PCA Award winners and thoughts.

Yesterday the Professional Cricketers Association awards were announced and they were as follows:

2009 PCA awards

• Player of the Year: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)
• Young Player of the Year: James Taylor (Leicestershire)
• ECB Special Award: Michael Vaughan
• Special Merit Award: Andrew Strauss
• Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough
• Sixes League: Dwayne Smith
• Impossible is Nothing Award: Graham Stevenson
• Team of the Year 2009: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset), Andrew Strauss (captain – Middlesex & England), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire & England), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Ian Blackwell (Durham), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), James Foster (wicketkeeper – Essex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire & England), James Tredwell (Kent), Graham Onions (Durham & England), Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire)

Just a few interesting points ‘n’ thoughts, Marcus Trescothick has had a superhuman year again and has ended up with an average of 75.7 this season, hence the Player of the Year award. As for James Taylor, the 19 year old Leicestershire batsman and newly nominated Young Player of the Year has had a county championship remarkable average of 65.77 this season. The ECB Special Award has gone to Michael Vaughan, presumably as a farewell and thanks gift after his retirement from cricket this year and The Special Merit Award goes to Andrew Strauss for obvious reasons e.g. we won the Ashes under his guidance.