Lancashire Lions scooped four awards as BCEW handed out blind cricket’s end of season prizes. There were also a number of first time winners as the players who had dominated the awards in recent years had less of an impact in 2025.
Sheraz Chohan won low partial player of the year for the seventh time but Lancashire’s other successes were all first time winners. Shahzaib Haider claimed Partially Sighted Player of the Year, Shoaib Nazir was named Total Player of the Year and Mahmood Zahid took home Wicketkeeper of the Year.
London Metro celebrated double success with Matt Dean comfortably winning Partially Sighted Batter of the Year and Sam Hoskin dominating the Total Fielder of the Year category.
Sussex Sharks also claimed two awards with father and son duo Dave and Phil Daniels. Dave won Total Bowler of the Year whilst Phil took Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks had two first time winners, Bilal Akhtar was the clear winner of Most Promising Player of the Year whilst in his first season Rahul Gajjal won Total Batter of the Year.
Yorkshire Vikings’ Lois Turner became the first person to win the same award eight times as she once again claimed Women’s Player of the Year, whilst Kent Spitfires’ Tom Barton secured Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year. The Spitfires also won the prestigious BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award for the first time.
Yolanda Harris won the newly renamed Pete Marshall Award for Umpire of the Year, the second time she has won the umpires award. Berkshire Stags’ scorer Marian Whitehurst won Scorer of the Year for the first time.
To honour their generous support of VI cricket over the past fifteen years The Johnners Trust were inducted into the Blind Cricket Hall of Fame. Previously known as the Brian Johnston Memorial Trust they have supported the BCEW Development Festival (2010-2024) & BCEW’s Women’s international ball development programme (2015-2024). Barry Johnston came along to Twenty20 Finals Day to receive the Hall of Fame award.
Full List of Award Winners & Nominees
BCEW National Level Partially Sighted Player of the Year
Winner
Shahzaib Haider (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Bilal Akhtar (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Rory Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Mark Bond (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW National Level Total Player of the Year
Winner
Shoaib Nazir (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Moshfique Ahmed (Kent Spitfires)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Rahul Gajjal (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Robert Sholto-Douglas-Vernon (Somerset VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW National Level Low Partial Player of the Year
Winner
Sheraz Chohan (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Olly Hobbs (Kent Spitfires)
Mahmood Zahid (Lancashire Lions)
Mike Harrison (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Alan Mabey (Somerset VICC)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Women’s Player of the Year
Winner
Lois Turner (Yorkshire Vikings)
Other Nominees
Camile Elliott-Kamara (Berkshire Stags)
Emma Gilfoyle (Durham VICC)
Leanne Harvey (Surrey VICC)
Helen Lawson (Yorkshire Vikings)
Jess Lowe (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW National Level Partially Sighted Batter of the Year
Winner
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Shahzaib Haider (Lancashire Lions)
Tahseen Sabir (Lancashire Lions)
Bilal Akhtar (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW National Level Total Batter of the Year
Winner
Rahul Gajjal (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Moshfique Ahmed (Kent Spitfires)
Mohammed Javed (Lancashire Lions)
Shoaib Nazir (Lancashire Lions)
Robert Sholto-Douglas-Vernon (Somerset VICC)
Matt Loftus (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW National Level Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year
Winner
Phil Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Sheraz Chohan (Lancashire Lions)
Michael Shea (London Metro)
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
Bilal Akhtar (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Rory Hossell (Somerset VICC)
BCEW National Level Total Bowler of the Year
Winner
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Amjad Khan (Lancashire Lions)
Shoaib Nazir (Lancashire Lions)
Alan Turnbull (London Metro)
Rob Mackenzie (London Metro)
Robert Sholto-Douglas-Vernon (Somerset VICC)
BCEW National Level Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year
Winner
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Other Nominees
Nathan Jacques (Lancashire Lions)
Shahzaib Haider (Lancashire Lions)
Mikey Contreras (Somerset VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
Lois Turner (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW National Level Total Fielder of the Year
Winner
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Other Nominees
Moshfique Ahmed (Kent Spitfires)
Rob Mackenzie (London Metro)
Rahul Gajjal (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Albert Jordan (Somerset VICC)
Hassan Khan (Surrey VICC)
BCEW National Level Most Promising Player of the Year
Winner
Bilal Akhtar (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Michael Shea (London Metro)
Thomas Froud (London Metro)
Conna Burrows (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Rahul Gajjal (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Robert Sholto-Douglas-Vernon (Somerset VICC)
Scott Harvey (Surrey VICC)
Dominic James (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Wicketkeeper of the Year
Winner
Mahmood Zahid (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Rory Field (London Metro)
Gerald Porter (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Alan Mabey (Somerset VICC)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
Andy Fisher (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Pete Marshall Award for Umpire of the Year
Yolanda Harris
BCEW Scorer of the Year
Marian Whitehurst
BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award
Kent Spitfires
BCEW Hall of Fame Inductee
The Johnners Trust
2025 Competition Winners
BCEW National League Division One
Sussex Sharks
BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup
Sussex Sharks
BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup
Semi Finals Postponed due to Rain
BCEW National League Division Two
Lancashire Lions
Individual Awards Records
Players with most wins
Ed Hossell 9
Dave Daniels 8
Lois Turner 8
Nathan Foy 7
David Howells 7
Sheraz Chohan 7
Gerald Porter 6
Luke Sugg 6
Steve Cook 5
Dan Field 5
Si Ledwith 5
Matt Dean 5
Amin Afshari 4
Gav Griffiths 4
Justin Hollingsworth 4
Mark Turnham 4
Overall Number Won By Each Club
Sussex Sharks 33
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 24
Warwickshire Bears 23
Lancashire Lions 21
Somerset VICC 19
London Metro 19
Yorkshire Vikings 13
Surrey VICC 9
Kent Spitfires 6
South Wales Dragons 4
Birmingham SCVI 1
Durham VICC 1
Essex Tigers 1
Hampshire VICC 1
London Sports 1