Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year

Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain is one of fourteen England captains to have won the award.

The Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year is an annual cricket award, presented to the young player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English county cricket. The award has been presented since the 1950 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the Cricket Writers' Club. Only players that are qualified to represent the England cricket team, and are aged under 23 on 1 May of the awarding year, are eligible for the prize. With the exception of 1986, when a joint award was made, the accolade has been presented to one individual each season. The award has been described by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as "prestigious".[1] Although not a firm rule, once a player has won the award, they are considered ineligible to receive it in the future.[2]

Archie Ledbrooke, a sports reporter for the Daily Mirror and the first treasurer of the Cricket Writers' Club, came up with the idea for the award. It was first presented in 1950, when Roy Tattersall of Lancashire was the recipient. In 1986, the vote was tied, and the award was made jointly to Ashley Metcalfe of Nottinghamshire and James Whitaker of Leicestershire. The 1995 winner, Andrew Symonds, went on to make over 200 international appearances for Australia, but at the time of his award was eligible to play for England, as he was born in Birmingham.[3] As of 2015, representatives of seventeen of the eighteen first-class cricket counties have won the award;[4] no player from Worcestershire has ever won. Yorkshire players have collected the award most frequently, doing so on eleven occasions. Only eight winners have not gone on to play international cricket.[lower-alpha 1]

On ten occasions, the Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year has also been named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for that season.[5] Since 1990, 14 of the 25 winners have also collected the PCA Young Player of the Year award, selected by members of the players' trade union, the Professional Cricketers' Association.[6]

