Nominees announced for NatWest PCA Awards – 14/09/2007

Nominees announced for NatWest PCA Awards The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), in association with NatWest and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has announced the nominees for the NatWest PCA Awards which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 24 September 2007. The Awards are unanimously supported by the players, with the main awards voted on by the players themselves. The major award categories are the NatWest PCA Player of the Year and NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year. Nominees are: NatWest PCA Player of the Year Mushtaq Ahmed, 37 (Sussex) Andy Caddick, 38 (Somerset) Ottis Gibson, 38 (Durham) Mark Ramprakash, 38 (Surrey) NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year Ravi Bopara, 22 (Essex) Stuart Broad, 21 (Leicestershire) Adil Rashid, 19 (Yorkshire) Luke Wright, 22 (Sussex) Over the past ten years, the staging of the NatWest PCA Awards has raised significant funds for the PCA Professional Cricketers’ Trust. The Fund is part of the PCA’s commitment to helping current and former players and their dependants in times of hardship, upheaval or to readjust to the world beyond the game. The host of the proceedings is Rory Bremner and the awards to be presented include: • ECB Special Merit • Hewitt Team of the Year – selected by PCA Rankings • MCC Spirit of Cricket Award • PCA Special Merit Award 2007 sponsored by Brit Insurance • PCA Umpire of the Year sponsored by Accenture • Sky Sport Sixes Award • John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year 2007 • Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest Player of the Year 2007 Previous winners of the Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Player of the Year Award include: • Mark Ramprakash, 2006 • Andrew Flintoff, 2004, 2005 • Mushtaq Ahmed, 2003 • Michael Vaughan, 2002 Winners of the John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player Award have included: • Alistair Cook, 2006 & 2005 • Ian Bell, 2004 • Kabir Ali, 2003 & 2002 A limited number of VIP hospitality tickets for the event are available from Tom Greenwood at the PCA on 020 7449 4226 or tgreenwood@thepca.co.uk.