Ravindra and Kerr win top distinctions at New Zealand Cricket award


Rachin Ravindra and Amelia Kerr have won top honours at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in Christchurch on Wednesday. Ravindra, 24, was the youngest player to receive the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, the highest award for men's cricket in New Zealand, while Kerr took home its counterpart in women's cricket - the Debbie Hockley Medal - for the second year in a row. The decoration covered an exceptional advancement season for Ravindra on the global stage, where he leaving an imprint for New Zealand in all organizations. He was a rising star at the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, scoring 578 runs at a normal of 64 with three centuries. He likewise scored his lady Test hundred - 240 Under control Oval - recently and assisted New Zealand with scoring their most memorable Test series win against South Africa. Kerr not just won the Debbie Hockley Decoration, she was likewise named ODI and T20I player of the year as well as the Really Crush ladies' player of the year. She was New Zealand's driving ODI run-scorer (541 at a normal of 67), their joint-most elevated T20I wicket-taker and second-most elevated T20I run-scorer (252 runs at a strike pace of 118). Kane Williamson was named New Zealand's Test player of the year and furthermore won the Redpath Cup for men's top notch batting. Williamson scored 619 runs at a normal of 56 with four hundreds in the six Tests inside the thought period. Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner were the ODI and T20I players of the year, individually. The Bert Sutcliffe Decoration for extraordinary assistance to cricket was granted to overseer Trudy Anderson. She was answerable for tasks at Canterbury Cricket for a long time and assumed significant parts in the New Zealand leg of the 2015 ODI World Cup, the 2022 Ladies' Reality Cup, and at the 2010 and 2018 Men's U-19 World Cups. 2024 New Zealand Cricket Grants victors Sir Richard Hadlee Decoration - Rachin Ravindra Debbie Hockley Decoration - Amelia Kerr Bert Sutcliffe Award for Exceptional Administrations to Cricket - Trudy Anderson Test Player of the Year - Kane Williamson Men's ODI Player of the Year - Daryl Mitchell Ladies' ODI Player of the Year - Amelia Kerr Men's T20I Player of the Year - Mitchell Santner Ladies' T20I Player of the Year - Amelia Kerr Men's Homegrown Player of the Year - Nathan Smith Ladies' Homegrown Player of the Year - Emma Dark Crush Men's Player of the Year - Danru Plants Crush Ladies' Player of the Year - Amelia Kerr The Redpath Cup for men's top notch batting - Kane Williamson The Ruth Martin Cup for ladies' homegrown batting - Suzie Bates The Winsor Cup for men's top notch bowling - Matt Henry The Phyl Blackler Cup for ladies' homegrown bowling - Emma Dark New Zealand Umpire of the Year - Chris Brown