Ottis Gibson picked up virtually every award he was eligible for - and most of those outside his compass in 2007 have gone to Yorkshire's 19-year-old leg-spin prodigy, Adil Rashid.

Named young cricketer of the year first by the Cricket Writers' Club and then the Professional Cricketers' Association, Rashid completed a hat-trick on Wednesday by scooping Yorkshire's own young player of the year trophy.

Bradford-born Rashid stands on the threshold of what many believe will be an illustrious future with England.

So rapidly is his star ascending that he may even win a place on this winter's Test tour of Sri Lanka, particularly now that his batting has progressed to the stage where he can be classed as a genuine all-rounder.

But it is as a young leg-spinner that Rashid has made his name.

Ironically, proof that Rashid has star quality came at Riverside in May when he failed to take a wicket in the Championship clash with Durham which ended in Yorkshire's first defeat of the season.

It was an event of such significance that it merited a mention in national newspapers.

Until then, Rashid had taken at least one wicket - and very often a bagful - in each of the 18 innings in which he had bowled in Championship cricket since making his sensational debut for Yorkshire the previous summer.

Although the Warwickshire match at Scarborough in July, 2006, marked Rashid's first team debut he had already made waves at England Under 19s level and with Yorkshire's Second XI.

And it was to fill a batting spot at Scarborough that Rashid was selected by the then director of cricket, David Byas, even though it turned out to be his bowling which mesmerised Warwickshire.

It took him only eight deliveries to take his first wicket, the first of what will surely be hundreds of scalps during his career.

This sole success, however, was only a taste of what was to follow because in the second innings Rashid established himself as a Yorkshire hero by polishing off Warwickshire with outstanding figures of six for 67.

He was cheered off the field as team-mates stepped aside to applaud him into the dressing room.

Not that six wickets was a new pinnacle for Rashid because as a 13-year-old he captured all ten wickets for Bradford and Bingley Seconds in the Bradford League.

Pressures are bound to build on Rashid as opponents study his style, both with bat and ball, but he has got the ability and the character to go on climbing the ladder until he gets to the very top.