Moeen Ali was named the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Player of the Year for 2013 last night. The Worcestershire all-rounder was the leading scorer in the LV County Championship and has been selected on England’s Performance Programme squad to tour Australia this winter.
Moeen Ali picked up the major PCA award (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Moeen succeeds last year’s recipient Nick Compton and beat other nominees Michael Hogan, Samit Patel and Graham Onions.
Ben Stokes was the PCA Young Player of the Year which now sits on his mantelpiece alongside the Cricket Writers’ Club award he picked up earlier in the week. The Durham all-rounder was key to his side’s winning Championship campaign making 615 runs and adding 42 wickets. He has made the full England tour this Ashes winter. The other nominees in this category were Joe Root, Reece Topley and James Vince.
Onions was named Championship Player of the Year while David Willey picked up the Friends Life t20 award and Peter Trego won the Yorkshire Bank 40 gong.
Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Player of the Year: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year: Ben Stokes (Durham)
ECB Special Award: Jim Cumbes (For services to Lancashire)
PCA Special Merit Award, sponsored by Brit Insurance: Tony Greig
Friends Life t20 Player of the Year: David Willey (Northamptonshire)
Yorkshire Bank 40 Player of the Year: Peter Trego (Somerset)
LV= County Championship Player of the Year: Graham Onions (Durham)
England FTI MVP of the Summer: James Anderson
NatWest ODI Player of the Summer: Ravi Bopara
Investec Test Player of the Summer: Graeme Swann
Sky Sports Sixes League Winner: Ryan ten Doeschate (Essex)
FTI Team of the Year
1 Joe Root (Yorks & Eng), 2 Michael Klinger (Gloucs), 3 Moeen Ali (Worcs), 4 Ian Bell (Warws & Eng), 5 Samit Patel (Notts), 6 Ben Stokes (Durham & Eng), 7 Phil Mustard (Durham), 8 Stuart Broad (Notts & Eng), 9 Graeme Swann (Notts & Eng), 10 Michael Hogan (Glam), 11 James Anderson (Lancs & Eng)
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