Yorkshire duo Jonny Bairstow and Jack Leaning scoop awards
Monday 28 September 2015 18:37, UK
Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow has been named player of the year by the Cricket Writers' Club.
Bairstow topped the poll for the County Championship Cricketer of the Year award after scoring 1,108 runs in just nine games for the county champions.
The 26-year-old's superb form in mid-summer also earned him an England Test recall during the Ashes.
Bairstow said: "It is one of the highlights of my career to have won this award. I am bruised and battered after a hard season, but to win back-to-back titles is a great feeling.
"I'm so pleased to be back in the England set-up, there's an exciting winter ahead."
Batsman Jack Leaning completed a Yorkshire double by picking up the Young Player of the Year award, which went to Bairstow in 2011.
The 21-year-old beat 18 other nominees after accumulating 922 County Championship runs in 15 Division One appearances.
Leaning said: "I would like to thank the cricket writers for backing me for this award. It is great that Yorkshire have taken the honours again.
"I have really enjoyed the season and the completion of my maiden hundred at Trent Bridge has to be the highlight."
Yorkshire also did the double last year, when Adam Lyth and Alex Lees scooped the Championship and Young Player awards respectively.
