Friday 30 September 2016

Hameed wins Player of the Year Award for Lancashire


Teenager Haseeb Hameed capped a remarkable summer with Lancashire by receiving the Player of the Year Award at the club's annual dinner on Thursday night.

The 19-year-old opening batsman, who is set to make his England debut against Bangladesh this winter, enjoyed an incredible campaign with the Red Rose, scoring 1,198 runs at an average of nearly 50. Hameed was named the Young Cricketer of the Year at the Asian Cricket Awards earlier this week, but missed out on the equivalent award at the PCA dinner to Ben Duckett.

Hameed could be the only person to represent Lancashire against Bangladesh in the Test series next month, with James Anderson being ruled out of the tour due to a reoccurring injury to his shoulder. Jos Buttler will captain the side in the ODI series, but there is no guarantee that he will feature in the longer format, either instead of or alongside Jonny Bairstow.

After grabbing the attention of the international selectors from a very early stage in his career, Hameed validated his temperament and consistency against Division One opposition this summer. Centuries in both innings against former county champions Yorkshire demonstrated the two sides to his game and he followed that up by becoming the youngest Lancashire player to receive a county cap since the war.

Rob Jones won the Champagne Moment of the Year Award for his century celebration against Middlesex.
In a disappointing season for Lancashire in all formats, Hameed's emergence at the top of the order will be considered one of the shining lights in an otherwise frustrating campaign for Ashley Giles' side. Two other recipients from the gala dinner were Liam Livingstone and Rob Jones, who - like Hameed - have also come through the Lancashire establishment in a consolidating season.

Livingstone, who made 70 on his first-class debut, went on to score a century against Somerset at Taunton in the next match, with his season haul of 815 runs in four-day cricket and eye-catching displays in white-ball cricket earning him the Young Player of the Year Award. Jones, meanwhile, received the Champagne Moment of the Year Award for his century celebration against champions Middlesex in the final home game of the season.

A potentially match-saving hundred was celebrated by Jones - playing in only his third first-class match for Lancashire - with a flurry of punches towards the dressing room. Veteran Alviro Petersen, who made Lancashire's highest ever score in the Twenty20 format of 103 not out against Leicestershire, was given the One-Day Award, while Kyle Jarvis was rewarded for claiming over 50 wickets in red-ball cricket with the Championship Player of the Year Award.

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