Trescothick wins PCB top players' award
Date: 08 October, 2009(Thursday)
Cricdb news reporter
Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick has been named English Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Player of the Year. The former England batsman scored 2,934 runs in all cricket, including 1,817 first-class runs at an average of 75.70. Leicestershire's 19-year-old batsman James Taylor, who also topped the 1,000 runs mark, was named the young player of the year. The PCA in association with sponsor and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), hosted the PCA Awards 2009, in front of 1,100 guests at Old Billingsgate, London. Trescothick, who will take over the Somerset captaincy next season, had already won the Most Valuable Player award, which was given automatically on a points tally secured by his runs but Thursday's honour was the result of a vote by his fellow professionals in the PCA 2009 PCA Awards: Player of the Year: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset) Young Player of the Year: James Taylor (Leicestershire) ECB Special Award: Michael Vaughan Special Merit Award: Andrew Strauss Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough Sixes League: Dwayne Smith Impossible is Nothing Award: Graham Stevenson Team of the Year 2009: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset), Andrew Strauss (captain - Middlesex & England), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire & England), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Ian Blackwell (Durham), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), James Foster (wicketkeeper - Essex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire & England), James Tredwell (Kent), Graham Onions (Durham & England), Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire). © Cricdb