Sam Reddish, the 18-year-old Bradford/Leeds UCCE opening batsman heads the leader board for the new Walter Lawrence Trophy award, made to the highest-scoring batsman from the six MCC Universities.

Reddish, who hails from Solihull, scored 148, including 28 fours and 2 sixes, in his side’s second innings against Worcestershire at Harrogate on May 5, to record the highest score in an innings, played against one of the other five University Centres of Cricketing Excellence or against one of the first-class counties, so far this season. The winner will receive a silver medallion and prize of £1,000 at the end-of-season dinner when the main trophy, for the fastest first-class hundred in terms of balls faced, is presented.

Nottinghamshire all-rounder, Mark Ealham, still leads the way in the Walter Lawrence Trophy with his virtually unassailable 45-ball hundred made against MCC at Lord’s on April 16.