PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan walked away with top honours when he copped the Player-of-the-Year award at the West Indies Players Association Awards Ceremony here Tuesday night.
The award was one of two for the diminutive right-hander who also picked up the Test Cricketer-of-the-Year award at the annual event held at the Hyatt Regency.
Sarwan had a prolific series against touring England last year, scoring 626 runs in the five-Test series, including a career-best 291 at Kensington Oval in the fourth Test. He then chalked up his 15th Test century on the two-Test tour of England, though he gathered a meagre 136 runs from four innings as West Indies were clean swept.
The West Indies limited overs Player-of-the-Year award was won by veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul while all-rounder Dwayne Bravo took the West Indies Twenty20 Player-of-the-Year award for performances at the World T20 Championship in England last year.
Bravo lashed 154 runs during that tournament, including two half-centuries, and also finished with 10 wickets as West Indies reached the semi-finals before bowing out.
His younger sibling Darren was also successful on the night, voted the WIPA T20 Club Championship Player-of-the-Year.
Trinidad and Tobago national captain Daren Ganga walked away with the First Class limited overs top award while his side captured the First Class Team-of-the-Year honour. Rookie speedster Kemar Roach, who has made a great impression with his express pace at the international level, was also a winner on the night as he clinched the Emerging Player-of-the-Year award.
Jamaican leg-spinner Akeem Dewar, a star in the regional TCL Under-19 Championships, was the top youth cricketer while Stefanie Taylor was the women’s Cricketer-of-the-Year.
