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Davies And Smith Named In PCA Women’s Team Of The Year
Davies And Smith Named In PCA Women’s Team Of The Year
Southern Vipers’ Freya Davies and Linsey Smith are included in the 2024 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year
Southern Vipers’ Freya Davies and Linsey Smith have been named in the 2024 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year.
Pace bowler Davies, in her first season for the club, picked up the most MVP points as an out-and-out seamer with 158.
She claimed 13 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at an economy rate of just 4.6 runs per over.
Davies also picked up 11 wickets for Welsh Fire as they reached the final of The Hundred for the first time.
Smith meanwhile accumulated 216 MVP points across the season, and was the leading wicket taker in the Women’s Hundred with 15, as she took her wickets at an astonishing average of 9.7.
In a Vipers shirt, Smith picked up 22 wickets in 18 matches, with a best of 3-9 coming in the Charlotte Edwards Cup against Thunder.
The left arm spinner, who is in the UAE for the Women’s T20 World Cup, took her wickets at an average of 23.18 whilst only conceding on average 4.36 runs per over.
Kathryn Bryce captains 2024 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year.
Two players return to side from 2023 team.
Members of the team will receive a medal at the cinch PCA Awards on Tuesday 1 October
The 2024 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year has been selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, to create the best statistical XI from this season’s domestic women’s cricket.
Kathryn Bryce captains the side following a fabulous season which saw her lift the Charlotte Edwards Cup with The Blaze, alongside a pair of individual accolades, winning both the Charlotte Edwards Cup Player of the Year and the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP. Bryce is also nominated for the cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year award.
Two players return to the side selected in 2023 with Paige Scholfield moving up the order from seven to four thanks to her outstanding form with the bat this season and Linsey Smith also maintaining a place thanks to her left-arm spin bowling.
With the Women’s Overall Domestic MVP selecting a well-balanced side, MVP points across the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and The Hundred are all taken into account. A number of highly-ranked players missed out, including Northern Diamonds’ Hollie Armitage and Southern Vipers’ Georgia Adams due to the strength of other top order batters and spin bowling all-rounders.
The cinch PCA Awards takes place at The Troxy on Tuesday 1 October where the best performing players in domestic and international cricket in England and Wales will be recognised.
All players selected in the 2024 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal from Mappin & Webb.
Metro Bank PCA Women's Team Of The Year:
Grace Scrivens (Sunrisers / Trent Rockets)
303 MVP points
553 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at an average of 50.3
Second most MVP batting points with 243
Won Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Sophia Dunkley (South East Stars / Welsh Fire)
252 MVP points
265 runs in Charlotte Edwards Cup
293 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at an average 97.7
Top score of 130
Kathryn Bryce (The Blaze / Manchester Originals)
394 MVP points
Won Charlotte Edwards Cup & the competition’s Player of the Year
Leading run-scorer in Charlotte Edwards Cup with 478
Shortlisted for cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
Paige Scholfield (South East Stars / Oval Invincibles)
258 MVP points
259 runs in Charlotte Edwards Cup at an average of 43.2
252 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Selected in consecutive years
Alice Davidson-Richards (South East Stars / Northern Superchargers)
297 MVP points
Leading run-scorer in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with 650
Seven fifties in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Third most batting MVP points with 234
Sarah Bryce (The Blaze / Welsh Fire)
233 MVP points
Won Charlotte Edwards Cup
72 fielding points
279 runs in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at an average of 39.9
