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New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori - Source: Photosport
Daniel Vettori has been named Player of the Year for the second consecutive year - the fourth time in six years the Black Caps captain has been named New Zealand's top cricketer.
The 31-year-old also lifted the Winsor Cup for first class bowling and the Walter Hadlee Trophy for One-Day International bowler.
In the award period, the talented all-rounder hit 742 Test runs at an average of 49.46, 398 ODI runs at 30.61 and 120 Twenty20 runs at 24.00.
His spin bowling returned 32 Test wickets at 36.75, 27 ODI wickets at 20.29 and 10 Twenty20 wickets at 22.80.
New Zealand Cricket Chief Executive Justin Vaughan said Vettori richly deserves the honour after another memorable year.
"Daniel is, and has been, a consistently excellent performer for New Zealand over a long period and his fourth National Bank Player of the Year award is a reflection of his hard work and dedication," said Vaughan.
"He has been a force in all forms of the game and you just have to look at the ICC rankings for confirmation with Daniel ranked as the top ODI bowler, second ranked Test all-rounder and fourth highest Twenty20 wicket-taker.
"It is great to see that his outstanding year has also been acknowledged by the ICC where he has been nominated for the ICC Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year," Vaughan added.
Other winners on the night were Brendon McCullum who picked up three awards, top one day batsman, top all rounder and the fans' choice award for individual performance.
McCullum's exhilarating and match-winning 116* off 56
deliveries in a T20 match earned him the fans' vote - impressed by
his 12 fours and eight sixes - only the second T20 century behind
West Indies captain Chris Gale (117).
Ross Taylor took the award for top first class batsman after
finishing with a Test average of 50.39 for the year. Auckland Aces
bowler Michael Bates was top domestic player
In the women's awards, bowler Nicola Browne picked up two awards for top bowler and top domestic player, while Suzie Bates picked up top batsman.
