Overton and Luff win top PCA awards — SkimNews
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- Craig Overton won the men's PCA player of the year after a stellar all-format season for Somerset, who narrowly missed a first County Championship title and reached the T20 Blast semi-finals; he scored three first-class hundreds and averaged under 20 with the ball.
- Sophie Luff, the 32-year-old Somerset captain, took the inaugural women's player of the year award — the first winner not to have played international cricket since 2021 — after surpassing 1,000 runs across formats, including a 40-plus average in the One-Day Cup, and captaining Trent Rockets to The Hundred title.
- Overton's form has fuelled talk of an England Test recall to fill the vacancy left by Ben Stokes, four years after his eighth and most recent cap.
- Sonny Baker and Tilly Corteen-Coleman won the young player of the year awards: Baker debuted in Tests against New Zealand at The Oval in June, while 19-year-old Corteen-Coleman was a surprise pick in England's T20 World Cup squad.
- Heather Knight received the Outstanding Contribution Award following her international retirement, with fellow England retiree Tammy Beaumont taking a Special Merit Award.
Why it matters: Luff's win breaks a streak of internationally-capped winners on the women's side, signalling that domestic form alone now commands the PCA's top honour — a notable vote of confidence in the county game at a time when England's international setup is under scrutiny. For Overton, the award lands alongside Stokes-shaped speculation, putting his name squarely in the selectors' conversation.
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