Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year

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]

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

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, 15 of the 26 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
  •  *  Player still active
  • Number in parentheses indicates number of international appearances as captain.[7][8][9]
  • Statistics correct as of 29 September 2017, the end of the West Indies' tour of England.
  • Tests – indicates how many appearances the player made in Test cricket during their career.
  • ODIs – indicates how many appearances the player made in One Day International cricket during their career.
  • T20Is – indicates how many appearances the player made in Twenty20 International cricket during their career.

Winners
David Gower, who won the award in 1978, played over 200 matches for England.
Mark Ramprakash won the award in 1991.
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 was one of three Yorkshire players to win the award between 2011-14.
Year Player Club International appearances Other awards for that season[lower-alpha 2] Ref(s)
Tests ODIs T20Is
1950 Roy Tattersall Lancashire 1600 [10]
1951 Peter May Surrey 66 (41)00 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [11]
1952 Fred Trueman Yorkshire 6700 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [12]
1953 Colin Cowdrey Kent 114 (27)10 [13]
1954 Peter Loader Surrey 1300 [14]
1955 Ken Barrington Surrey 8200 [15]
1956 Brian Taylor Essex 000 [16]
1957 Micky Stewart Surrey 800 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [17]
1958 Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie Hampshire 000 [18]
1959 Geoff Pullar Lancashire 2800 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [19]
1960 David Allen Gloucestershire 3900 [20]
1961 Peter Parfitt Middlesex 3700 [21]
1962 Phil Sharpe Yorkshire 1200 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [22]
1963 Geoffrey Boycott Yorkshire 108 (4)36 (2)0 [23]
1964 Mike Brearley Middlesex 39 (31)25 (25)0 [24]
1965 Alan Knott Kent 9520 (1)0 [25]
1966 Derek Underwood Kent 86260 [26]
1967 Tony Greig Sussex 58 (14)22 (2)0 [27]
1968 Bob Cottam Hampshire 400 [28]
1969 Alan Ward Derbyshire 500 [29]
1970 Chris Old Yorkshire 46320 [30]
1971 John Whitehouse Warwickshire 000 [31]
1972 Dudley Owen-Thomas Surrey 000 [32]
1973 Mike Hendrick Derbyshire 30220 [33]
1974 Phil Edmonds Middlesex 51290 [34]
1975 Andrew Kennedy Lancashire 000 [35]
1976 Geoff Miller Derbyshire 34250 [36]
1977 Ian Botham Somerset 102 (12)116 (9)0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [37]
1978 David Gower Leicestershire 117 (32)114 (24)0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [38]
1979 Paul Parker Sussex 100 [39]
1980 Graham Dilley Kent 41380 [40]
1981 Mike Gatting Middlesex 79 (23)92 (37)0 [41]
1982 Norman Cowans Middlesex 19230 [42]
1983 Neil Foster Essex 29480 [43]
1984 Rob Bailey Northamptonshire 440 [44]
1985 David Lawrence Gloucestershire 510 [45]
1986 Ashley Metcalfe Yorkshire 000 [46]
James Whitaker Leicestershire 120 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [47]
1987 Richard Blakey Yorkshire 230 [48]
1988 Matthew Maynard Glamorgan 4140 [49]
1989 Nasser Hussain Essex 96 (45)88 (56)0 [50]
1990 Mike Atherton Lancashire 115 (54)54 (43)0 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
PCA Young Player of the Year		 [51]
1991 Mark Ramprakash Middlesex 52180 [52]
1992 Ian Salisbury Sussex 1540 Wisden Cricketer of the Year [53]
1993 Mark Lathwell Somerset 200 [54]
1994 John Crawley Lancashire 37130 PCA Young Player of the Year [55]
1995 Andrew Symonds Gloucestershire 2619814 PCA Young Player of the Year [56][lower-alpha 3]
1996 Chris Silverwood Yorkshire 670 PCA Young Player of the Year [57]
1997 Ben Hollioake Surrey 2200 PCA Young Player of the Year [58]
1998 Andrew Flintoff Lancashire 79 (11)141 (14)7 PCA Young Player of the Year [59]
1999 Alex Tudor Surrey 1030 [60]
2000 Paul Franks Nottinghamshire 010 [61]
2001 Owais Shah Middlesex 67117 [62]
2002 Rikki Clarke* Surrey 2200 [63]
2003 James Anderson* Lancashire 14819419 [64]
2004 Ian Bell* Warwickshire 1181618 PCA Young Player of the Year [65]
2005 Alastair Cook* Essex 161 (59)92 (69)4 (1) PCA Young Player of the Year [66]
2006 Stuart Broad* Leicestershire 126121 (3)56 (27) [67]
2007 Adil Rashid* Yorkshire 198336 PCA Young Player of the Year [68]
2008 Ravi Bopara* Essex 1312038 PCA Young Player of the Year [69]
2009 James Taylor Leicestershire 7270 PCA Young Player of the Year [70]
2010 Steven Finn* Middlesex 366921 [71]
2011 Jonny Bairstow* Yorkshire 635930 [72]
2012 Joe Root* Yorkshire 80 (27)12631 PCA Young Player of the Year [73]
2013 Ben Stokes* Durham 527923 PCA Young Player of the Year [74]
2014 Alex Lees* Yorkshire 000 PCA Young Player of the Year [75]
2015 Tom Curran* Surrey 21210 [76]
2016 Ben Duckett* Northamptonshire 430 PCA Player of the Year
PCA Young Player of the Year		 [77]
2017 Daniel Lawrence* Essex 000 [78]
2018 Sam Curran* Surrey 920 [79]
2019 Tom Banton* Somerset 000 PCA Young Player of the Year [80]

See also
  • Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year for best young Australian cricketer

Notes
  1. Two of these eight, Alex Lees and Daniel Lawrence, 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
  • "Cricket Writers' Club Awards". Cricket Writers' Club. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Specific
  1. "Bairstow wins young cricketer award". England and Wales Cricket Board. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. "Yorkshire duo win Cricket Writers' Club Awards". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. Scott, Les (2011). Bats, Balls & Bails: The Essential Cricket Book (ebook). New York: Random House. pp. 62–63. ISBN 9781446423165.
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  6. "Young Player of the Year: John Arlott Cup Winners". Professional Cricketers' Association. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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