Cricket: Durham star lands award; Gibson caps super season with trophy.VETERAN Durham all-rounder Ottis Gibson Ottis Delroy Gibson (b. 16 March, 1969) is a cricketer from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson now works on a full-time basis as England's bowling coach. was last night named as the Professional Cricketers' Association The Professional Cricketers' Association is the representative body of past and present first class cricketers in England and Wales, founded in 1967. In the 1970s, the PCA arranged a standard employment contract and minimum wage for professional cricketers in first-class player of the year. West Indian West In·dies An archipelago between southeast North America and northern South America, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and including the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Gibson, 38, enjoyed a remarkable season with LV County Championship runners-up Durham - taking 80 Division One wickets, including all 10 in an innings against Hampshire at the Riverside. He also helped the Riversiders to two one-day titles - the Friends Provident Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.[1] It is one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They are joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. and NatWest Pro40 Division Two. Gibson is also to fill in as England's fast-bowling consultant for the one-day tour of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. which begins this week, with Allan Donald unavailable. And a delighted Gibson said last night: "Certainly for me, the last couple of years spent coaching has made a difference to my approach to the way I play now. "Sometimes you may search a lifetime for what you might consider is perfection. "If I look back, this year has certainly been that way. It has probably been a perfect season for me." The award, won in recent years by England stars Andrew Flintoff (twice), Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE (born 25 December 1975 in Keynsham, Somerset) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He has played for England in 76 Test matches and 123 One-day Internationals. , is voted for by fellow county professionals. Yorkshire's teenage leg-spinning all-rounder Adil Rashid made it a double for the season in taking the PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. young-player-of-the-year award at a dinner in central London last night, having claimed the prestigious Cricket Writers' young player gong earlier this month. But it was experience rather than youth which triumphed in the inaugural Hewitt team of the year, based on the rankings system established by the PCA this season in which Gibson also finished top. Joining him in the XI were last year's player-of-the-year Mark Ramprakash, 38, Worcestershire's 41-year-old Graeme Hick, 2003 winner Mushtaq Ahmed, 37 - once again the most prolific bowler in first-class cricket this past summer - Andrew Caddick, 38, and 33-year-old Darren Maddy. Kent's Robert Key was named captain of the side - with Gibson's county colleague Phil Mustard, who was last week called up by England for the first time, chosen as wicket-keeper. CAPTION(S): PICK OF THE BUNCH: Durham's Ottis Gibson with the PCA player of the Year 2007 trophy |
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