The New Zealand Cricket Awards (also known as ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards for sponsorship reasons) are a set of annual cricket awards given by New Zealand Cricket. The awards recognise and honour the best of New Zealander players, match officials and administrators.
History
The New Zealand Cricket Awards was launched in 1970 by New Zealand Cricket Council with Cobb & Co. as its title sponsor, and awarded then existing awards Best Batsman and Best Bowler of Plunket Shield Trophy. However, a notable list of awards featuring two major awards Men's International Player of the Year and Women's International Player of the Year first awarded in 1997.
The winners of the awards are selected by a panel of judges which mainly consists of eminent former cricketers from New Zealand. Sir Richard Hadlee, Ian Smith, John F. Reid, Debbie Hockley and Lesley Murdoch have been part of this panel.
Kane Williamson and Daniel Vettori have won the Men's International Player of the Year award record four times each. In the same category in women's cricket, Suzie Bates has won it most times with four awards. Debbie Hockley is the only woman cricketer to have won the International Player of the Year award, won it in 1998.
In 2011, The New Zealand Cricket introduced the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal to recognise the Men's International Player of the Year. The Women's version of this medal the Debbie Hockley Medal was introduced in 2023. The inaugural recipients were Chris Martin and Amelia Kerr respectively.
List of winners
1996-97 Men's International Player of the Year : Simon Doull. Women's International Player of the Year : Debbie Hockley Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Debbie Hockley Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Katrina Withers Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Stephen Fleming Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Harris BNZ Player of the Series : Simon Doull First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Stephen Fleming First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Simon Doull Men's Young Player of the Year : Daniel Vettori Women's Young Player of the Year : Frances King International Groundsman of the Year : John Olsen Domestic Groundsman of the Year : Peter Domigan Umpire of the Year : Steve Dunne
1997-98 International Player of the Year : Debbie Hockley.
1998-99 International Player of the Year : Nathan Astle. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Nathan Astle Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Geoff Allott Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Debbie Hockley Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Katrina Withers Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Jacob Oram Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Clare Nicholson First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Matt Horne BNZ Player of the Series : Nathan Astle First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Andrew Penn Groundsman of the Year : Mark Perham Umpire of the Year : Steve Dunne Coach of the Year : Mark Greatbatch
1999-00 International Player of the Year : Chris Cairns.
2000-01 International Player of the Year : Mark Richardson. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Roger Twose Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Daryl Tuffey Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Emily Drumm Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Katrina Keenan Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Grant Bradburn Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Rachel Pullar First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Mark Richardson First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Daryl Tuffey Outstanding Services to Cricket : Walter Hadlee
2001-02 International Player of the Year : Nathan Astle. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Nathan Astle Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Shane Bond Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Emily Drumm Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Rachel Pullar Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Matt Horne Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Anna Corbin First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Nathan Astle First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Drum Outstanding Services to Cricket : John R. Reid
2002-03 International Player of the Year : Shane Bond. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Stephen Fleming Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Shane Bond Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Maia Lewis Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Rebecca Steele Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Matthew Walker Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Aimee Mason First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Mark Richardson First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Shane Bond Outstanding Services to Cricket : Frank Cameron
2003-04 International Player of the Year : Stephen Fleming. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Stephen Fleming Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Daryl Tuffey Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Haidee Tiffen Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Rebecca Steele Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Chris Harris Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Aimee Mason First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Scott Styris First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Martin Outstanding Services to Cricket : Graham Dowling
2004-05 Men's International Player of the Year : Daniel Vettori. Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Haidee Tiffen Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Rebeca Steele Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Hamish Marshall Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Daniel Vettori Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Craig Cumming Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Nicola Browne First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Hamish Marshall First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Daniel Vettori
