Ottis Gibson to be Awarded Player of the Year
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Durham’s well experienced West Indian all-rounder Ottis Gibson has been named as the player of the year by his fellow professionals in English county cricket.
Gibson had a tough competition with Pakistan’s Mushtaq Ahmed, who twirled Sussex to another county championship triumph, to claim the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) award.
Gibson took 80 wickets for Durham as they ended runners-up to Sussex, including all 10 in an innings against Hampshire.
He has also been of great help to win two one-day titles – the Friends Provident Trophy and NatWest Pro40 (Sunday league) Division Two. Gibson has also been rewarded with a request to fill in as England’s fast-bowling mentor for the one-day tour of Sri Lanka which begins this week, with Allan Donald unavailable.
Adil Rashid the teenage leg-spinning all-rounder of Yorkshire was named the PCA’s young player of the year, adding to the Cricket Writers’ award he won earlier this month.
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