Shrubsole, Edwards win England awards

Anya Shrubsole, the right-arm medium pacer, has been named England Women's player of the year for the first time after leading the attack through what has been a difficult year for the team.

Meanwhile, an award voted for by the fans went to the recently retired Charlotte Edwards.

Shrubsole, 24, took 32 wickets across three formats including 4 for 63 in the Women's Ashes Test where she removed Australia's top order, 4 for 11 against Australia in a T20I in Cardiff and a four-wicket haul against South Africa in an ODI in Benoni. It follows her award at the end of the previous season in September as England's player of the summer.

Since then, she has taken seven wickets in a three-match away ODI series against South Africa, five in the T20Is that followed, and seven scalps in five games at the Women's World T20 in India.

Following the retirement of Edwards last week, after she was told that there would be a change of captain and no place for her in the side in the near future, as well as the potential unavailability of Sarah Taylor, Shrubsole will be an increasingly senior figure in the team this season as they enter a rebuilding phase ahead of the 2017 Women's World Cup in England.

Shrubsole made her England debut in 2008 and has played 34 ODIs and 47 T20 internationals alongside four Tests.