Key

Winners

David Gower
David Gower, who won the award in 1978, played over 200 matches for England.
Mark Rampraskash
Mark Ramprakash won the award in 1991.
Andrew Symonds
Despite being eligible to play for England when he won the award in 1995, Andrew Symonds made all his international appearances for Australia.
Joe Root
Joe Root is one of three Yorkshire players to win the award in the last four years.
Year Player Club International appearances Other awards for that season[lower-alpha 2] Ref(s)
Tests ODIs T20Is
1950 Tattersall, RoyRoy Tattersall Lancashire 16 0 0 [10]
1951 May, PeterPeter May Surrey 66 (41) 0 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [11]
1952 Trueman, FredFred Trueman Yorkshire 67 0 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [12]
1953 Cowdrey, ColinColin Cowdrey Kent 114 (27) 1 0 [13]
1954 Loader, PeterPeter Loader Surrey 13 0 0 [14]
1955 Barrington, KenKen Barrington Surrey 82 0 0 [15]
1956 Taylor, BrianBrian Taylor Essex 0 0 0 [16]
1957 Stewart, MickyMicky Stewart Surrey 8 0 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [17]
1958 Ingleby-Mackenzie, ColinColin Ingleby-Mackenzie Hampshire 0 0 0 [18]
1959 Pullar, GeoffGeoff Pullar Lancashire 28 0 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [19]
1960 Allen, DavidDavid Allen Gloucestershire 39 0 0 [20]
1961 Parfitt, PeterPeter Parfitt Middlesex 37 0 0 [21]
1962 Sharpe, PhilPhil Sharpe Yorkshire 12 0 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [22]
1963 Boycott, GeoffreyGeoffrey Boycott Yorkshire 108 (4) 36 (2) 0 [23]
1964 Brearley, MikeMike Brearley Middlesex 39 (31) 25 (25) 0 [24]
1965 Knott, AlanAlan Knott Kent 95 20 (1) 0 [25]
1966 Underwood, DerekDerek Underwood Kent 86 26 0 [26]
1967 Greig, TonyTony Greig Sussex 58 (14) 22 (2) 0 [27]
1968 Cottam, BobBob Cottam Hampshire 4 0 0 [28]
1969 Ward, AlanAlan Ward Derbyshire 5 0 0 [29]
1970 Old, ChrisChris Old Yorkshire 46 32 0 [30]
1971 Whitehouse, JohnJohn Whitehouse Warwickshire 0 0 0 [31]
1972 Owen-Thomas, DudleyDudley Owen-Thomas Surrey 0 0 0 [32]
1973 Hendrick, MikeMike Hendrick Derbyshire 30 22 0 [33]
1974 Edmonds, PhilPhil Edmonds Middlesex 51 29 0 [34]
1975 Kennedy, AndrewAndrew Kennedy Lancashire 0 0 0 [35]
1976 Miller, GeoffGeoff Miller Derbyshire 34 25 0 [36]
1977 Botham, IanIan Botham Somerset 102 (12) 116 (9) 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [37]
1978 Gower, DavidDavid Gower Leicestershire 117 (32) 114 (24) 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [38]
1979 Parker, PaulPaul Parker Sussex 1 0 0 [39]
1980 Dilley, GrahamGraham Dilley Kent 41 38 0 [40]
1981 Gatting, MikeMike Gatting Middlesex 79 (23) 92 (37) 0 [41]
1982 Cowans, NormanNorman Cowans Middlesex 19 23 0 [42]
1983 Foster, NeilNeil Foster Essex 29 48 0 [43]
1984 Bailey, RobRob Bailey Northamptonshire 4 4 0 [44]
1985 Lawrence, DavidDavid Lawrence Gloucestershire 5 1 0 [45]
1986 Metcalfe, AshleyAshley Metcalfe Yorkshire 0 0 0 [46]
Whitaker, JamesJames Whitaker Leicestershire 1 2 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [47]
1987 Blakey, RichardRichard Blakey Yorkshire 2 3 0 [48]
1988 Maynard, MatthewMatthew Maynard Glamorgan 4 14 0 [49]
1989 Hussain, NasserNasser Hussain Essex 96 (45) 88 (56) 0 [50]
1990 Atherton, MikeMike Atherton Lancashire 115 (54) 54 (43) 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
PCA Young Player of the Year
[51]
1991 Ramprakash, MarkMark Ramprakash Middlesex 52 18 0 [52]
1992 Salisbury, IanIan Salisbury Sussex 15 4 0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [53]
1993 Lathwell, MarkMark Lathwell Somerset 2 0 0 [54]
1994 Crawley, JohnJohn Crawley Lancashire 37 13 0 PCA Young Player of the Year [55]
1995 Symonds, AndrewAndrew Symonds Gloucestershire 26 198 14 PCA Young Player of the Year [56][lower-alpha 3]
1996 Silverwood, ChrisChris Silverwood Yorkshire 6 7 0 PCA Young Player of the Year [57]
1997 Hollioake, BenBen Hollioake Surrey 2 20 0 PCA Young Player of the Year [58]
1998 Flintoff, AndrewAndrew Flintoff* Lancashire 79 (11) 141 (14) 7 PCA Young Player of the Year [59]
1999 Tudor, AlexAlex Tudor Surrey 10 3 0 [60]
2000 Franks, PaulPaul Franks Nottinghamshire 0 1 0 [61]
2001 Shah, OwaisOwais Shah* Middlesex 6 71 17 [62]
2002 Clarke, RikkiRikki Clarke* Surrey 2 20 0 [63]
2003 Anderson, JamesJames Anderson* Lancashire 107 194 19 [64]
2004 Bell, IanIan Bell* Warwickshire 115 161 8 PCA Young Player of the Year [65]
2005 Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook* Essex 119 (38) 92 (69) 4 (1) PCA Young Player of the Year [66]
2006 Broad, StuartStuart Broad* Leicestershire 84 119 (3) 56 (27) [67]
2007 Rashid, AdilAdil Rashid* Yorkshire 0 16 7 PCA Young Player of the Year [68]
2008 Bopara, RaviRavi Bopara* Essex 13 120 38 PCA Young Player of the Year [69]
2009 Taylor, JamesJames Taylor* Leicestershire 2 23 0 PCA Young Player of the Year [70]
2010 Finn, StevenSteven Finn* Middlesex 26 65 21 [71]
2011 Bairstow, JonnyJonny Bairstow* Yorkshire 17 12 19 [72]
2012 Root, JoeJoe Root* Yorkshire 32 59 10 PCA Young Player of the Year [73]
2013 Stokes, BenBen Stokes* Durham 16 34 9 PCA Young Player of the Year [74]
2014 Lees, AlexAlex Lees* Yorkshire 0 0 0 PCA Young Player of the Year [75]
2015 Curran, TomTom Curran* Surrey 0 0 0 [76]

See also

Notes

  1. Two of these eight, Alex Lees and Tom Curran, are still active, and could still play international cricket.
  2. Wisden Cricketers of the Year are awarded for the previous English season. For the purposes of this list, being named Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1950 is equivalent to being named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951.
  3. All of Andrew Symonds' international appearances were made for Australia.

References

General

Specific

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  2. "Yorkshire duo win Cricket Writers' Club Awards". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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  49. "Player profile: Matthew Maynard". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  50. "Player profile: Nasser Hussain". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  51. "Player profile: Mike Atherton". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  52. "Player profile: Mark Ramprakash". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  53. "Player profile: Ian Salisbury". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  54. "Player profile: Mark Lathwell". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  55. "Player profile: John Crawley". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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  58. "Player profile: Ben Hollioake". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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  67. "Player profile: Stuart Broad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  68. "Player profile: Adil Rashid". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  69. "Player profile: Ravi Bopara". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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