Emma Lamb named PCA Women's Player of the Year 2025
Cox and Lamb win coveted PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota
• Cox, Lamb, Ahmed and Perrin victorious at prestigious players’ awards ceremony
• Men’s winner Cox said: “It’s an honour, for the players to vote for me, that really means the world”
• England’s Lamb said: “It’s really lovely that my peers have taken the time to recognise my performances”
• Leicestershire’s Ahmed said: “To be shortlisted was amazing but to win it topped off a great season”
• The Hundred centurion Perrin said: “It’s been a massive year for the women’s game, it will be nice to reflect at the PCA Awards and celebrate that”
• PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota celebrate the best players of 2025
Jordan Cox and Emma Lamb have won the headline accolades at the 2025 PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota as Rehan Ahmed and Davina Perrin also received coveted honours at Exhibition White City.
An outstanding season for Cox saw him collect a PCA Awards treble winning the Toyota PCA Men’s Player of the Year trophy, The Hundred Men’s Player of the Year and selection in the IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year as he returned to the England fold.
Cox becomes the first Essex player to secure the player voted for award since Stuart Law in 1999, beating competition from a prestigious shortlist of players including Joe Root, Ed Barnard and Dom Sibley.
The Oval Invincibles star joins an illustrious list of recent winners such as Liam Dawson, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow, Root and Chris Woakes.
Lancashire’s Lamb becomes the first winner of the Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year in the Tier 1 era. Impressing all summer long domestically and when called upon by her country, Lamb earned a spot in England’s World Cup squad and was selected to open the batting in the Metro Bank PCA Women’s Team of the Year.
Lamb saw off incredible competition to claim the award from her peers in England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kathryn Bryce and Georgia Elwiss, joining an impressive list of recent winners including Bryce, Tammy Beaumont and Sciver-Brunt.
Leicestershire all-rounder Ahmed enjoyed a fantastic all-round season helping his side win promotion to Rothesay County Championship Division One as he took home the Toyota PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year award, becoming the first Foxes player to do so since James Taylor in 2009.
The Toyota PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year award went to teenage sensation Perrin, who was rewarded with a pair of England A appearances after impressing for Warwickshire and winning The Hundred for Northern Superchargers.
The 56th edition of the most prestigious awards ceremony in English and Welsh cricket was held at Exhibition White City London, as the PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota was attended by hundreds of guests, including current and former players, partners and stakeholders.
What the winners said – the 2025 PCA Awards in partnership with Toyota
A thrilling year from Lamb saw her accumulate an incredible 1,312 domestic runs and 14 wickets to go alongside averaging 41 for England in ODI cricket, including two half-centuries.
The 27-year-old finished second on the PCA Women’s Domestic Overall MVP table and ended the season as the leading run-scorer in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, thanks to amassing 794 runs at an average of 72.18 with two centuries.
Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year, Lamb, said: “I’m very surprised to win the Toyota PCA Women’s Player of the Year. I wasn’t expecting it but obviously I’m very happy.
“It’s really lovely that my peers have taken the time to recognise my performances this year. It’s such an honour to receive this award.
“It’s been a very enjoyable 12 months. Lots of highs playing with Lancashire this year and winning two trophies. I was gutted I couldn’t be there in the final of the One Day Cup but it was a special moment watching us win it. Opening the batting with Eve Jones has definitely been a highlight for me this year and seeing her contributions to our success as an opening duo.
“It was nice to find out I had won this after our second game in the World Cup, so it was great timing after we won. I’m definitely looking forward to the next couple of weeks to see what we can achieve.”
Five First-Class hundreds from Ahmed and 52 wickets in the last 12 months reinforced the Leicestershire all-rounder’s incredible skill-set.
The 21-year-old averaged 15.9 with the ball in The Hundred for his 12 wickets, over 50 with the bat in the County Championship and earned a place on the England white-ball tour to New Zealand after a duo of IT20 appearances this summer.