For the second season in a row Northants Steelbacks were most successful in BCEW’s End of Season Awards, this time after their cup double. Gerald Porter won Wicketkeeper of the Year for the fifth time, whilst Mark Turnham won Total Batter of the Year to add to his previous wins in the bowler & overall player of the year categories. David Howells was named Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year after an extraordinary 19 fielder dismissals in 2021, whilst Asif Ali crowned a phenomenal season by claiming the BCEW Partially Sighted Player of the Year trophy jointly with Ed Hossell.
Hossell’s achievement sees him become the most successful person ever in BCEW’s End of Season Awards as the Somerset & England captain’s fourth Player of the Year award added to his one bowler of the year & 3 fielder of the year awards means he now has a total of 8 trophies.
Lancashire Lions also had some noteable successes in 2021 with Rashid Khan winning Low Partial Player of the Year, Wasim Afridi Partially Sighted Bowler of the year & Amjad Khan Total Bowler of the Year.
Sussex Sharks achieved a remarkable father and son double, with Dave Daniels named Total Player of the Year for the first time a few minutes after his son Phil Daniels had collected the BCEW Most Promising Player of the Year award.
Kent Spitfires picked up their first national level award with Amin Afshari claiming Total Fielder of the Year, whilst Metro’s only award this season was Matt Dean’s fourth time as Partially Sighted Batter of the Year. Surrey also had a single success, in their case it was Lois Turner winning Womens Player of the Year for a fifth time, continuing Surrey’s record of one of their players winning that particular award every season it has been awarded.
That all means that there were four first time award winners in 2021, Asif, Rashid, Amin & Phil.
BCEW’s match officials were also celebrated with Rob Hodgkinson named BCEW Umpire of the Year for the first time, Yvette Bailey claimed BCEW Scorer of the Year for the second season in a row, whilst The Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket went to Neil Robson for his brilliant work as an umpires appointer. As chosen by the umpires panel the winners of the 2021 BCEW Spirit Of Cricket Award were Wavertree Merseyside CC.
Full List of Award Winners & Nominees
BCEW Partially Sighted Player of the Year
Joint Winners
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Other Nominees
Wasim Afridi (Lancashire Lions)
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
BCEW Total Player of the Year
Winner
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Amit Amin (London Metro)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
BCEW Low Partial Player of the Year
Winner
Rashid Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Lee Robshaw (Kent Spitfires)
Sheraz Chohan (Lancashire Lions)
Alan Mabey (Somerset VICC)
Heidi Linegar (Somerset VICC)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Womens Player of the Year
Winner
Lois Turner (Surrey VICC)
Other Nominees
Sheona Page (Gloucestershire Growlers)
Freya Gavin (Lancashire Lions)
Heidi Linegar (Somerset VICC)
Leanne Harvey (Surrey VICC)
Harriet Dunn (Wavertree Merseyside CC)
BCEW Partially Sighted Batter of the Year
Winner
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Other Nominees
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Gerald Porter (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Total Batter of the Year
Winner
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Hassan Khan (London Metro)
Gav Griffiths (Northants Steelbacks)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year
Winner
Wasim Afridi (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Hassan Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Lois Turner (Surrey VICC)
BCEW Total Bowler of the Year
Winner
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Chris Ross (Northants Steelbacks)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year
Winner
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Tahseen Sabir (Lancashire Lions)
Wasim Afridi (Lancashire Lions)
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
BCEW Total Fielder of the Year
Winner
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Other Nominees
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Freya Gavin (Lancashire Lions)
Amit Amin (London Metro)
Andy Law (London Metro)
Hugh Spence (Northants Steelbacks)
BCEW Wicketkeeper of the Year
Winner
Gerald Porter (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Jack Peters (Kent Spitfires)
Prem Sellathurai (London Metro & Metro Devils)
Heidi Linegar (Somerset VICC)
Leanne Harvey (Surrey VICC)
Toby Collins (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Most Promising Player of the Year
Winner
Phil Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Luke Boulding (Kent Spitfires)
Chris Ross (Northants Steelbacks)
Matt Davidson (Somerset VICC)
Mikey Contreras (Somerset VICC)
Ricky Coleman (Yorkshire Vikings)
Other Awards
Umpire of the year: Rob Hodgkinson
Scorer of the Year: Yvette Bailey
Spirit of Cricket: Wavertree Merseyside CC
The Charles Ronayne Award For Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket: Neil Robson
Competition Winners
BCEW National League Division One
London Metro
BBS Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Memorial Cup
Northants Steelbacks
BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup
Northants Steelbacks
BCEW National League Division Two
Sussex Sharks
Individual Awards Records
Players with most wins
Ed Hossell 8
Nathan Foy 7
Luke Sugg 6
Gerald Porter 5
Lois Turner 5
Steve Cook 5
Dan Field 4
Dave Daniels 4
Gav Griffiths 4
Justin Hollingsworth 4
Matt Dean 4
Sheraz Chohan 4
Si Ledwith 4
John Garbett 3
Mark Turnham 3
Overall Number Won By Each Club
Sussex Sharks 23
Warwickshire Bears 23
Northants Steelbacks 15
Somerset VICC 15
London Metro 14
Lancashire Lions 13
Yorkshire Vikings 11
Surrey VICC 5
South Wales Dragons 4
Birmingham SCVI 1
Essex Tigers 1
Hampshire VICC 1
Kent Spitfires 1
London Sports 1