Lyth takes top honour

The left-hander, who became the first player to reach 1,000 County Championship runs this season, picked up the gong during day three of the Tykes clash with Kent.

“It has been a fantastic year for me,” said Lyth, who also picked up the fielder of the year award.

“To pick up my county cap and these two awards in the space of a couple of weeks is a real honour for me. There were a lot of other candidates this season.”

Lyth becomes the youngestever winner of the prize at the age of 22.

Three other Yorkshire players were also awarded for their performances.

Jacques Rudolph won the players’ player of the year, with Jonathan Bairstow picking up the young player of the year award for the second season in a row.

Another to retain his trophy was Gurman Randhawa, who won the academy prize.

Scoreboard

Yorkshire v Kent At Headingley Carnegie

Overnight: Yorkshire 261 (J M Bairstow 64; J D Nel 6-62). Kent 216-6 (Mvan Jaarsveld 89).

Kent First Innings

A J Blake not out ...........................105

J C Tredwell c Brophy b Ashraf ............. 8

M T Coles b Ashraf .......................... 0

S J Cook lbw b A U Rashid ................... 5

J D Nel lbw b Patterson ....................... 2

Extras (lb7 w3 nb6 pens 0)......16

Total (81.5 overs) ...................302

Fall: 1-44 2-46 3-129 4-132 5-142 6-210 7- 240 8-240 9-261

Bonus Pts: Yorkshire 5 Kent 6

Bowling: Shahzad 25-4-102-1. Patterson 10.5-1-42-1. Hannon-Dalby 7-0-36-1. Ashraf 18-7-32-5. A U Rashid 21-2-83-2.

Yorkshire Second Innings Close

A Lyth not out ..........................26

J A Rudolph lbw b Tredwell ...................13

A McGrath not out ..................... 4

Extras (b4 lb4 pens 0) ...............8

Total 1 wkt (15 overs)...............51

Fall: 1-40

To Bat: A W Gale, J M Bairstow, G L Brophy, A U Rashid, A Shahzad, S A Patterson, O J Hannon-Dalby, Moin Ashraf.

Bonus Pts: Yorkshire 5 Kent 6

Bowling: Nel 4-0-14-0. Stevens 5-1-12-0.

Cook 3-0-15-0. Tredwell 2-1-2-1. Coles 1-1- 0-0.