Former West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran and middle-order batsman Darren Bravo were the major winners at the TT Cricket Board's (TTCB) awards ceremony on Saturday, walking away with the international cricketer of the year and national cricketer of the year awards respectively.
Pooran, who turned 28 on Monday, has scored over 600 runs across the one-day international (ODI) and T20 international formats for West Indies in 2023 and has made his presence felt on the international stage. Pooran scored two centuries in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup qualifiers in June and has accumulated 428 runs in nine ODI innings this year at an average of 61.14.
[caption id="attachment_1038393" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Alescon Comets batsman Shatrughan Rambarran with his trophies for three centuries in Premiership I competition, at Saturday's TTCB awards. - Photo by Daniel Prentice[/caption]
The exciting left-handed batsman has also scored 235 runs in eight T20Is for the Windies this year and walked away with the player of the series award in the Caribbean team's 3-2 T20I series win versus India in August.
The 34-year-old Bravo, who has played over 200 international matches for WI, was rewarded for his stellar play in the regional four-day competition. Bravo scored over 400 runs for the TT Red Force in the competition and was second only to WI middle-order batsman Alick Athanaze (647 runs) among the top run-scorers.
[caption id="attachment_1038394" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Powergen batsman Cephas Cooper, left, collects one of his awards at the TTCB awards ceremony on Saturday. - Photo by Daniel Prentice[/caption]
Powergen Penal Sports Club's Cephas Cooper was named the best batsman of the TTCB's 2023 premiership season. Cooper scored centuries in three different TTCB tournaments during the season and helped Powergen to a second-place finish in the League and T20 formats.
Queen's Park Cricket Club's (QPCC) experienced off-spinner Sunil Narine was named the best bowler of the premiership campaign. Narine finished the league campaign with a remarkable feat of three ten-wicket hauls as he helped QPCC to the league title. In March, Narine grabbed a haul of seven wickets without conceding a run versus Clarke Road United at the Queen's Park Oval in St Clair.
Amongst the youth awardees, Reyad Jerome won the under-13 MVP, Brendan Boodoo won the under-15 MVP, Aadian Racha won the under-17 MVP and Andrew Rambaran was named the under-19 MVP. Boodoo was also named the best youth player of the year. Rambaran copped the Sonny Ramadhin Trophy and received the youth spinner of the year award.
[caption id="attachment_1038392" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Youth MVP awards were presented by Price Club's Shamshad Ali, right, to (left to right) U19 player Andrew Rambaran, U13 player Reyad Jerome, U15 player Brendad Boodoo and U17 Aadian Racha, during the TTCB awards at the Center Point Mall Auditorium on Saturday in Chaguanas. -Photo by Daniel Prentice[/caption]
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