ECB announces England Cricketers of the Year at England Team Awards Dinner Joe Root, Anya Shrubsole, Charlotte Edwards, Dan Lawrence and Callum Flynn scooped the prizes at the annual awards for England cricketers, sponsored by Waitrose. The awards, which were presented at a dinner in Leeds ahead of the first Investec Test Match against Sri Lanka at Headingley, recognise outstanding individual performances in all formats of international cricket over the last 12 months. Root was named as England’s Test Cricketer of the Year and Limited Overs Cricketer of the Year as well as being voted Men’s Player of the Year by England fans. It was the second year in a row Root has won the England’s men’s award recognising a 12 month period which saw him score two centuries in England’s Ashes triumph, four ODI centuries and finish the recent World T20 tournament in India as his side’s leading run-scorer. Root beat off competition from fellow nominees Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes for the Test cricket award with Jos Buttler and David Willey his rivals for the Limited Overs award. Somerset’s Shrubsole won the England Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for the first time, reward for a successful year which saw her take 32 wickets across all formats including a 4-19 spell in last summer’s Women’s Ashes series. Heather Knight and Sarah Taylor were the other nominees for the award. Edwards, who recently announced her retirement from international cricket after 20 years as an England player, won the Women’s Player of the Year award voted for by England fans. Essex batsman Lawrence won the England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year award after a year in which he scored 712 runs for England Under 19s and also become Essex’s youngest ever centurion in First Class cricket when he made a hundred against Surrey while still only 17 years-old. Flynn won the Disability Cricketer of the Year award after he played a starring role in helping the England Physical Disabilities squad to victory in the inaugural Physical Disabilities World Cup in Bangladesh last autumn. A talented schoolboy cricketer who was previously in Lancashire’s county-age-group squads, Callum needed a titanium knee replacement to continue his cricket career after being diagnosed with bone-cancer when he was 14- years old. The ECB Special Achievement Award went to former PCA President David Lloyd in honour of a career in cricket that has spanned more than 50 years. Lloyd played for and coached both England and Lancashire, was a first-class umpire, worked as a summariser for BBC Radio’s Test Match Special and is now a popular member of Sky Sports’ commentary team. “It’s been a remarkable year for our international teams – the Women’s Ashes attracted record attendances and unprecedented levels of media interest, our physical disability team won the inaugural Physical Disability World Cup in Bangladesh, and our men’s team regained the Ashes, won a major Test series in South Africa, and reached the final of the World T20 tournament,” said ECB Chief Executive Tom Harrison. “Each of the players honoured tonight has made a big contribution to England cricket, helping to win matches and to inspire a wider audience and deserves the highest praise. “The recognition for David Lloyd, with the ECB Special Achievement Award, is also richly deserved. Bumble is one of the game’s greatest servants and finest characters. He is pretty much unique, having given so much to cricket in so many different ways; as a player, coach, captain, umpire and commentator. This award is a wonderful way to salute his extraordinary career. “My thanks also to the England teams’ partner Waitrose for their continued support for these awards and to the cricket media for their assistance with the judging process.” For more information please contact: Andrew Walpole ECB Head of Corporate Communications: Email: andrew.walpole@ecb.co.uk Tel: 020 7432 1200 Mobile: 07785527102 {{ak_sharing}}
