The inaugural Debbie Hockley Trophy went to Kerr for being the best female cricketer of the year, and Mitchell received the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for being the greatest man cricketer of the year. Mitchell had a successful year in Tests, scoring four hundred and moving up to No. 8 in the World Test batting rankings. He was also given the Redpath Cup for men’s first-class batting, reports Cricket Live Score
Kerr, who was also named Women’s T20I Player of the Year, made an impression with her all-around abilities in the shortest format. With 423 runs at an average of 32.53 and a strike rate of 112.20, she was the second-highest run-scorer and joint second-highest wicket-taker for her squad (average 20.41, economy rate 5.52).
Tom Blundell, who collected 849 Test runs at 60.64, including two centuries and six half-centuries, was named Test Player of the Year. The ODI Players of the Year awards went to Suzie Bates and Michael Bracewell, respectively. While Bracewell had a breakthrough year with the bat in the ODI format, amassing 510 runs at 42.50, with his two hundred including a spectacular 140 against India in Hyderabad, Bates had a breakthrough year with the ball against the West Indies and Bangladesh.
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