2025
Shortlists
PCA PRESS RELEASE
Players have voted for their peers ahead of Awards on 9 October.
The shortlists for the 2025 PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota have been revealed, with the players deciding which 14 individual standout performers have excelled over the last 12 months.
With players voting based on the outstanding individuals across domestic and international cricket, Warwickshire’s Ed Barnard is joined by Essex batter Jordan Cox, 2021 winner Joe Root and Surrey’s Dom Sibley on the Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year shortlist.
The Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year contenders include last year’s winner Kathryn Bryce with The Blaze’s Georgia Elwiss, Lancashire’s Emma Lamb and England captain Sciver-Brunt, all competing for the prize.
The most prestigious cricket awards ceremony in the country also recognises the best rising talents of the game emerging in England and Wales, with those under the age of 24 on 1 April eligible with six nominated for the first time.
A talented shortlist for the Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year sees Leicestershire’s Rehan Ahmed, Sussex’s James Coles and Glamorgan’s Asa Tribe against each other for the title.
With breakout years in Tier 1 cricket, the Toyota PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year award will be contested by Lancashire’s Ailsa Lister, Hampshire’s Ella McCaughan and Warwickshire’s Perrin.
All shortlisted players have been voted for by their peers, with the four headline award winners revealed at Exhibition White City, London on Thursday 9 October.
Shortlisted
Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year
Warwickshire’s all-rounder Barnard produced a standout 2025. The 29-year-old won the PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP award with 555.82 MVP points which highlights his fantastic all-round abilities this summer.
Scoring an unbelievable 1,615 runs, including four hundreds, alongside taking 43 wickets, Barnard has been shortlisted for the second time at the PCA Awards.
Cox has amassed a mammoth 1,667 runs in the last 12 months, which included a new T20 career best, an unbeaten 139 off just 60 balls.
The 24-year-old was named The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year, finishing the competition as the leading run-scorer.
Meanwhile, England’s all-time leading run-scorer and winner of the 2021 award, Root added another 1,920 international runs to his tremendous tally in the last 12 months.
The 34-year-old added career bests of 262 in Tests, alongside an unbeaten 166 in ODIs.
Opener Sibley was once again the rock of Surrey’s line-up, scoring an impressive 1,501 runs with four centuries, which included a new career best of 305.
The 30-year-old finished the season as the leading run-scorer in County Championship Division One with an average of 60.
Shortlisted
Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Last year’s winner is nominated again as Bryce enjoyed a brilliant all-round 12 months scoring a huge 1,597 runs and taking 57 wickets.
The 27-year-old Scotland captain won the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP alongside the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year.
Newly appointed PCA Vice Chair, Elwiss scored over 1,000 runs in 2025, including 10 half centuries and took 16 wickets.
The 34-year-old has enjoyed a resurgence to her career at The Blaze and finished third in the Women’s Overall MVP Rankings.
Meanwhile, Lancashire’s Lamb produced a thrilling year with the bat scoring 1,312 domestic runs and adding 14 wickets.
The 27-year-old finished the season as the leading One Day Cup run-scorer with 794 and is part of England Women’s World Cup squad after a productive summer, hitting two ODI half-centuries.
A two-time winner and remarkably a nominee on nine of the previous 11 occasions, Sciver-Brunt scored over 1,000 international runs in the last year.
The 33-year-old new mother also showed her international pedigree as the leading WPL run-scorer with a staggering 523 runs at an average of 65.
Shortlisted
Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
Leicestershire’s Ahmed produced an outstanding season, scoring five First-Class hundreds to help his side to promotion. The 21-year-old also took 44 wickets across formats and is in England’s winter white-ball squads.
Sussex all-rounder Coles scored an impressive 1,553 runs including four centuries and took 35 wickets in 2025. The 21-year-old also earnt an England Lions appearance.
Six hundreds were enjoyed by Tribe in 2025 as the promotion winner hit three in the Championship. The 21-year-old also impressed in 50-over cricket, reaching three figures twice for Glamorgan and once for Jersey.
Shortlisted
Toyota PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
Scottish international Lister scored 490 domestic runs in 2025 with a high score of 96. The 21-year-old also had a strike-rate of 148 in the Blast.
Hampshire’s McCaughan scored the first ever hundred in the Women’s Vitality Blast as well as an unbeaten 133 in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, amassing 676 runs in 2025, despite being injured since mid-June.
Warwickshire’s 19-year-old superstar Perrin scored over 1,000 runs this season, including a blistering 42-ball century in The Hundred Eliminator for Northern Superchargers and played twice for England A.
Shortlisted players found out the good news of their nomination via a mixture of team huddles, family members and friends as they were handed a special ticket as a VIP invite to the most prestigious awards ceremony in English cricket.
About Toyota
Operating from eco-headquarters in Epsom, Surrey, Toyota (GB) PLC is responsible is for Toyota’s sales and marketing activities in the UK, covering both the Toyota and Lexus vehicle brands. It is an integral part of Toyota’s wider operations in the UK which include Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK), which has production facilities in Deeside, North Wales and Burnaston, Derbyshire; Toyota Financial Services; Toyota Insurance Services; Kinto mobility services and products; Toyota Connected Europe; and Toyota Material Handling.
Toyota is the Principal Partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), supporting professional and grassroots men’s, women’s and disability teams, with the partnership spanning a range of Toyota business operations in the UK, all with the shared mission to provide mobility for all, with no one left behind. Alongside the ECB partnership, Toyota is also the Automotive Partner of Cricket Scotland and Cricket Ireland.
About the PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota brings the curtain down on the professional season with the biggest awards ceremony in English cricket. Current and former players, including the England Men’s IT20 squad 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 Thursday 9 October.
List of awards to be recognised at PCA Awards with partnership with Toyota:
- Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer – Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Metro Bank ODI Women’s Player of the Summer – Amy Jones
- Vitality IT20 Men’s Player of the Summer – Jos Buttler
- Metro Bank ODI Men’s Player of the Summer – Joe Root
- Rothesay Men’s Test Player of the Summer – Harry Brook
- The Hundred Women’s Player of the Year – Phoebe Litchfield
- The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year – Jordan Cox
- Vitality Blast Women’s Player of the Year– Suzie Bates
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year – Kathryn Bryce
- PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP – Kathryn Bryce
- Vitality Blast Men’s Player of the Year – David Willey
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Men’s Player of the Year – Nick Gubbins
- Rothesay County Championship Player of the Year – Kyle Abbott
- PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP – Ed Barnard
- Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year – TBA
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year – TBA
Full list of awards to be announced at the 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
- Rado Recognition Award
- ECB Special Merit
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Men’s Game
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Women’s Game
