New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was the recipient of the Sir Richard Hadlee medal as participant of the yr for the fourth time in six years on the nation’s 2020-21 cricket awards on Tuesday.
Williamson, the primary check batsman, additionally bagged the International Test Player of the Year award as he led from the entrance with New Zealand successful 17 of 20 matches throughout all codecs performed over their summer season, successful all seven collection.
The 30-year-old plundered Test runs which included double centuries in opposition to Pakistan and West Indies in bowler-friendly situations.
His heroics helped New Zealand qualify for the World Test Championship ultimate the place they may tackle primary ranked India in June in Southampton.
“Going into the test summer, there was that Championship final carrot and there was a real drive there for the guys,” Williamson instructed quick bowling nice Hadlee over the telephone.
“To spend some time at the crease personally and make contributions towards that… certainly proud as a leader and a player in this side that we were able to achieve some of those things and we’re looking forward to that final.”
Amelia Kerr received the ladies’s Twenty20 Player of the Year for her performances in wins over Australia in addition to the Super Smash Player of the Year the place she averaged 51 with the bat and picked up 14 wickets within the home T20 competitors.
Devon Conway was named the lads’s one-day worldwide (ODI) and T20 participant of the yr, whereas Amy Satterthwaite took the ladies’s ODI participant of the yr gong.
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