Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult has been named player of the year at the New Zealand Cricket Awards dinner in Auckland.
Trent Boult receives award from Sir Richard Hadlee. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Boult was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his efforts.
Boult, who also won the Test International Player of the Year, was named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of 2017 and took 77 wickets across all formats in the judged period.
Boult also became the sixth New Zealand player to take 200 Test wickets, and was the sixth fastest from any country to bring up 100 ODI wickets.
Sophie Devine's historic season saw her recognised as the recipient of both the Women's ODI and Twenty20 Player of the Year awards. Devine averaged 55 with the bat in ODIs and 31 in T20, while also taking 15 wickets across the two formats.
Ross Taylor was another winner of the night, claiming the award for ODI Player of the Year with an average of 78, while also receiving the Redpath Cup for First-Class batting. Neil Wagner won the Winsor Cup for First-Class bowling for the second year in a row.
Trent Boult Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Opener Colin Munro won the Men's T20 International Player of the Year, having averaged 57 at a strike rate of 182. He also became the first international player to score three centuries in the format.
Northern Districts Pat Malcon received the Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket, having dedicated more than 20 years to the game. In his time with with Northern Districts Malcon has covered a range of roles, including grassroots development and player development. Malcon has also been involved in the development of Cook Island cricket and has been a key figure in the development of the Northern Maori programmes.
Award winners
- Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for Player of the Year: Trent Boult
- ANZ Men's Test International Player of the Year: Trent Boult
- ANZ Men's ODI International Player of the Year: Ross Taylor
- ANZ Women's ODI Player of the Year: Sophie Devine
- ANZ Men's T20 International Player of the Year: Colin Munro
- ANZ Women's T20 Player of the Year: Sophie Devine
- Winsor Cup (First-Class Bowling): Neil Wagner
- Redpath Cup (First-Class Batting): Ross Taylor
- Men's Domestic Player of the Year: Ajaz Patel
- Burger King Super Smash Player of the Year: Anton Devcich
- Ruth Martin Cup (domestic batting): Maddy Green
- Phyl Blackler Cup (domestic bowling): Holly Huddleston
- Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket: Pat Malcon
NZC's Annual Development and Services award winners
- Secondary School Girls' Young Cricketer of the Year: Bella Armstrong, Epsom Girls' Grammar School
- Secondary School Boys' First XI Cup Young Cricketer of the Year: Ben Hartland, Christchurch Boys' High School and Ben Lockrose, Otago Boys' High School
- Club of the Year: Queenstown Cricket Club
- Volunteer of the Year: Brendan Marshall, West Coast Cricket Club
- Official of the Year: Bob Bruhns, Mid Canterbury
- Cricket Development Officer of the Year: James Carr, Southland Cricket Association
- Best Female Engagement Strategy: The Northern Premier League, Northern Districts Cricket Association
- Outstanding Contribution and Services to Coaching: Ian Gordon for services to Eastbourne Cricket Club and to Hutt Districts Cricket Club
- Outstanding Contribution to Cricket: Peter Devlin, Canterbury Country
- Sir Jack Newman Award: Malcolm Benge, Cricket Wellington and Junior Cricket Upper Hutt
