Trescothick scoops PCA players' prize
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Marcus Trescothick made 1,817 LV= County Championship runs, including eight hundreds, at an average of 75 in 2009
Marcus Trescothick rounded off an exceptional year by adding the NatWest PCA Player of the Year award to the PCA MVP.
Trescothick, last week confirmed MVP, held off competition from England captain Andrew Strauss plus Durham duo Ian Blackwell and Graham Onions to clinch the prize, which is voted for by all county players.
The 33-year-old scored 1,817 LV= County Championship runs at an average of 75 this season, as he helped guide Somerset to third-place in Division One.
Trescothick racked up eight championship hundreds and another in the Friends Provident Trophy en route to to 476 runs.
The left-hander starred on Twenty20 Cup finals day when he raced to a 27-ball half-century in Somerset’s seven-wicket semi-final victory over Kent at Edgbaston.
Trescothick, who is India preparing for Somerset's Twenty20 Champions League opener on Sunday, was not able to collect the award in person.
Leicestershire batsman James Taylor overcame strong competition, in the form of England stars Stuart Broad and Adil Rashid, to clinch the Young Player of the Year award.
The 19-year-old enjoyed a prolific season in which he scored 1,184 championship runs at an average of 66.
Taylor was one of Leicestershire’s stars in an otherwise disappointing season for the county, which saw them finish bottom of the Division Two.
The England Under-19 international showed composure to hit 207 not out against Surrey at the Brit Oval in July, one of three hundreds to add to six fifties during the campaign.
Another winner at the event, held in London’s Billingsgate, was Strauss, who picked up this year’s PCA Special Merit award.
James Taylor, who amassed 1,177 first-class runs, collects the Young Player of the Year award from Darren Gough
Michael Vaughan, who retired this summer, won the ECB Special Award, while Richard Kettleborough took Umpire of the Year.
Trescothick and Strauss were named in the PCA Team of the Year, as were England internationals Broad, Graham Onions and Jonathan Trott, who capped a terrific year with Warwickshire by being handed his Test debut in the final npower Ashes Test.
Blackwell, Ed Joyce (Sussex), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), James Foster (Essex), James Tredwell (Kent) and Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire) completed the line-up.
Reg Hayter Cup for the NatWest PCA Player of the Year 2009
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)
John Arlott Cup for the NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year 2009
James Taylor (Leicestershire)
ECB Special Award 2009
Michael Vaughan
PCA Special Merit Award 2009 sponsored by Brit Insurance
Andrew Strauss (Middlesex & England)
PCA Umpire of the Year 2009
Richard Kettleborough
Sky Sports Sixes League 2009
Dwayne Smith (Sussex)
Impossible is Nothing Award 2009 sponsored by adidas
Graham Stevenson
Most Valuable Player Awards
Twenty20 MVP 2009
Darren Stevens (Kent)
LV= County Championship MVP 2009
Ian Blackwell (Durham)
Friends Provident Trophy MVP 2009 sponsored by Friends Provident
Ed Joyce (Sussex)
NatWest Pro40 MVP 2009 sponsored by NatWest
Phil Mustard (Durham)
PCA Overall MVP 2009
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)
Hewitt Team of the Year 2009
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)
Andrew Strauss (Middlesex & England, captain)
Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire & England)
Ed Joyce (Sussex)
Ian Blackwell (Durham)
Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
James Foster (Essex, wicketkeeper)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire & England)
James Tredwell (Kent)
Graham Onions (Durham & England)
Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire)
