Narine awarded best newcomer at ICC awards

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– West Indian Taylor is ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer-of-the-Year

West Indies’ off-spinner Sunil Narine has been named the Emerging Player of the Year for 2012 at the ICC Awards ceremony in Colombo. He saw off competition from New Zealand’s Doug Bracewell, Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal and Australia’s James Pattinson to take the award.
Blessed with biting turn, a difficult knuckle-ball and a natural knack for guile, Narine, 24, has quickly become one of the world’s most promising talents. In the assessment period (August 4, 2011, to August 6, 2012), Narine carved up New Zealand in two home Tests, taking 12 wickets at 25.66. In Twenty20s he took 7 wickets in five games at 18.28. He hit his best form in the 50-overs format though, where he took 28 wickets in 15 games at 18.82.
Narine follows West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo as a recipient of the Emerging Player award. “We’ve a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us,” Narine said. “I would say this is just the start. As Emerging Player of the Year I know I am someone to look at, and hopefully I will continue to do well.
“I’ve enjoyed my first year in the West Indies team. I’ve worked hard and I’ve dedicated myself to the game. This makes me look at life and makes me want to dedicate myself more to the game and to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me.”
Meanwhile, West Indies’ Stafanie Talyor has won the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer-of- the-Year award. She beat her team-mate Anisa Mohammed, as well as the England pair of Sarah Taylor and Lydia Greenway to the award.
In the assessment period, Stafanie Taylor played 13 ODIs, scoring 514 runs at the top of the order at an average of 46.72, and claiming 16 wickets with her off-spin, at 13.12.
Stafanie, who was the Women’s Cricketer-of-the-Year in 2011 too, was unable to attend the awards ceremony in Colombo due to playing commitments in the UK. “Thank you [for] this award tonight,” she said. “I’d like to thank my family and friends for this award.” (Cricinfo)

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