Sophie named in PCA Team of the Year
The 2026 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year has been selected by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, creating the best statistical player XI from women’s domestic cricket this summer.
Yorkshire’s Jess Jonassen captains the side thanks to her dominating performances in 2026. The 33-year-old Australian enjoyed a phenomenal season which resulted in a pair of individual accolades, winning both the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year and the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP.
Incredibly, Hampshire captain Georgia Adams returns to the side for a record fifth occasion, a feat never achieved before. She is joined in the team alongside four players who have been shortlisted for honours at the PCA Awards. Those include Durham’s Mady Villiers who is only the second player, alongside Adams to return to the team after being awarded a place in 2025.
Sophie Luff makes the XI for a second occasion.
The Blaze’s Charley Phillips and Hampshire’s Maia Bouchier make the side and are also in the running to win honours at the most prestigious awards ceremony in cricket.
The PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings selects a well-balanced side with MVP points from the Vitality Blast, Metro Bank One Day Cup and The Hundred all taken into consideration. The MVP takes into account batting, bowling and fielding contributions as well as match defining efforts using a unique algorithm developed by CricViz. Therefore, the top 11 players according to the MVP points are not automatically selected. The team is also restricted to two overseas players, with Charli Knott unlucky to miss out on selection due to the exceptional seasons of Australian duo Jonassen and Amanda-Jade Wellington.
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota takes place at Exhibition White City, London on Wednesday 30 September where the most prestigious awards ceremony in the game will celebrate the top performing players in international and domestic cricket.
All players selected in the 2026 Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal.
Maia Bouchier (Hampshire / Southern Brave)
- 375 MVP points, most MVP batting points with 320.65
- Scored 1,312 domestic runs
- Leading run scorer in Metro Bank One Day Cup – 750
- 362 runs in Vitality Blast, averaging 72.40.
Lauren Winfield-Hill (WK) (Yorkshire / SunRisers Leeds)
- 275 MVP points
- 546 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 34.12
- 293 Vitality Blast runs, with high score of 99
- 36 dismissals – 21 catches and 15 stumpings
Hollie Armitage (Durham / MI London)
- 341 MVP points
- 1,188 domestic runs with two hundreds
- 646 runs at 43.06 in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- 421 runs at 46.77 in Vitality Blast
Sophie Luff (Somerset / Trent Rockets)
- 341 MVP points
- Scored 1,052 domestic runs
- 536 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- Won The Hundred with Trent Rockets
Georgia Adams (Hampshire / Trent Rockets)
- 448 MVP points, second most
- 799 domestic runs and 47 wickets
- PCA Player of the Month in July
- Won The Hundred with Trent Rockets
Jess Jonassen (C) (Yorkshire / SunRisers Leeds)
- 449 MVP points
- PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP
- Metro Bank One Day Cup Women’s Player of the Year
- 889 domestic runs and 47 wickets
Mady Villiers (Durham / Manchester Super Giants)
- 338 MVP points
- 43 wickets at 22.12
- 422 runs in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- Made Test debut
Amanda-Jade Wellington (Hampshire)
- 331 MVP points
- Most MVP bowling points 233.02
- Most wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup – 40
- 18 wickets at 18.94 in Vitality Blast
Grace Ballinger (The Blaze / Manchester Super Giants)
- 225 MVP points
- 47 domestic wickets
- 24 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 24.58
- 20 wickets in Vitality Blast at 11.20
Charley Phillips (The Blaze / Trent Rockets)
- 226 MVP points
- 48 domestic wickets
- 29 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup at 15.75
- 10 wickets in Vitality Blast and nine in The Hundred
Bex Tyson (Hampshire / Manchester Super Giants)
- 214 MVP points
- 43 domestic wickets
- 26 wickets in Metro Bank One Day Cup
- 16 wickets in Vitality Blast at 20.25
View the full Women’s Overall Domestic MVP table here.
