PCA launches rankings system

The Professional Cricketers Association has unveiled a new system for ranking players based on their domestic performances this summer.

The PCA Player Rankings will reward every run scored, wicket taken and catch held, as well as giving credit for captaincy and to winning teams.

The PCA believes the rankings will identify the season’s Most Valuable Player and will provide a more reliable marker of a player’s performance.

PCA chief executive Richard Bevan said: “We undertook an extensive review of all player performance statistics and found that they were too focused on individual components of the games like averages and run rates.

“As a result, they didn’t take into account a player’s total contribution to their team, or whether the team actually won.

“Cricket requires players to be multi-skilled and the importance of all-round talent cannot be underestimated.”