World Cup winner Stokes became the first player to win the award, voted for by his peers, solely for his England performances since Andrew Flintoff in 2005. Man of the match in the World Cup final and man of the match in two of the five Ashes Tests, Stokes captured the imagination this summer with his feats with bat, ball and in the field. And at the 50th Natwest PCA awards he beat off nominees from the county game Simon Harmer, Ryan Higgins and Dom Sibley. “I am over the moon that players think I am worthy of winning the NatWest PCA Players’ Player of the Year through performances this summer. “You can take a lot of personal pride when you receive this award because it’s your peers that vote for you.

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2019 22:07 UTC