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Henry, Kerr scoop top individual prizes at NZ Cricket Awards
Sport Nation • April 9th, 2025 10:00 pm
Photo: Photosport
Blackcaps bowler Matt Henry and White Ferns allrounder Melie Kerr have scooped the top individual prizes at NZ Cricket's annual awards on Wednesday.
Henry earned the Sir Richard Hadlee medal with a brilliant international campaign across all three formats.
The spearhead of the NZ bowling attack, Henry claimed Test Player of the Year honours with 25 wickets at 20.08 in five Tests, including an eight-wicket haul in Bangalore during the historic series win against India.
Melie Kerr | Photo: Matthew Impey/Photosport
His 24 wickets at 15.50 also secured the Men’s ODI Player of the Year award, while 28 wickets at 21.5 earned him the Winsor Cup for men’s first-class bowling.
Kerr took home her third Debbie Hockley Medal after a phenomenal year at both international and domestic level.
The key factor in New Zealand's famous T20 World Cup win, Kerr was named Player of the Final and Player of the Tournament, and was later named ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year and T20I Player of the Year.
The 24-year-old also swept the Women’s ODI Player of the Year (14 wickets, average 33 with the bat) and ANZ Women’s T20I Player of the Year awards, while her 441 runs and 15 wickets earned her the Dream11 Super Smash Women’s Player of the Year title.
Jacob Duffy’s elevation to No.1 in the ICC T20I bowler rankings, earned him the Men’s T20I Player of the Year, while Kane Williamson’s consistency was recognised with the Redpath Cup for men’s first-class batting.
Brett Hampton (Men’s Domestic Player of the Year) and Eden Carson (Women’s Domestic Player of the Year) led their fields, with Carson’s 40 wickets and match-winning 59 in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final a highlight.
Tom Bruce (Dream11 Super Smash Men’s Player of the Year), Maddy Green (Ruth Martin Cup), and Eden Carson (Phyl Blackler Cup) rounded out the domestic awards.
Full List of 2025 NZC Awards Winners
- Debbie Hockley Medal: Melie Kerr
- Sir Richard Hadlee Medal: Matt Henry
- Bert Sutcliffe Medal for Outstanding Services to Cricket: Francis Payne
- Test Player of the Year: Matt Henry
- Men’s ODI Player of the Year: Matt Henry
- Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Melie Kerr
- Men’s T20I Player of the Year: Jacob Duffy
- Women’s T20I Player of the Year: Melie Kerr
- Men’s Domestic Player of the Year: Brett Hampton
- Women’s Domestic Player of the Year: Eden Carson
- Super Smash Men’s Player of the Year: Tom Bruce
- Super Smash Women’s Player of the Year: Melie Kerr
- Redpath Cup (men’s first-class batting): Kane Williamson
- Ruth Martin Cup (women’s domestic batting): Maddy Green
- Winsor Cup (men’s first-class bowling): Matt Henry
- Phyl Blackler Cup (women’s domestic bowling): Eden Carson
- Umpire of the Year: Chris Gaffaney
