Durham seamer Chris Rushworth named PCA Player of the Year
Stuart Broad wins Investec Test Player of the Summer
Wednesday 30 September 2015 09:28, UK
Durham seamer Chris Rushworth has been named Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year, with awards also going to Stuart Broad, Tom Curran and Anya Shrubsole.
Rushworth was the top wicket-taker in LV= County Championship Division One with a tally of 83 scalps at 20.61, while he took a total of 100 wickets in all competitions.
The 29-year-old beat Kent all-rounder Matt Coles, retiring Lancashire batsman Ashwell Prince and Yorkshire and England star Jonny Bairstow to the prestigious award.
"For myself this award is massive and the biggest individual award in county cricket," said Rushworth. "To be voted for by fellow players and your peers is a very privileged moment and one I'm very proud of.
"Hopefully it's the next step to progressing towards further honours; the guys that have won it in recent years have gone on to play Test cricket, like Adam Lyth, Moeen Ali and Nick Compton, so that is definitely in my sights."
Surrey's 20-year-old pace prospect Curran was named Young Player of the Year after taking 76 wickets in the Brown Caps' County Championship Division Two title win.
The South Africa-born fast bowler said: "Playing for England would be the ultimate for any young cricketer and that is my goal but I am concentrating on Surrey first and hopefully the rest will take care of itself."
Elsewhere, Broad picked up Investec Test Player of the Summer after taking 21 wickets during The Ashes and Shrubsole became the Waitrose Women's Player of the Year.
Gloucestershire captain Michael Klinger doubled up as NatWest T20 Blast and Royal London One-Day Cup Player of the Year following his excellent form with the bat in both competitions, the Australian scored 1,185 runs in 20 innings across the two tournaments with six hundreds and six fifties.
Worcestershire's Ross Whiteley won the Sky Cricket Sixes Award, while former Durham batsman Michael Gough was named Umpire of the Year.
PCA Team of the Year: Alastair Cook (Essex and England), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire and England), Joe Root (Yorkshire and England), Sam Northeast (Kent), Luke Wright (Sussex), Ben Stokes (Durham and England), Alex Davies (Lancashire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire and England), Matt Coles (Kent), Jeetan Patel (Warwickshire), Chris Rushworth (Durham)
