Player of the year

Dan Vettori came away with the plaudits at the New Zealand Cricket awards ceremony last night. By taking 42 wickets at 27.78 in test cricket this season without much support he won both player of the year and the Winsor Cup for bowler of the year. By my calculations Vettori also scored 365 test runs at 33.18, which must put him up amongst our better performed batsmen after consistently dismal performances at the top of the order. One batsman who did perform was Hamish Marshall, who ended the season with 378 test runs at 54.00 and who took the Redpath Cup for batsman of the year. Vettori and Marshall also took the awards for bowling and batting in ODIs.