Bairstow honoured to be recognised by his peers as Yorkshire hand out awards

The England batsman was named Members’ Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year at a gala dinner at Elland Road, Leeds.

It followed his Cricket Writers’ Club County Championship Player of the Year accolade in London on Monday.

Bairstow was unable to attend Yorkshire’s end-of-season celebration due to England duties, but sent a message of thanks.

“It is very special to receive these awards,” said Bairstow, who scored 1,108 runs at 92.33 to help Yorkshire win the Championship. “The way we have backed up from last year’s success has been incredible.

“To be recognised as the standout player by the Yorkshire members is a great honour, and to be voted the Players’ Player of the Year by my team-mates means a lot to me.”

Batsman Jack Leaning was named Yorkshire’s Young Player of the Year; Alex Lees was Fielder of the Year; James Logan was Academy Player of the Year, and Matthew Waite won the Howard Clayton Second Team Performance of the Year.

There were special presentations to operations director David Ryder for 40 years’ service to the club, and to Ryan Sidebottom for reaching 700 first-class wickets.