PCA Player of the Year

Marcus Trescothick won the award for the third time in 2011.

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.