Somerset pair Overton & Luff take top PCA awards

Somerset pair Craig Overton and Sophie Luff have won the top prizes at the Professional Cricketers' Association awards.

Overton, the men's player of the year, had a stellar season across formats as Somerset just missed out on a first County Championship title and reached the semi-finals of the T20 Blast.

Luff becomes the first winner of the women's player of the year award not to have played international cricket since 2021. As well as superb form in county cricket, the 32-year-old was part of the Trent Rockets team that won The Hundred.

Pace bowler Sonny Baker and left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman won the two young player of the year awards.

All-rounder Overton, 32, scored three first-class hundreds and averaged less than 20 with the ball in the County Championship.

His form has led to talk of a recall to the England team to fill the vacancy left by Ben Stokes, four years after he won the last of his eight Test caps.

Overton beat off other shortlisted nominees Joe Clarke, George Hill and Dan Lawrence.

"It's a phenomenal feeling," said Overton. "To be chosen by your peers to win this award is very special, it means so much to me.

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