ND's Doull Takes Top Cricket Award (11 Apr 1997)

Leading New Zealand strike bowler Simon Doull was recognised for his excellence at the New Zealand Crciket Awards in Wellington last night but his Northern Districts team-mate Bryan Young was curiously overlooked for his batting feats.

Doull won the DB Draught Player of the Year and the Winsor Cup for Outstanding Bowling in test and Shell Trophy matches. The 27-year-old Hamiltonian became the first ND bowler to win the cup since Richard Collinge in 1975 - 76.

Doull took the most wickets (31) in this summer's seven tests, and the best average of 21.38.

But New Zealand Captain Stephen Fleming pipped Bryan Young for the Redpath Cup, awarded for the best batting in tests and the Shell Trophy.

Young's innings of 267 against Sri Lanka in Dunedin was second only to Martin Crowe's 299 on the all-time New Zealand test list, and his aggregate and average were superior to Fleming's.

Fleiming's only claim was that he achieved greater consistency than Young in the tests, six times scoring more than 50 compared to Young with four.

Fleming also won the Walter Hadlee one-day international batting prize.

Chris Harris headed Wellington's Heath Davis for the personality of the year, and Gavin Larsen for the Hadlee one-day bowling trophy.

Awards:

Players of the year: Simon Doull (ND) men; Debbie Hockley (Canterbury) women

Personality of the year: Chris Harris (Canterbury)

BNZ Player of the Series: Simon Doull

Redpath Cup (First Class Batting): Stephen Fleming (Cant)

Winsor Cup (First Class Bowling): Simon Doull

Walter Hadlee ODI Awards: Batting - Stephen Fleming; Bowling - Chris Harris (Cant)

Women's Batsman of the Year: Debbie Hockley

Women's Bowler of the Year: Katrina Withers (Cant)

Young Players of the year: Men - Daniel Vettori (ND); Women - Frances King (Wellington)

Groundsmen of the Year: International - John Olsen (McLean Park Napier); Domestic - Peter Domigan (Molyneux Park, Alexandra and Carisbrook, Dunedin)

Umpire of the Year: Steve Dunne (Otago)

Writer of the Year: Geoff Longley, (The Press, Christchurch)

Commentator of the Year: Jeremy Coney (Sports Roundup)

Source :: Waikato Times