2005-06 International Player of the Year : Daniel Vettori. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Nathan Astle Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Shane Bond Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Emily Drumm Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Louise Milliken Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Jonathan Trott Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Aimee Mason First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Mathew Sinclair First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Martin Outstanding Services to Cricket : Peter Sharp
2006-07 International Player of the Year : Shane Bond. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Scott Styris Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Shane Bond Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Maria Fahey Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Helen Watson Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Chris Harris Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Sophie Devine First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Michael Papps First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Martin Outstanding Services to Cricket : Mike Shrimpton
2007-08 International Player of the Year : Brendon McCullum. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Brendon McCullum Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Kyle Mills Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Nicola Browne Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Helen Watson Best All Rounder of the Year : Jacob Oram Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Nathan McCullum. Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Sara McGlashan First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Ross Taylor First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Martin Young Player of the Year : Kane Williamson Outstanding Junior Cricket Administrator : Michael Cotter Outstanding Services to Cricket : Sir Richard Hadlee
2008-09 International Player of the Year : Daniel Vettori. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Martin Guptill Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Kyle Mills Best All Rounder of the Year : Daniel Vettori Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Haidee Tiffen Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Kate Pulford Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Mathew Sinclair Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Sophie Devine First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Jesse Ryder First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Daniel Vettori Young Player of the Year : Adam Milne Outstanding Junior Cricket Administrator : Stephen Jones Outstanding Services to Cricket : Alan Whimp
2009-10
International Player of the Year : Daniel Vettori. Best ODI Batting Performance of the Year : Brendon McCullum Best ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Daniel Vettori Best All Rounder of the Year : Brendon McCullum Women's Best Batting Performance of the Year : Suzie Bates Women's Best Bowling Performance of the Year : Nicola Browne Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Michael Bates Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Nicola Browne First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Ross Taylor First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Daniel Vettori. Young Player of the Year : Matthew Rowe Fans Choice Individual Performance of the Year : Brendon McCullum Outstanding Junior Cricket Administrator : John Grocott Outstanding Services to Cricket : Martin Horton
2010-11 Men's International Player of the Year : Chris Martin. Women's International Player of the Year : Sara McGlashan Test Player of the Year : Brendon McCullum ODI Player of the Year : Ross Taylor T20I Player of the Year : Tim Southee Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Rob Nicol Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Sophie Devine First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Peter Ingram First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Chris Martin Young Player of the Year : Simon Hickey Fans Choice Individual Performance of the Year : Neil Wagner Outstanding Junior Cricket Administrator : Nick Craig Outstanding Services to Cricket : Ces Renwick
2011-12 Men's International Player of the Year : Martin Guptill. Women's International Player of the Year : Amy Satterthwaite Test Player of the Year : Doug Bracewell ODI Player of the Year : Martin Guptill T20I Player of the Year : Martin Guptill Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Gareth Hopkins Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Frances McKay First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Martin Guptill First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Doug Bracewell Young Player of the Year : Simon Hickey Fans Choice Individual Performance of the Year : Doug Bracewell Outstanding Services to Cricket : Cran Bull
2012-13 Men's International Player of the Year : Ross Taylor. Women's International Player of the Year : Suzie Bates Test Player of the Year : Ross Taylor ODI Player of the Year : Brendon McCullum T20I Player of the Year : Brendon McCullum Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Jesse Ryder Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Suzie Bates First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Peter Fulton First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Tim Southee
2013-14
Men's International Player of the Year : Ross Taylor. Women's International Player of the Year : Suzie Bates Test Player of the Year : Ross Taylor ODI Player of the Year : Ross Taylor T20I Player of the Year : Mitchell McClenaghan Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Brett Hampton Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Suzie Bates First-Class Batting Performance of the Year : Ross Taylor First-Class Bowling Performance of the Year : Tim Southee
2014-15
Men's International Player of the Year : Brendon McCullum. Women's International Player of the Year : Suzie Bates Test Player of the Year : Kane Williamson. ODI Player of the Year : Kane Williamson T20I Player of the Year : Kane Williamson Men's Domestic Player of the Year : Andrew Ellis Women's Domestic Player of the Year : Amy Satterthwaite Outstanding Services to Cricket : Ross Dykes
2015-16 Men's International Player of the Year : Kane Williamson. Women's International Player of the Year : Suzie Bates Test Player of the Year : Kane Williamson Men's ODI Player of the Year : Martin Guptill Men's T20I Player of the Year : Martin Guptill