire) 232
13 D L Hemp (Warwickshire) 231
14= R C Irani (Essex) 229
 T L Penney (Warwickshire) 229
16 J E Morris (Durham) 228
17= D Byas (Yorkshire) 227
 A D Brown (Surrey) 227
19 C W J Athey (Sussex) 226
20 V J Wells (Leicestershire) 225
21 R J Bailey (Northants) 223
22 N H Fairbrother (Lancashire) 221
23= P J Prichard (Essex) 220
 M A Butcher (Surrey) 220

 Bowling
1 A M Smith (Gloucestershire) 378
2 D Gough (Yorkshire) 376
3 G D Rose (Somerset) 319
4 A R Caddick (Somerset) 315
5 D R Brown (Warwickshire) 306
6 P J Martin (Lancashire) 305
7 M P Bicknell (Surrey) 299
8 M J McCague (Kent) 296
9 R D B Croft (Glamorgan) 290
10 J P Taylor (Northants) 288
11 J P Hewitt (Middlesex) 281
12= S L Watkin (Glamorgan) 274
 A P Cowan (Essex) 274
14 D E Malcolm (Derbyshire) 273
15 A R C Fraser (Middlesex) 269
16 M W Alleyne (Gloucestershire) 267
17 P M Such (Essex) 265
18 P A J DeFreitas (Derbyshire) 264
19 M A Robinson (Sussex) 260
20= I D Austin (Lancashire) 252
 C C Lewis (Surrey) 252
 A D Mullally (Leicestershire) 252
23 M V Fleming (Kent) 245
24 K P Evans (Notts) 244