PCA Player of the Year

The Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Player of the Year is an annual cricket award. It is presented to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English county cricket.[1] The award has been presented since the 1970 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA). With the exception of the first year, a joint award to Mike Proctor of Gloucestershire and Jack Bond of Lancashire, the award has been presented to one individual each season.

The winning player is awarded the Reg Hayter Cup, named after a sports journalist who was also a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, a Lord's Taverner, and a life-member of Surrey County Cricket Club.[2] Seven players have won the award on more than one occasion, but just Sir Richard Hadlee (1981, 1984 and 1987) and Marcus Trescothick (2000, 2009 and 2011) have won the award on three occasions.

Winners

Year Player Nationality Club Notes
1970 Mike Procter  South Africa Gloucestershire [note 1]
1970 Jack Bond  England Lancashire [note 1]
1971 Lance Gibbs  West Indies Warwickshire
1972 Andy Roberts  West Indies Hampshire
1973 Peter Lee  England Lancashire
1974 Barry Stead  England Nottinghamshire
1975 Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan Gloucestershire
1976 Peter Lee  England Lancashire
1977 Mike Procter  South Africa Gloucestershire
1978 John Lever  England Essex
1979 John Lever  England Essex
1980 Robin Jackman  England Surrey
1981 Richard Hadlee  New Zealand Nottinghamshire
1982 Malcolm Marshall  West Indies Hampshire
1983 Ken McEwan  South Africa Essex
1984 Richard Hadlee  New Zealand Nottinghamshire
1985 Neal Radford  England Worcestershire [note 2]
1986 Courtney Walsh  West Indies Gloucestershire
1987 Richard Hadlee  New Zealand Nottinghamshire
1988 Graeme Hick  England Worcestershire [note 3]
1989 Jimmy Cook  South Africa Somerset
1990 Graham Gooch  England Essex
1991 Waqar Younis  Pakistan Surrey
1992 Courtney Walsh  West Indies Gloucestershire
1993 Steve Watkin  England Gloucestershire
1994 Brian Lara  West Indies Warwickshire
1995 Dominic Cork  England Derbyshire
1996 Phil Simmons  West Indies Leicestershire
1997 Steve James  England Glamorgan
1998 Mal Loye  England Northamptonshire
1999 Stuart Law  England Essex
2000 Marcus Trescothick  England Somerset
2001 David Fulton  England Kent
2002 Michael Vaughan  England Yorkshire
2003 Mushtaq Ahmed  Pakistan Sussex
2004 Andrew Flintoff  England Lancashire
2005 Andrew Flintoff  England Lancashire
2006 Mark Ramprakash  England Surrey
2007 Ottis Gibson  West Indies Durham
2008 Martin van Jaarsveld  South Africa Kent
2009 Marcus Trescothick  England Somerset
2010 Neil Carter  South Africa Warwickshire [1]
2011 Marcus Trescothick  England Somerset

Notes

  1. ^ a b 1970 was the only year in which a joint award was made.
  2. ^ Although Radford was born in Zambia and played cricket in South Africa growing up, he represented England at Test cricket.
  3. ^ Although Hick was born in Zimbabwe, he represented England at Test cricket.

References

General

"PCA Player of the Year". Professional Cricketers' Association. http://www.thepca.co.uk/player_of_the_year.html. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

Specific
  1. ^ a b "Carter claims top PCA prize". England and Wales Cricket Board. 2010-09-23. http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/pca-awards,312134,EN.html. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  2. ^ Sewell, Arthur (1994-03-21). "Obituary: Reg Hayter". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-reg-hayter-1430611.html. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
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