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Standout domestic players selected for women’s XI of 2026 by PCA MVP Rankings.
The 2026 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year has been selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, creating the best statistical player XI from women’s domestic cricket this summer.
Yorkshire’s Jess Jonassen captains the side thanks to her dominating performances in 2026. The 33-year-old Australian enjoyed a phenomenal season which resulted in a pair of individual accolades, winning both the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year and the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP.
Incredibly, Hampshire captain Georgia Adams returns to the side for a record fifth occasion, a feat never achieved before. She is joined in the team alongside four players who have been shortlisted for honours at the PCA Awards. Those include Durham’s Mady Villiers who is only the second player, alongside Adams to return to the team after being awarded a place in 2025.
Sophie Luff makes the XI for a second occasion, following her success in 2021. The Blaze’s Charley Phillips and Hampshire’s Maia Bouchier make the side and are also in the running to win honours at the most prestigious awards ceremony in cricket.
The PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings selects a well-balanced side with MVP points from the Vitality Blast, Metro Bank One Day Cup and The Hundred all taken into consideration. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining efforts using a unique algorithm developed by CricViz. Therefore, the top 11 players according to the MVP points are not automatically selected. The team is also restricted to two overseas players, with Charli Knott unlucky to miss out on selection due to the exceptional seasons of Australian duo Jonassen and Amanda-Jade Wellington.
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota takes place at Exhibition White City, London on Wednesday 30 September where the most prestigious awards ceremony in the game will celebrate the top performing players in international and domestic cricket.
All players selected in the 2026 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal.
2026 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year
Maia Bouchier
Hampshire / Southern Brave
- 375 MVP points, most batting points (320.65)
- Scored 1,312 domestic runs
- Leading run scorer in Metro Bank ODC (750)
- 362 runs in Vitality Blast, averaging 72.40
Lauren Winfield-Hill (WK)
Yorkshire / SunRisers Leeds
- 275 MVP points
- 546 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 34.12
- 293 Vitality Blast runs, with high score of 99
- 36 dismissals – 21 catches and 15 stumpings
Hollie Armitage
Durham / MI London
- 341 MVP points
- 1,188 domestic runs with two hundreds
- 646 runs at 43.06 in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- 421 runs at 46.77 in Vitality Blast
Sophie Luff
Somerset / Trent Rockets
- 341 MVP points
- Scored 1,052 domestic runs
- 536 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- Won The Hundred with Trent Rockets
Georgia Adams
Hampshire / Trent Rockets
- 448 MVP points, second most
- 799 domestic runs and 47 wickets
- PCA Player of the Month in July
- Won The Hundred with Trent Rockets
Jess Jonassen (C)
Yorkshire / SunRisers Leeds
- 449 MVP points
- PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP
- Metro Bank ODC Women’s Player of the Year
- 889 domestic runs and 47 wickets
Mady Villiers
Durham / Manchester Super Giants
- 338 MVP points
- 43 wickets at 22.12
- 422 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- Made Test debut
Amanda-Jade Wellington
Hampshire
- 331 MVP points
- Most MVP bowling points 233.02
- Most wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup – 40
- 18 wickets at 18.94 in Vitality Blast
Grace Ballinger
The Blaze / Manchester Super Giants
- 225 MVP points
- 47 domestic wickets
- 24 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 24.58
- 20 wickets in Vitality Blast at 11.20
Charley Phillips
The Blaze / Trent Rockets
- 226 MVP points
- 48 domestic wickets
- 29 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 15.75
- 10 wickets in Blast & nine in The Hundred
Bex Tyson
Hampshire / Manchester Super Giants
- 214 MVP points
- 43 domestic wickets
- 26 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- 16 wickets in Vitality Blast at 20.25
About Metro Bank and the ECB Partnership
Metro Bank is the ECB’s first-ever Champion of Women’s and Girls’ Cricket, and lead partner for the One Day women’s and men’s game. The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund launched in May 2024 and is co-created and co-funded with the ECB. It aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces to attract and keep more girls in the sport.
The Fund provides support to current and potential new coaches and volunteers, female and male, both in clubs with a girls’ section and those starting a new girls’ section.
About Metro Bank
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About the 2026 PCA Awards
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota brings the curtain down on the professional season with the biggest awards ceremony in English cricket. Former players alongside 175 current professionals will 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 Exhibition White City, London on Wednesday 30 September.
About the PCA MVP
The PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, picks out the game’s top performers across every single fixture. This then forms the rankings for each competition, as well as an overall table. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining efforts using a unique algorithm developed by CricViz. More information here.
Full list of awards announced at PCA Awards in Partnership with Toyota:
- Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer – Freya Kemp
- Vitality Blast Women’s Player of the Year – Charli Knott
- Vitality Blast Men’s Player of the Year – Liam Livingstone
- The Hundred Women’s Player of the Year – Annabel Sutherland
- The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year – Tim Seifert
- Metro Bank ODI Women’s Player of the Summer – Sophia Dunkley
- Rothesay Men’s Test Player of the Summer – Ollie Robinson
- Vitality IT20 Men’s Player of the Summer – Harry Brook
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year – Jess Jonassen
- PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP – Jess Jonassen
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Men’s Player of the Year – Will Rhodes
- Rothesay County Championship Player of the Year – Craig Overton
- PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP – Craig Overton
- Metro Bank ODI Men’s Player of the Summer – Joe Root
- Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year – Maia Bouchier, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Hollie Armitage, Sophie Luff, Georgia Adams, Jess Jonassen, Mady Villiers, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Grace Ballinger, Charley Phillips, Bex Tyson.
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year – TBA Tuesday 29 September
Highlights at PCA Awards in Partnership with Toyota:
- Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year
- Toyota PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
- Toyota PCA Men’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
