Jordan Cox has been named in the IG PCA Team of the Year for the 2025 season for the first time in his career.
The ultimate domestic players in 2025 have been chosen by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX, to create the 2025 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year.
Incredibly, seven players are making their debuts in the IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year with only Hampshire’s Kyle Abbott, Nottinghamshire’s Joe Clarke and Durham’s Alex Lees joining Warwickshire’s Ed Barnard as previously selected players. There is further PCA Awards pedigree in the team with Leicestershire’s Rehan Ahmed and Sussex’s James Coles shortlisted for the Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year award with Essex’s Jordan Cox nominated for the main prize.
Worcestershire’s Tom Taylor picked up the most bowling points in the year with an impressive 346.89 points, largely thanks to finishing the season as the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship. Cox achieved the most batting points in a phenomenal year earning 394.89, finishing ahead of Lees and Clarke. The 24-year-old also picked up The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year, lifting the trophy with Oval Invincibles.
All-rounder Ed Barnard returns to the side from 2024 in a season that saw him dominate domestic cricket. The 29-year-old once again displayed his fine all-round talents winning the PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP award, Barnard is also nominated for the Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year accolade, having been nominated for the Young Player title in 2018 – a year in which he also made the best men’s XI.
This well-balanced side has been selected via the MVP with points from the Rothesay County Championship, Vitality Blast, Metro Bank One Day Cup and The Hundred PCA MVP 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, with players such as Worcestershire’s Ethan Brookes and Surrey’s Will Jacks unlucky to miss out due to the strength of all-rounder options.
Cox, 24, scored 453.89 MVP points including the most batting points with 394.89, whilst winning the Men’s Hundred Player of the Year, the leading Hundred run-scorer and the title with the Oval Invincibles.
The wicket-keeper batter has also been shortlisted for Toyota’s PCA Men’s Player of the Year award too.
Jordan Cox of Essex Men celebrates his century during Essex vs Hampshire Hawks, Vitality Blast T20 Cricket at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground on 17th July 2025.
The Team
Alex Lees (Durham)
Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire)
Joe Clarke (Nottinghamshire / Birmingham Phoenix)
Jordan Cox (Essex / Oval Invincibles)
James Coles (Sussex / Southern Brave)
Ed Barnard (Warwickshire) (C)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire / Trent Rockets)
John Simpson (Sussex / London Spirit) (WK)
David Willey (Northamptonshire / Trent Rockets)
Tom Taylor (Worcestershire)
Kyle Abbott (Hampshire)
The PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota takes place at Exhibition White City, London on Thursday 9 October 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 2025 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year will receive a personalised winners medal from official trophy partner, Mappin & Webb.
