Vote now for May POTM

The polls are open to vote for your PCA Player of the Month for May with the 2025 domestic season seeing the commencement of the new Vitality Blast season.

The top four women’s and men’s domestic players have been announced using the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, with the second awards of the year up for grabs following Tom Haines and Em Arlott’s success in April.

The women’s game sees The Blaze have two nominees in Georgia Elwiss and Kathryn Bryce, with the latter nominated for a second straight month. Elwiss, meanwhile, topped the MVP standings in May with a staggering 118.15 points. Lancashire star Emma Lamb also returns as a nominee after her impressive start to the seasons saw her return to the England setup. Somerset captain and PCA Representative Sophie Luff completes the shortlist.

In the men’s award, Warwickshire all-rounder Ed Barnard picked up the most MVP points in the month of May with 151.06. He is joined by the experienced Lancashire duo of Keaton Jennings and Luke Wells. Hampshire seamer and former South Africa international Kyle Abbott’s excellence in the County Championship also sees him get nominated for the May honour.

The players are selected by the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, which 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 which is how the top four are selected. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining contributions using a unique algorithm developed by CricViz.

The PCA Player of the Month will be decided by a 50:50 split between the PCA MVP Rankings and the public vote below– with the poll closing on 4 June at 10pm. With a short window to have your say, vote now to pick your winner of the May awards.

The women’s game is now in full flow in 2025 with both white-ball competitions taking centre stage in May. The month saw the eight Tier 1 sides continue to compete in the Metro Bank One Day Cup and also start their respective Vitality Blast campaigns.

Elwiss scored five half-centuries from six innings in the month of May to register 118.15 MVP points. She scored 339 runs at an average of 84.75 and took seven wickets.

She picked up one Match MVP last month, which came against Warwickshire in the opening round of the Vitality Blast where she scored 52 runs and picked up two wickets, earning herself 23.40 MVP points.

Lamb played five games in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, contributing to 309 runs and six wickets, earning 93.1 MVP points with 65.54 coming from her efforts with the bat.

The 27-year-old won two Match MVPs in May with her best performance coming against Durham where she picked up 25.54 points following a 94-ball 84 to help her side prevail in Blackpool by 35 runs.

Scotland captain Bryce was the third-highest MVP points scorer in May with 91.92 after a haul of 295 runs and four wickets.

The Blaze all-rounder has made an excellent start to the Vitality Blast campaign. She had two unbeaten scores in the first two games of the T20 competition with her unbeaten 60 coming against Warwickshire in a thrilling tied game at Trent Bridge.

Luff starred with the bat in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. She scored 296 runs in the competition at an average of 59.2 which included an unbeaten 111 against Warwickshire.

The Somerset PCA Rep earned 90.2 MVP points last month, including a Match MVP against Hampshire where she scored 74 runs to pick up 36 MVP points as her side won on DLS.

May featured four rounds of the Rothesay County Championship as Nottinghamshire continued their good form to sit at the top of Division One, whilst Leicestershire lead the way in Division Two, as the Vitality Blast got off to a thrilling start.

Barnard scored an impressive 425 runs during the month with an average of 53.1, alongside taking 16 wickets at 22.9. The Warwickshire all-rounder also leads the PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP standings with 218 points.

Standout performances from the 29-year-old came against Surrey, scoring an unbeaten 177 in a drawn match and in a five-wicket victory against Yorkshire taking match figures of 6-105.

Lancashire’s opener scored 415 runs in May earning him the most batting points for the month with 110.76 to go along with 19.6 points in the field.

The 32-year-old left-hander earned three Match MVP awards, two in the Vitality Blast and one in the County Championship. The most impressive of which was an aggressive 95 off just 49 balls against Notts Outlaws, earning 40.33 points.

Abbott enjoyed a magnificent May taking 20 wickets at a staggering average of just 15.9, which included two five-wicket-hauls, earning him 132.94 MVP points.

The 37-year-old bowler picked up two Match MVP awards. The first coming against Nottinghamshire for match figures of 8-119 and a knock of 67 with the bat, securing 59.88 points. The South African earned 50.7 points against Worcestershire, taking match figures of 8-91.

A strong month from Wells saw him score 453 runs at an average of 45.3, earning him 97.94 batting points, alongside taking three wickets.

The 34-year-old picked up a Match MVP award against Derbyshire for his 141, giving him 40.92 MVP points. Wells also featured in a 177-run opening stand with Jennings, contributing a 50-ball 87 to the highest ever partnership in the Vitality Blast North Group.

Find out more about the PCA MVP Rankings and view the men’s and women’s tables.

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