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Best domestic women’s XI of 2025 selected by PCA MVP Rankings
The 2025 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year has been selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, to create statistically the best playing XI from domestic women’s cricket.
With seven out of the eight counties represented, The Blaze’s Kathryn Bryce captains this world-beating side for the second successive year which saw her dominance of domestic cricket continue. The 27-year-old produced a phenomenal all-round season in the first season of Tier 1 cricket which resulted in a duo of individual accolades, winning the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year and the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP. Bryce is also nominated for the Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year award, which she won in 2024.
Hampshire captain Georgia Adams returns to the side for a record fourth occasion, having missed out in 2024. There are also recalls for Lancashire’s Emma Lamb, who is nominated alongside Bryce at the PCA Awards, and Durham’s Katie Levick. Both have been selected in the team for the third time with Lamb featuring in 2021 and 2022 and Levick in 2022 and 2023.
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, with the likes of Somerset’s Amanda-Jade Wellington and Surrey’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge unlucky due to the strength of fellow all-rounders and opening batters.
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 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal from official trophy partner, Mappin & Webb.
2025 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year
Emma Lamb
Lancashire / Birmingham Phoenix
- 451 MVP points, most batting points (376)
- Scored 1,312 domestic run & took 14 wickets
- Leading run-scorer in ODC with 794
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Suzie Bates
Durham
- 318 MVP points
- Won Vitality Blast Women’s Player of the Year
- Scored 467 runs in ODC , averaging 51.88
- Highest score of 163 in ODC
Davina Perrin
Warwickshire / Northern Superchargers
- 359 MVP points
- Scored 1,009 domestic runs
- The Hundred winner & smashed 42-ball century
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
Kathryn Bryce (C)
The Blaze / Manchester Originals
- 483 MVP points
- Scored 1,144 domestic runs & took 44 wickets
- Won Metro Bank ODC MVP & Overall MVP
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Georgia Elwiss
The Blaze / Welsh Fire
- 367 MVP points
- Scored 1,037 domestic runs including 10 fifties
- Took 16 wickets in all competitions
- Shortlisted for Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Georgia Adams
Hampshire / Southern Brave
- 351 MVP points
- 795 runs & 36 wickets in all competitions
- Scored 525 runs in ODC, averaging 65.62
- Two hundreds in ODC
Kira Chathli (WK)
Surrey / London Spirit
- 273 MVP points
- Scored 675 runs in all competitions
- 220 runs in The Hundred at 150.68 strike-rate
- Took 26 dismissals in all competitions
Mady Villiers
Durham / Southern Brave
- 314 MVP points
- Most bowling points as a spinner with 138.24
- 640 runs & 39 wickets in all competitions
- Took 12 wickets in The Hundred, averaging 16.5
Kate Cross
Lancashire / Northern Superchargers
- 289 MVP points
- Winner of ODC & The Hundred trophies
- Second most bowling points with 173.92
- Took 39 wickets in all competitions
Eva Gray
Essex / London Spirit
- 238 MVP points
- Most bowling points with 174.87
- Took 39 wickets in all competitions
- Took 15 wickets in the Blast, averaging 20.20
Katie Levick
Durham / Welsh Fire
- 177 MVP points
- Took 39 wickets in all competitions
- Third leading wicket-taker in ODC with 21
- Took 13 wickets in the Blast, averaging 23.38
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. Following launch, there were 463 new girls cricket teams – a 21% increase, and 1,130 hours delivered of in-club coach support. Thanks to the Fund, for the first time ever, there were more women than men (56%) participating in the ECB Coach Developer programme. [Data- January 2025].
About Metro Bank
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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 – Announced on Wednesday, 8 October
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
