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PCA MVP Rankings determine the best domestic men’s XI of 2025
The ultimate domestic players in 2025 have been chosen by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, to create the 2025 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year.
Incredibly, seven players are making their debuts in the IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year with only Hampshire’s Kyle Abbott, Nottinghamshire’s Joe Clarke and Durham’s Alex Lees joining Warwickshire’s Ed Barnard as previously selected players. There is further PCA Awards pedigree in the team with Leicestershire’s Rehan Ahmed and Sussex’s James Coles shortlisted for the Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year award with Essex’s Jordan Cox nominated for the main prize.
Worcestershire’s Tom Taylor picked up the most bowling points in the year with an impressive 346.89 points, largely thanks to finishing the season as the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship. Cox achieved the most batting points in a phenomenal year earning 394.89, finishing ahead of Lees and Clarke. The 24-year-old also picked up The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year, lifting the trophy with Oval Invincibles.
All-rounder Ed Barnard returns to the side from 2024 in a season that saw him dominate domestic cricket. The 29-year-old once again displayed his fine all-round talents winning the PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP award, Barnard is also nominated for the Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year accolade, having been nominated for the Young Player title in 2018 – a year in which he also made the best men’s XI.
This well-balanced side has been selected via the MVP with points from the Rothesay County Championship, Vitality Blast, Metro Bank One Day Cup and The Hundred PCA MVP 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, with players such as Worcestershire’s Ethan Brookes and Surrey’s Will Jacks unlucky to miss out due to the strength of all-rounder options.
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota takes place at Exhibition White City, London on Thursday 9 October 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 2025 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal from official trophy partner, Mappin & Webb.
2025 IG PCA Men's Team of the Year
Alex Lees
Durham
- 418 MVP points
- 1,736 runs in all competitions
- Scored hundreds in all three formats
- Averaged 71 in ODC with two centuries
Haseeb Hameed
Nottinghamshire
- 359 MVP points
- Captained Nottinghamshire to CC title
- Second leading run-scorer in CC Div One (1,258)
- Four hundreds in CC, averaging 66.21
Joe Clarke
Nottinghamshire / Birmingham Phoenix
- 397 MVP points
- 1,313 runs in all competitions
- 420 runs in the Blast, including four fifties
- 160.30 strike-rate in the Blast
Jordan Cox
Essex / Oval Invincibles
- 453 MVP points, most batting points (394)
- Won The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year
- Leading run-scorer & The Hundred winner
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year
James Coles
Sussex / Southern Brave
- 548 MVP points
- Scored 1,032 CC runs, averaging 46.9
- 1,553 runs & 35 wickets in all competitions
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
Ed Barnard (C)
Warwickshire
- 555 MVP points
- Won PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP award
- 1,615 runs in all competitions with four hundreds
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year
Rehan Ahmed
Leicestershire / Trent Rockets
- 454 MVP points
- 1,284 runs & 43 wickets in all competitions
- Scored five CC hundreds
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
John Simpson (WK)
Sussex / London Spirit
- 394 MVP points
- 66 dismissals & 1,560 runs in all competitions
- Scored 1,086 runs in CC, averaging 60.33
- Scored four CC hundreds with 181* top score
David Willey
Northamptonshire / Trent Rockets
- 398 MVP points
- Won Vitality Blast Men’s Player of the Year
- Scored 452 in the Blast with four fifties
- 20 Blast wickets & nine in The Hundred
Tom Taylor
Worcestershire
- 459 MVP points
- Leading wicket-taker in CC with 58
- Most bowling points with 346.89
- 20 wickets across the Blast & ODC
Kyle Abbott
Hampshire
- 408 MVP points
- Second leading wicket-taker in CC with 56
- Averaged 20.69 with four five-fers in CC
- Bowled most maidens in CC Division One (134)
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About the 2025 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. 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.
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 – 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 – Emma Lamb, Suzie Bates, Davina Perrin, Kathryn Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Georgia Adams, Kira Chathli, Mady Villiers, Kate Cross, Eva Gray, Katie Levick
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year – Alex Lees, Haseeb Hammed, Joe Clarke, Jordan Cox, James Coles, Ed Barnard (C), Rehan Ahmed, John Simpson (WK), David Willey, Tom Taylor, Kyle Abbott
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
- Rado Recognition Award
- ECB Special Merit
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Men’s Game
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Women’s Game
