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Lyth and Lees take writers' awards

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Yorkshire's title-winning opening batsmen Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have claimed the top honours at the Cricket Writers' Club Awards.

The duo's partnership at the head of the order was crucial to the White Rose's LV= County Championship success this season, with Lyth named the William Hill CWC championship player of the year and Lees picking up the CWC young cricketer of the year award.

Lyth, 27, topped the Division One scoring charts with 1,489 runs and six centuries at an average of 67.68, while Lees' 971 runs came at an average of 44.13 with two hundreds.

Both awards are available only to England-qualified players, with the young players category limited to those under-23 on May 1.

Adam Lyth and Alex Lees proved exasperating to bowlers in LV= County Championship Division One this season as Yorkshire won the title

Lees, 21, is the 11th Yorkshire player to win that prize, which dates back to 1950 and the fourth in seven years following Adil Rashid, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root.

Lyth, meanwhile, is the CWC's third championship player of the year, following in the footsteps of Nick Compton and Wayne Madsen.

Also honoured at a lunch in London's Plaisterers' Hall was Lancashire's former England coach and television commentator David Lloyd.

He received the Peter Smith award for an outstanding contribution to the promotion of cricket.


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