Ed Hossell & Dave Daniels headlined a triple success for both Somerset & Sussex in BCEW’s end of season awards.
Hossell’s partially sighted player of the year award was his fifth success in that category, whilst Daniels total player of the year win was his third in a row. Ed extends his lead as having won the most BCEW end of season awards, he’s won 9 now, whilst Dave’s award was his sixth, joint third overall with amongst others this season’s low partial player of the year, Sheraz Chohan from Lancashire Lions.
Emma Gilfoyle from Durham VICC won women’s player of the year, her & Durham’s first national level award, whilst wicketkeeper of the year also went to a first time winner, Ryan West of Surrey VICC.
Sussex’s other two awards, both for fielder of the year, went to Dan Field (partially sighted) & Ian Morris (total), whilst Somerset’s other trophies went to Adrian Snelgrove (total batter of the year, 14 years after his previous win in that category) and Rob Crisp (most promising player of the year).
Mo Ghalib of Metro won partially sighted bowler of the year, David Howells of Northants Steelbacks claimed partially sighted batter of the year & Kent Spitfires Amin Afshari was named total bowler of the year.
As always BCEW also honour our outstanding officials and volunteers, this season’s umpire of the year award went to Yolanda Harris whilst Beccy Ross won scorer of the Year. We sincerely thank all of our umpires and scorers for their fantastic work across the 2023 season.
Whilst they didn’t win awards this year we would also like to highlight Roger Barker who umpired 17 domestic matches and 11 international ones, by far the most any BCEW umpire has ever stood in a single season. Also Neil Robson who has done an incredible job ensuring as many games as possible had umpires in what has been the most chaotic season in VI cricket history.
This season’s winner of the Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket was presented to Geoff Ridgway, Geoff is a volunteer who does an enormous amount to support the England Women’s team as well as Yorkshire Vikings & previously Derbyshire Owls.
The BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award was won by Metro Devils, who fielded a large number of new players in 2023 but still showed excellent sportsmanship throughout.
We would also like to thank Paul Toplis for his efforts in arranging scorers for all matches this season as well as his work on Play Cricket.
Full List of Award Winners & Nominees
BCEW Total Player of the Year
Winner
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Hassan Khan (Surrey VICC)
Richard Claridge (Surrey VICC)
Ian Morris (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Player of the Year
Winner
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Tahseen Sabir (Lancashire Lions)
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Womens Player of the Year
Winner
Emma Gilfoyle (Durham VICC)
Other Nominees
Sheona Page (Gloucestershire Growlers)
Heidi Linegar (Somerset VICC)
Kathryn Jelfs-White (Somerset VICC)
Georgie Ridgway (Yorkshire Vikings)
Lois Turner (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Low Partial Player of the Year
Winner
Sheraz Chohan (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Lee Robshaw (Kent Spitfires)
Ray St.Cyr (Kent Spitfires)
Alan Mabey (Somerset VICC)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
Andy Fisher (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Total Bowler of the year
Winner
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Other Nominees
Liaqat Hussain (Lancashire Lions)
Hassan Khan (Surrey VICC)
Richard Claridge (Surrey VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Ian Morris (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Bowler of the year
Winner
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
Other Nominees
Rory Field (London Metro)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
Joe Harrison (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Total Batter of the Year
Winner
Aidrian Snellgrove (Somerset VICC)
Other Nominees
Amin Afshari (Kent Spitfires)
Hugh Spence (Northants Steelbacks)
Richard Claridge (Surrey VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Helen Lawson (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Partially Sighted Batter of the Year
Winner
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
Shaqir Iqbal (Surrey VICC)
BCEW Most Promising Player of the Year
Winner
Rob Crisp (Somerset VICC)
Other Nominees
Bilal Akhtar (Lancashire Lions)
Bradley Newton (Lancashire Lions)
Michael Contreras (Somerset VICC)
Jason Hobbs (Surrey VICC)
Shaqir Iqbal (Surrey VICC)
BCEW Wicketkeeper of the Year
Winner
Ryan West (Surrey VICC)
Other Nominees
Jack Peters (Kent Spitfires)
Rory Field (London Metro)
Gerald Porter (Northants Steelbacks)
Heidi Linegar (Somerset VICC)
Andy Fisher (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Total Fielder of the year
Winner
Ian Morris (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Hassan Khan (Surrey VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year
Winner
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Bradley Newton (Lancashire Lions)
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Other Awards
BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award
Metro Devils
BCEW Umpire of the Year
Yolanda Harris
BCEW Scorer of the Year
Beccy Ross
BCEW Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket
Geoff Ridgway
2023 Competition Winners
BCEW National League Division One
London Metro
BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup
Final Postponed: Northants Steelbacks v Sussex Sharks
BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup
Sussex Sharks
BCEW National League Division Two
Northants Steelbacks
Individual Awards Records
Players with most wins
Ed Hossell 9
Nathan Foy 7
Sheraz Chohan 6
Dave Daniels 6
Gerald Porter 6
Luke Sugg 6
Lois Turner 6
Steve Cook 5
Dan Field 5
David Howells 5
Amin Afshari 4
Matt Dean 4
Gav Griffiths 4
Justin Hollingsworth 4
Si Ledwith 4
Mark Turnham 4
Overall Number Won By Each Club
Sussex Sharks 29
Warwickshire Bears 23
Northants Steelbacks 20
Somerset VICC 18
Lancashire Lions 16
London Metro 15
Yorkshire Vikings 11
Surrey VICC 7
Kent Spitfires 4
South Wales Dragons 4
Birmingham SCVI 1
Durham VICC 1
Essex Tigers 1
Hampshire VICC 1
London Sports 1