Trophies announced for Australian Windies series

BRISBANE - The Australian and West Indies players will vie for four new individual trophies when their Test series begins at the Gabba on Thursday. Australian Cricket Board chairman Denis Rogers announced the awards at tonight's Tied Test Reunion dinner in Brisbane, named after players who featured in the famous 1960-61 series.

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy will be presented to the best batsman in this summer's five-Test series while the best bowler will win the Alan Davidson Trophy.

The Norm O'Neill Trophy will go to the most outstanding individual performance in any one of the Tests while the Joe Solomon Trophy will be presented to the best fielder.

Solomon threw the wicket down in Brisbane to create cricket's first tied Test and the West Indian returned to the city for tonight's dinner. Australia's tied Test captain Richie Benaud will be included in a three-man voting panel.

The Frank Worrell Trophy remains the feature prize in Australian-West Indian battles, going to the team which wins the Test series.