Cricket: Amelia Kerr and Jacob Duffy triumph at NZ Cricket Awards

Amelia Kerr and Jacob Duffy have taken high honors at the New Zealand Cricket Awards.

White Ferns captain Kerr secured an unprecedented fourth-straight Debbie Hockley Medal whereas Duffy claimed the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal.

Amelia Kerr of New Zealand White Ferns.
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Kerr helped the Wellington Blaze to their third-straight Super Smash title, topped and the run-scoring for the White Ferns in T20 internationals with 354 runs at a median of 70.

Duffy took 25 Test wickets at a median of 16, together with three five-wicket hauls in simply 4 Tests.

The Southlander delivered over 150 overs within the three-test sequence in opposition to the West Indies, greater than every other New Zealand bowler, highlighted by a marathon 43-over stint in opposition to the West Indies within the first Test at Christchurch.

Duffy additionally picked up the Test Player of the Year award and the Winsor Cup for males’s first-class bowling, turning into one of many few gamers to say three main awards in a single night.

Former New Zealand participant, board director, board chair, and NZC chief government Martin Snedden was acknowledged with the Bert Sutcliffe Medal for excellent providers to cricket.

[]h2026 New Zealand Cricket Awards Winners

• Debbie Hockley Medal: Melie Kerr
• Sir Richard Hadlee Medal: Jacob Duffy
• Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket: Martin Snedden
• Test Player of the Year: Jacob Duffy
• Men’s ODI Player of the Year: Daryl Mitchell
• Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Brooke Halliday
• Men’s T20I Player of the Year: Tim Seifert
• Women’s T20I Player of the Year: Melie Kerr
• Men’s Domestic Player of the Year: Henry Nicholls
• Women’s Domestic Player of the Year: Jess Kerr
• Super Smash Men’s Player of the Year: Katene Clarke
• Super Smash Women’s Player of the Year: Jess Kerr
• Redpath Cup (males’s first-class batting): Henry Nicholls
• Ruth Martin Cup (ladies’s home batting): Kate Anderson
• Winsor Cup (males’s first-class bowling): Jacob Duffy
• Phyl Blackler Cup (ladies’s home bowling): Jess Kerr
• Umpire of the Year: Chris Gaffaney

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