Ramprakash took advantage of Graham Thorpe's decision to sit out Surrey's championship match against Lancashire, sneaking ahead of his England team-mate, while the only other batsman in the running is Steve James.
There are also three contenders for the bowling award Caddick, Mike Smith and Dougie Brown.
BATTING
1 M R Ramprakash (Middx) 495
2 G P Thorpe (Surrey) 487
3 S P James (Glamorgan) 477
4 N Hussain (Essex) 374
5 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 370
6 M P Maynard (Glamorgan) 366
7 D L Hemp (Warwickshire) 360
8 D Byas (Yorkshire) 350
9 J J B Lewis (Durham) 347
10 M P Dowman (Notts) 346
A P Wells (Kent) 346
12 R C Russell (Gloucs) 338
13 A J Stewart (Surrey) 337
14 K M Curran (Northants) 334
15 P J Prichard (Essex) 332
16 M W Alleyne (Gloucs) 329
17 N R Taylor (Sussex) 328
M A Butcher (Surrey) 328
T L Penny (Warwickshire) 328
20 A P Grayson (Essex) 327
BOWLING
1 A R Caddick (Somerset) 520
2 A M Smith (Gloucs) 510
3 D R Brown (Warwickshire) 499
4 R D B Croft (Glamorgan) 473
5 G D Rose (Somerset) 459
6 S L Watkin (Glamorgan) 451
7 P M Such (Essex) 441
8 P J Martin (Lancashire) 423
9 A R C Fraser (Middlesex) 414
10 D E Malcolm (Derbyshire) 409
11 D Gough (Yorkshire) 398
12 G Welch (Warwickshire) 395
13= M A Robinson (Sussex) 388
M P Bicknell (Surrey) 388
15 J P Hewitt (Middlesex) 384
16 J P Taylor (Northants) 374
17 P A J DeFreitas (Derbys) 363
18 C E W Silverwood (Yorks) 360
19 D W Headley (Kent) 351
20 M V Fleming (Kent) 350