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The Young Cricketer of the Year is an annual award voted by the Cricket Writers' Club for the best young cricket player in England and Wales, and has been awarded since 1950. Former recipients include Fred Trueman, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham and David Gower.
The award is currently restricted to players qualified to represent England, and under the age of 23 on 1 May. Andrew Symonds was qualified for England at the time of his award, but later chose to represent Australia at international level.[1]
Only ten of the recipients of the award have not played Test cricket.[1] This includes those currently playing and with the potential to be selected in the future. However, four of those ten have played One Day International or Twenty20 International cricket.
Contents
Winners
Year Cricketer International Career 1950 Roy Tattersall 16 Tests 1951 Peter May 66 Tests (41 as captain) 1952 Fred Trueman 67 Tests 1953 Colin Cowdrey 114 Tests (27 as captain), 1 ODI 1954 Peter Loader 13 Tests 1955 Ken Barrington 82 Tests 1956 Brian Taylor 1957 Micky Stewart 8 Tests 1958 Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie 1959 Geoff Pullar 28 Tests 1960 David Allen 39 Tests 1961 Peter Parfitt 37 Tests 1962 Phil Sharpe 12 Tests 1963 Geoff Boycott 108 Tests (4 as captain), 36 ODIs (2 as captain) 1964 Mike Brearley 39 Tests (31 as captain), 25 ODIs (25 as captain) 1965 Alan Knott 95 Tests, 20 ODIs (1 as captain) 1966 Derek Underwood 86 Tests, 26 ODIs 1967 Tony Greig 58 Tests (14 as captain), 22 ODIs (2 as captain) 1968 Bob Cottam 4 Tests 1969 Alan Ward 5 Tests 1970 Chris Old 46 Tests, 32 ODIs 1971 John Whitehouse 1972 Dudley Owen-Thomas 1973 Mike Hendrick 30 Tests, 22 ODIs 1974 Phil Edmonds 51 Tests, 29 ODIs 1975 Andrew Kennedy 1976 Geoff Miller 34 Tests, 25 ODIs 1977 Ian Botham 102 Tests (12 as captain), 116 ODIs (9 as captain) 1978 David Gower 117 Tests (32 as captain), 114 ODIs (24 as captain) 1979 Paul Parker 1 Test 1980 Bill Athey 23 Tests, 31 ODIs Graham Dilley 41 Tests, 38 ODIs 1981 Mike Gatting 79 Tests (23 as captain), 92 ODIs (37 as captain) 1982 Norman Cowans 19 Tests, 23 ODIs 1983 Neil Foster 29 Tests, 48 ODIs 1984 Rob Bailey 4 Tests, 4 ODIs 1985 David Lawrence 5 Tests, 1 ODI 1986 Ashley Metcalfe James Whitaker 1 Test, 2 ODIs 1987 Richard Blakey 2 Tests, 3 ODIs 1988 Matthew Maynard 4 Tests, 14 ODIs 1989 Nasser Hussain 96 Tests (45 as captain), 88 ODIs (56 as captain) 1990 Michael Atherton 115 Tests (54 as captain), 54 ODIs (43 as captain) 1991 Mark Ramprakash 52 Tests, 18 ODIs 1992 Ian Salisbury 15 Tests, 4 ODIs 1993 Mark Lathwell 2 Tests 1994 John Crawley 37 Tests, 13 ODIs 1995 Andrew Symonds 26 Tests, 198 ODIs, 14 T20Is for Australia 1996 Chris Silverwood 6 Tests, 7 ODIs 1997 Ben Hollioake 2 Tests, 20 ODIs 1998 Andrew Flintoff 79 Tests (11 as captain), 141 ODIs (14 as captain), 7 T20Is 1999 Alex Tudor 10 Tests, 3 ODIs 2000 Paul Franks 1 ODI 2001 Owais Shah 6 Tests, 71 ODIs, 17 T20Is 2002 Rikki Clarke 2 Tests, 20 ODIs 2003 James Anderson 63* Tests, 151* ODIs, 19* T20Is 2004 Ian Bell 69* Tests, 107* ODIs, 7* T20Is 2005 Alastair Cook 72* Tests (2 as captain), 36* ODIs (13 as captain), 4* T20Is (1 as captain) 2006 Stuart Broad 41* Tests, 84* ODIs, 31* T20Is (2 as captain) 2007 Adil Rashid 5* ODIs, 5* T20Is 2008 Ravi Bopara 12* Tests, 64* ODIs, 13* T20Is 2009 James Taylor 1* ODI 2010 Steven Finn 12* Tests 6* ODIs 2011 Jonathan Bairstow 1* ODI - * Still playing for England
Number of matches correct upto 19th September 2011. Source cricinfo.com
See also
- Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year for best young Australian cricketer
References
External links
- cricinfo.com Young Cricketer of the Year
- Cricket Archive Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year
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