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Play your part in helping the Professional Cricketers’ Trust

Your donations, big and small, mean we can provide support for PCA members and their families when they need it most.

CLUB TOGETHER FOR CRICKET

#SupportOurSport

Support professional cricketers in England and Wales as they score runs and take wickets in aid of the players’ charity: the Professional Cricketers’ Trust.

Signing up to goalgiving only takes a few minutes, and from there you can pledge to donate for every run scored or wicket taken by some of your favourite players, supporting PCA members and their immediate families when they need it most.

The goalgiving platform offers complete flexibility, so you can choose how much you donate per run or wicket, put a cap on your donations if you wish and decide if you want to give regularly or as a one-off.

By making this small gesture and signing up to goalgiving in aid of the Trust, you can go a long way to supporting PCA members and their immediate families when they need it most.

Support Our Sport

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

As an Organisation

Does your organisation have a charity of the year?
Would your company be interested in supporting a Trust event?
Could you make the Trust the beneficiary charity of one of your existing events?
Are you looking for event talent in return for a donation to the Trust?
Engage your staff and customers through volunteering for the Trust?
Do you have an auction item or experience you would be willing to donate?

Contact Kathryn Ford

As an Individual

Sporting challenges (marathons, half-marathons, cycle events, triathlons…) if you are looking to get fit and raise money.
Sponsored events (eating, sponsored shaves, ‘Give it up’…) can be a less physical and perhaps more fun way of raising vital funds
Peer-to-peer fundraising

Contact Kathryn Ford

County Teams

Does your organisation have a charity of the year?
Support the charity that is there for you.
Your county team can get behind the Professional Cricketers’ Trust so that it can be there when you need it.
Contact your PDM or Samantha Relf to get your team involved.

Contact Sam Relf

PREVIOUS CHALLENGES

Headingley to Lord’s 2021

A first major physical fundraising challenge in aid of the Trust for just over two years, and this one was a real test! Cycling between two of the country’s most storied cricket grounds from Headingley to Lord’s, our incredible group of fundraisers hit their £75,000 fundraising target as they crossed the finish line.

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Three Peaks Challenge 2019

50 walkers completed the famous Three Peaks Challenge in October 2019 in a joint initiative to raise valuable funds for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust and Tom Maynard Trust. The fundraisers took on the highest peaks in each of England, Scotland and Wales.

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Goochie’s Coast 2 Coast 2018

PCA President Graham Gooch took on the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk to raise funds for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust & Graham Gooch Scholarship. The challenge raised over £23,000 which was evenly split between the two charitable causes.

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Amazon Smile

Ordering online because you’re not going to the shops? Did you know you can donate to us and it won’t cost you a thing!

AmazonSmile takes less than a minute to set up and you can use your existing Amazon account either on the Internet or via the Amazon app on your mobile phone.

To support us online, visit the AmazonSmile homepage and when prompted select Professional Cricketers’ Trust as your charitable organisation.

On your iPhones and Android phones, simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.

Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into ‘Settings’
Tap ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process

Amazon will then automatically donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and shipping fees) of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to us – and that’s it!

Click here to find out more about AmazonSmile.

Donate in Memory

Celebrate the life of a loved one while supporting our vital work. Make a donation, create an online tribute or leave a legacy in someone’s memory.

We understand that leaving a legacy is a special and personal decision. That’s why our charity Directors are available to answer any questions you may have. In the first instance please contact Ian Thomas on 07920 575578 or email ian.thomas@professionalcricketerstrust.org

“I donated because I think it’s such a worthy cause. I have had first-hand experience of how hard it can be for cricketers past & present.”

Christine Kettleborough

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A PLAYER’S OVERALL INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

In 2006, the PCA undertook an extensive review of all player-performance related statistics in the game. Our results highlighted that cricket statistics are:

Too focused on individual elements of the game – averages, run rates, wickets taken.
Not clear and not relevant to all cricket – ICC rankings and other international stats.
Not reflective of a player’s total contribution to his team.

Cricket is a game that requires players to be skilled at multiple disciplines. To take wickets, to score runs, to take catches, to affect run outs. The value to a side of a genuine all-rounder cannot be underestimated.

The PCA MVP are calculated by combining a player’s overall individual performances.

HOW DID WE DESIGN IT?

In April 2006, the PCA set up its MVP Committee. During the 2006 season, the Committee carried out the following steps:

An overview of existing player related statistics – strengths and limitations.
The engagement of a cross section of players to design an outline PCA player rankings concept and its objectives.
The initial design of a formula to process a player’s contribution to any match.
The imputing of the first half of the season’s scores.

A mid-season review with 10 current players and a refinement of the formula.
The completion of the 2006 domestic season’s results.
An end of season review – focusing on comparisons of performances.

Current, past first-class and international cricketers were involved at every step of the design process. The PCA invested 100’s of hours in the design and development of the ratings formula. It is truly reflective of the players’ view of the game.

THE FORMULA

The PCA MVP is a cumulative points system that rewards players for every run scored, every wicket taken and every catch held – and, how well they do it.

A player achieves bonus points based in certain criteria. An overview of the formula is set out below:

BATTING + BOWLING + FIELDING + CAPTAINCY + WINNING = TOTAL MVP

POINTS

BATTING

The basis of the batting points take into account runs scored, the rate scored at and the % of the team’s total.
Batting bonus points are achieved for:
Reaching a century
Scoring over 30% of a team’s runs
Achieving a benchmark run-rate (varies per tournament, i.e. 1.5 runs per ball in the T20)

BOWLING

The basis for the bowling points take into account the number of wickets and economy rates
Bowlers achieve higher points for getting out higher order batsmen
Bowling bonus points are achieved for:
Taking 5 or more wickets in an innings
Bowling maidens
Achieving a benchmark economy rate (varies per tournament, i.e. less that 6 runs per over in T20

FIELDING

Catches
Run outs – direct hits
Run outs – assists
Stumpings
Bonus for 5 fielding dismissals in an innings

CAPTAINCY

A captain of a winning side will receive a points bonus

WINNING TEAMS

All members of a winning team receive a points bonus.

For more information about the MVP, please contact communications@thepca.co.uk

DONATE

Play your part in helping the Professional Cricketers’ Trust

CLUB TOGETHER FOR CRICKET

#SupportOurSport

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

As an Organisation

As an Individual

County Teams

PREVIOUS CHALLENGES

Headingley to Lord’s 2021

Three Peaks Challenge 2019

Goochie’s Coast 2 Coast 2018

Amazon Smile

Donate in Memory

“I donated because I think it’s such a worthy cause. I have had first-hand experience of how hard it can be for cricketers past & present.”

Fundraise for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust

About The Trust

Our Impact

FEEDBACK

WHAT IS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

WRITE YOUR OWN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

A PLAYER’S OVERALL INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

HOW DID WE DESIGN IT?

THE FORMULA

POINTS

BATTING

BOWLING

FIELDING

CAPTAINCY

WINNING TEAMS