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- Best domestic XI selected by PCA MVP Rankings, powered by Argentex
- Georgia Adams captains the 2023 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year
- Six players return to side from 2022 team
- cinch PCA Awards shortlisted players recognised ahead of ceremony on Monday 2 October
The 2023 Metro Bank Women’s Team of the Year has been selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by Argentex, to give a statistical XI from this season’s domestic women’s cricket.
The team was selected following the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy which brought an end to the women’s domestic season.
Georgia Adams captains the side for the second year in succession following a fabulous season in which she won the Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy MVP awards, alongside lifting both trophies as skipper of Southern Vipers. Adams is also nominated for the cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year award.
Five further players return to the team selected in 2022 with Lauren Winfield-Hill, Bryony Smith, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Katie Levick and Lauren Bell successful.
With the Women’s Overall Domestic MVP selecting a well-balanced side, MVP points across the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and The Hundred are taken into account with Adams, Bell and Smith making it a hat-trick of involvements following the inauguration of this award in 2021.
All the nominees for the cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year award have been selected in the team with Tammy Beaumont, Adams, Sciver-Brunt and Smith included.
The cinch PCA Awards takes place at the Troxy on Monday 2 October where the best performing players in domestic and international cricket will be recognised.
All players selected in the 2023 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal from Mappin & Webb.
Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze / Welsh Fire)
- 274 MVP points
- First ever women’s century in The Hundred
- 317 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at 52.83
- 1,447 runs across all formats
Lauren Winfield-Hill – wicketkeeper (Northern Diamonds / Oval Invincibles)
- 264 MVP points
- Leading run scorer in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with 663
- Average of 51 in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
- 19 dismissals across all formats
Bryony Smith (South East Stars / Trent Rockets)
- 352 MVP points
- Shortlisted for cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- Second leading run scorer in Charlotte Edwards Cup with 256
- Most sixes in Women’s Hundred with eight
Georgia Adams – captain (Southern Vipers / Southern Brave)
- 488 MVP points (136 more than second place)
- Shortlisted for cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- Captained Southern Vipers to domestic double and won The Hundred
- 931 runs and 46 wickets across all formats
Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze / Trent Rockets)
- 234 MVP points
- 216 runs in The Hundred at 43.2
- Hundred strike-rate of 160
- 194 runs in Charlotte Edwards Cup at 64.66
Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers / Southern Brave)
- 258 MVP points
- Won the domestic double and The Hundred
- 268 runs in The Hundred
- 322 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at 40.25
Paige Scholfield (South East Stars / Oval Invincibles)
- 262 MVP points
- PCA Women’s Player of the Month for April
- 439 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
- Two hundreds, including career best 134 not out
Linsey Smith (Southern Vipers / Northern Superchargers)
- 256 MVP points
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy economy rate of 3.41
- 19 wickets in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at 19.94
- Most bowling MVP points with 176
Katie Levick (Northern Diamonds / Birmingham Phoenix)
- 194 MVP points
- Second most wickets in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with 24
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy average of 18.12
- Second most wickets in The Hundred with 11
Grace Ballinger (The Blaze / Northern Superchargers)
- 134 MVP points
- 18 wickets in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
- Best figures of 4-54 in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
- Six wickets in Charlotte Edwards Cup at 27.5
Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers / Southern Brave)
- 112 MVP points
- Won the domestic double and The Hundred
- Six wickets Charlotte Edwards Cup with 13.5 average
- Best of 4-37 in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
View the full Women’s Overall Domestic MVP here.
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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 taking place at the Troxy, London on Monday 2 October.
Full list of awards to be announced at the cinch PCA Awards:
- cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
- PCA Outstanding Contribution Award
- Rado Recognition 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
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year – Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Lees, James Vince, Joe Clarke, James Rew (WK), Ryan Higgins, Liam Dawson ©, Simon Harmer, Dan Worrall, Matt Henry, Sam Cook
- Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year – Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Winfield-Hill (WK), Bryony Smith, Georgia Adams ©, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Maia Bouchier, Paige Scholfield, Linsey Smith, Katie Levick, Grace Ballinger, Lauren Bell.
- PCA Women’s Overall Domestic MVP – Georgia Adams
- PCA Men’s Overall Domestic MVP – Liam Dawson
- Metro Bank ODI Men’s Player of the Summer – Dawid Malan
- Metro Bank ODI Women’s Player of the Summer – Nat Sciver-Brunt
- LV= Insurance Test Player of the Summer – Joe Root
- Vitality IT20 Men’s Player of the Summer – Jonny Bairstow
- Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer – Alice Capsey
- Vitality Blast Player of the Year – Daniel Sams
- Charlotte Edwards Cup Player of the Year – Georgia Adams
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Player of the Year – Ed Barnard
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Year – Georgia Adams
- LV= Insurance County Championship Player of the Year – Liam Dawson
- The Hundred Men’s PCA MVP of the Year – Jamie Overton
- The Hundred Women’s PCA MVP of the Year – Marizanne Kapp
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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.
