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The ultimate domestic XI announced according to PCA MVP Rankings.
Georgia Adams has been announced as the captain of the 2022 Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year, selected through the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings as part of an ultimate XI from this season’s domestic women’s cricket.
The MVP Rankings is the decisive statistical indication of player performance with the side based on their impact throughout domestic cricket in 2022. Captained by the individual with the most MVP points across the season, the player of the competition across each format is also included based on their outstanding performances.
The Southern Vipers skipper also leads the Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year having won the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP award, finishing with 281 points.
Five players that made the 2021 Team of the Year have been selected in consecutive seasons with Emily Arlott, Lauren Bell, Emma Lamb, Bryony Smith and Adams all returning to the side.
The cinch PCA Awards takes place at The Hurlingham Club on Thursday 6 October where the best performing players of domestic and international cricket will be recognised. All players selected in the 2022 Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winner’s medal from Mappin & Webb.
Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year
Lauren Winfield-Hill (Northern Diamonds, Oval Invincibles)
- Second Overall MVP points (248)
- Most MVP batting points (191)
- 470 runs with 78.3 average in RHFT
- RHFT winner and Player of the Year
Danni Wyatt (Southern Vipers, Southern Brave)
- 160 MVP points
- 221 runs at 36.9 average in CEC
- Hundred strike-rate of 152
- 434 runs in all competitions
Emma Lamb (Thunder, Manchester Originals)
- 183 MVP points
- 191 runs at an average 31.9 in CEC
- 213 runs at 71 in RHFT
- 10 wickets at 29.2 across all formats
Nat Sciver (Northern Diamonds, Trent Rockets)
- 140 MVP points
- Averaged 76 in The Hundred
- Six wickets at 22 in The Hundred
- The Hundred PCA MVP Women’s Player of the Year
Georgia Adams (c) (Southern Vipers, Southern Brave)
- Most MVP points (281)
- Captained Southern Vipers to CEC win
- 463 runs and 24 wickets in all formats
- PCA Women’s Overall Domestic MVP winner
Amy Jones (wk) (Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix)
- 168 MVP points
- CEC Player of the Year
- 129 MVP points in CEC
- Top run scorer CEC (289)
Bryony Smith (South East Stars, Trent Rockets)
- Third Overall MVP points (225)
- 149 runs and 11 wickets at 13.3 CEC
- 226 runs at 56.5 and 5 wickets RHFT
- 118 runs and 9 wickets The Hundred
Grace Scrivens (Sunrisers)
- Fourth in Overall MVP (214)
- 23 wickets in all comps at 17.8
- 495 runs across formats
- cinch PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year shortlist
Emily Arlott (Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix)
- 181 MVP points
- Most MVP bowling points (114)
- Nine wickets at 11.1 in The Hundred
- 15 wickets at 22.5 for Central Sparks
Katie Levick (Northern Diamonds, Northern Superchargers)
- 135 MVP points
- Most wickets CEC (15 at 9.1 average)
- RHFT winner 2nd highest wickets (12)
- Six wickets at 16.2 in The Hundred
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers, Southern Brave)
- 116 MVP points
- 2nd MVP points for seamers (100)
- 11 wickets at 16 in The Hundred
- Charlotte Edwards Cup Winner
View the full Women’s Overall Domestic MVP here.
About Vitality:
Vitality is part of Discovery Limited, a worldwide insurer and investment manager protecting more than 27 million members in over 40 markets worldwide, across Europe, the United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada and China.
Vitality pioneered the ‘shared-value’ insurance model, a unique approach based on the scientifically proven principles of behavioural economics. Through this model, Vitality helps members take a more active role in managing their own wellness, encouraging them to develop healthy long-term habits that are good for them, good for the company and good for society. The effect is positive for all stakeholders – members benefit from better health, financial rewards and additional incentives; employers benefit from healthier, more productive, and more engaged employees; and Vitality benefits from a healthier membership base.
Vitality Ambassadors Jessica Ennis-Hill, Heather Knight, Tracey Neville, Ellie Simmonds, Jos Buttler, Maro Itoje, Joe Root and Jonny Wilkinson are role models who embody the company’s values. They use their passion for living a healthy, active lifestyle to motivate others to make positive changes, promoting the message that taking small steps today can dramatically improve wellbeing over the long-term.
In the UK, Vitality operates as three distinct businesses: VitalityHealth, VitalityLife and VitalityCar employing more than 2000 people in London, Bournemouth and Stockport.
About the cinch PCA Awards:
The cinch PCA Awards traditionally brings the curtain down on the professional season with the biggest awards ceremony in English cricket. Hundreds of current and former players join key members of the industry to champion the best-performing individuals of the summer while reflecting on those who have given so much to the game.
Covering the full professional game, players are honoured across international, domestic, men’s and women’s cricket, with the awards ceremony returning to The Hurlingham Club on Thursday 6 October.
Full list of awards to be announced at the cinch PCA Awards:
- cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
- PCA Outstanding Contribution Award
- ECB Special Merit
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Men’s Game
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Women’s Game
List of awards to be recognised at the cinch PCA Awards
- Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year – Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver, Georgia Adams, Amy Jones, Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Emily Arlott, Katie Levick, Lauren Bell
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year
- PCA Women’s Overall Domestic MVP – Georgia Adams
- PCA Men’s Overall Domestic MVP – Will Jacks
- Royal London ODI Men’s Player of the Summer – Jos Buttler
- Vitality IT20 Men’s Player of the Summer – Moeen Ali
- LV= Insurance Test Player of the Summer – Jonny Bairstow
- Vitality Blast Player of the Year – James Vince
- Royal London Cup Player of the Year – Wiaan Mulder
- LV= Insurance County Championship Player of the Year – Keith Barker
- The Hundred PCA MVP Men’s Player of the Year – Adam Lyth
- The Hundred PCA MVP Women’s Player of the Year – Nat Sciver
- Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer – Sophia Dunkley
- Royal London ODI Women’s Player of the Summer – Charlie Dean
- Charlotte Edwards Cup Player of the Year – Amy Jones
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Year – Lauren Winfield-Hill
Name of Author: Professional Cricketers Association
The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), founded in 1967 by former England fast bowler Fred Rumsey as the Cricketers’ Association, represents past and present first-class cricketers in England and Wales. In the 1970s, the PCA established a standard employment contract and minimum wage for professional cricketers. It also helped create a pension scheme in 1995 and launched the magazine All Out Cricket and the ACE UK Educational Programme in 2002.
