Beaumont nominated for cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Tuesday 26th September 2023
The 2023 cinch PCA Awards shortlists have been confirmed, with the players recognising 14 individuals as standout performers across the past 12 months.
All players have been voted for by their peers, with four headline awards to be announced at the Troxy on Monday 2 October, following the conclusion of the English summer.
The combination of the best performers across international and domestic cricket have already had eight major cinch PCA Awards wins etched into history, including multiple winners Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone and Harry Brook.
With current professionals voting in September, England’s Brook is joined by the current leader of the Domestic Men’s MVP Liam Dawson, Middlesex all-rounder Ryan Higgins and LV= Insurance County Championship leading run-scorer Alex Lees on the cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year shortlist.
The cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year shortlist will see the Domestic Women’s MVP Georgia Adams take on England duo Tammy Beaumont and Sciver-Brunt with South East Stars captain Bryony Smith completing the talented quartet.
The most prestigious awards ceremony in English cricket also recognises the most talented emerging players in England and Wales, with those under the age of 24 on 1 April eligible.
Gloucestershire’s Ollie Price is joined by Somerset’s James Rew and Surrey and England’s Jamie Smith as contenders to win the cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year and follow in the footsteps of Brook who was successful two years in a row.
The cinch PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year will certainly go to a young England star. The number one spinner in the world, Ecclestone, faces competition from her Thunder teammate Mahika Gaur and Northern Diamonds Bess Heath.
Shortlisted players received the news of their honour via team huddles at recent fixtures and were handed a golden ticket as a VIP invite to the event.
The shortlisted candidates will find out at the ceremony whether they have won the award in their category, amongst 10 accolades presented on the evening.
cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year shortlist
- Georgia Adams Sussex/Southern Vipers/Southern Brave
Another fantastic domestic season from the Southern Vipers skipper saw Adams remarkably win the Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy MVPs on her way to lifting the trophies for her side.The PCA Women’s Player of the Month for August was also part of the successful Southern Brave outfit, ending as the leading wicket taker in The Hundred with 16.
The 29-year-old scored a brilliant 931 runs and took 46 wickets, claiming the PCA Women’s Overall Domestic MVP for the second year in succession.
- Tammy Beaumont Kent/The Blaze/Welsh FireThe 2016 PCA Women’s Player of the Year enjoyed a brilliant summer highlighted by her double century against Australia in the Metro Bank Women’s Ashes.
The England opening batter also finished as the second leading run scorer in The Hundred with 290 runs and became the first women to score a century in the competition.
The 32-year-old produced a fabulous innings of 118 off 62 balls, captaining Welsh Fire, and finished with a fantastic tournament strike-rate of 153.4 including 42 fours and five sixes.
- Nat Sciver-Brunt Surrey/The Blaze/Trent RocketsThe England all-rounder enjoyed a brilliant winter, scoring 332 runs in the inaugural WPL at an average of 66.4, alongside averaging 55.9 for England from 12 innings in white-ball cricket.
The 31-year-old scored back-to-back Ashes hundreds against Australia in the Women’s Ashes, averaging 131 in ODI cricket and claimed the Metro Bank ODI Women’s Player of the Summer award.
A winner in 2017 and 2022, Sciver-Brunt could become the first women to win the cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year award three times.
- Bryony Smith Surrey/South East Stars/Trent RocketsThe South East Stars all-rounder contributed to her side’s success with both bat and ball, scoring 773 runs and taking 20 wickets across domestic cricket this summer
The 25-year-old won the PCA Women’s Player of the Month award for June claiming the Match MVP award against Thunder and Central Sparks.
Smith finished second in the Charlotte Edwards Cup MVP Rankings as well as second in the run scoring for the competition with 256 runs with a rapid strike-rate of 155.
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