Headed by PCA Chair James Harris, and supported by elected Vice Chairs Anuj Dal and Heather Knight, player representatives covering the 18 first-class counties, the eight women’s regional centres, as well as the England men’s and women’s squads make up the PCA Players’ Committee. This important group of players has the ability to vote on all issues affecting the whole of the PCA membership. Each representative is also the voice of the PCA in dressing rooms across the country.
What Does The PCA Committee Do?
Reps are responsible for communicating PCA topics of discussion to their fellow teammates in their dressing rooms and liaising back to the PCA as well as raising any concerns within their team environment. Being the voice in the dressing room, reps actively promote the PCA aims and objectives to work as a collective to champion on the ongoing rights of professional players in England and Wales.
The Chair - James Harris
James Harris is the Chair of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, having been elected in February 2021 through a ballot of all PCA members. He will serve an initial two-year term and will have the option to stand again to be voted in for a second term.
Harris has been on the PCA Players’ Committee since 2017, when he became Middlesex’s representative and assumed the Chair position from the outgoing Daryl Mitchell, who became the PCA’s Director of Cricket Operations. As Chair, Harris represents the collective voice of professional players in the country by sitting on the ECB Cricket Committee along with PCA Chief Executive Rob Lynch to make sure player views are represented.
The Chair holds a position on the PCA Board and is also a Director of the Professional Cricketers’ Trust overseeing the overall direction of the association. If you would like to pass on any thoughts to James, please email james.harris@thepca.co.uk.
Vice Chairs

Heather Knight
England Women

Anuj Dal
Derbyshire
PCA Committee Reps

Anuj Dal
Derbyshire

Chris Rushworth
Durham

Sam Cook
Essex

Ruaidhri Smith
Glamorgan (joint)

Timm van der Gugten
Glamorgan (joint)

David Payne
Gloucestershire (joint)

Jack Taylor
Gloucestershire (joint)

Chris Wood
Hampshire

Marcus O’Riordan
Kent

Rob Jones
Lancashire

Gavin Griffiths
Leicestershire

Martin Andersson
Middlesex

Rob Keogh
Northamptonshire

Lyndon James
Nottinghamshire

Max Waller
Somerset

Laurie Evans
Surrey

Alastair Orr
Sussex

Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Warwickshire

Ben Cox
Worcestershire (joint)

Joe Leach
Worcestershire (joint)

Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Yorkshire

Sophie Luff
Central Sparks & Western Storm

Naomi Dattani
Lightning & Sunrisers

Alex Hartley
Northern Diamonds & Thunder

Tara Norris
South East Stars & Southern Vipers

Jonny Bairstow (co-opted)
England Men’s

Kate Cross
England Women’s
Women's Player Committee
In 2021, the PCA Players’ Committee voted to approve the creation of a new Women’s Player Committee. The body consists of seven individuals, including the four reps from the regional centres, the women’s Vice Chair, the England captain or vice-captain and the PCA England rep. The group has voting rights on specific women’s only issues within the game.

Sophie Luff
Central Sparks & Western Storm

Kate Cross
England Women

Heather Knight
England Women

Nat Sciver
England Women

Naomi Dattani
Lightning & Sunrisers

Alex Hartley
Northern Diamonds & Thunder

Tara Norris
South East Stars & Southern Vipers