Cricket writers nominate seven for young player award

Owais Shah, the Middlesex batsmen is among seven players nominated for the prestigious Cricket Writers' Club Young player of the year award, which will be presented at the annual dinner in London on August 31st.

Shah is favourite to win the award after making five appearances for England against Pakistan and Australia in the one-day triangular tournament earlier this summer.

Other contenders include Yorkshire off-spinner Richard Dawson as well as the promising Durham batsman Nicky Peng and Essex wicketkeeper Jamie Foster.

The final nominations include batsmen Ian Bell and Robert Key of Warwickshire and Kent respectively and all-rounder Ian Blackwell of Somerset. To be able to win the award players need to be under 23 on May 1st and have to be eligible for England.