Sunil Narine wins ICC Emerging Player Award

Sat, Sep 15, '12

Colombo: West Indies' offspinner Sunil Narine on Saturday has been named as the Emerging Player of the Year for 2012 at the ICC Awards ceremony in Colombo. He beat the competetion from the likes of New Zealand's Doug Bracewell, Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal and Australia's James Pattinson to win the prestigious award.

The 24-year-old from Trinidad, follows in the footsteps of last year’s winner and fellow West Indies bowler, Devendra Bishoo, in claiming the award. The offspinner played in three Tests for the West Indies claiming 12 wickets at an average 31.50, while in the 15 ODIs he played in he claimed 28 wickets at an average of 18.82

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