Jonny Bairstow England’s Cricketer of the Year
London. Jani Bairstow has been adjudged England’s best cricketer for her performance in Test cricket this year and has received the Bob Willis Trophy for the award. This award is given to England’s Cricketer of the Year (Female or Male) after voting by the Cricket Writers’ Club of England (CWC). All cricket writers vote for this award. Bairstow is currently out of the England Cricket Team for a long time due to slipping in the Golf Club. Bairstow has had surgery on his lower leg and is out of cricket for at least this year.
Kent and Oval Invisibles youth player Jordan Cox has won the Young Player of the Year award, while England Women’s Team vice-captain Natalie Shiver ) has received the Women’s Cricket Award. 17-year-old women’s all-rounder Freya Kemp has received the Emerging Cricketer of the Year award, while Hampshire’s Keith Barker has been named County Cricketer of the Year. Josh Price has been named the Best Disabled Cricketer of the year. Bairstow was in career-best form before the injury, scoring six Test centuries this season. No date has been fixed for his return after being out of the T20 World Cup. It is believed that he will also miss the upcoming tours of Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Bangladesh. Cox, who was voted Young Cricketer of the Year, was included in the England T20 squad that toured Pakistan.
However, he did not get to play any match. Cox wants to play for England in all three formats. He said that my game is suited for all types of cricket. Test cricket is supreme and it is my highest dream to play test cricket for England. At the same time, being a 17-year-old Kemp school, she could not attend the award ceremony. Earlier, another young female cricketer Alice Capsi won this title last year. Capsi then became the second youngest female English cricketer to score a half-century in international cricket. Shiver, who scored two centuries in this year’s ODI World Cup, received the honor of the best female cricketer. He also scored a Test century against South Africa in June. Veteran fast bowler Katherine Brunt received the Peter Smith Award for his outstanding contribution to cricket. (IANS)
