Cricket Club Awards

At the end of each season the Sharks award the members who have excelled throughout the season. Cricketing awards are given across a number of categories and are decided based on our Awards Criteria (PDF) →.

Perpetual Club Honour

Cricketer of the Year

Awarded to the Playing Member who receives the highest number of votes in matches for that year.
Cricketer of The Year
Year Winner
2025Ghufran Mir Reigning
2024Benjamin Ito-Davis
2023Hamid Zeb Bacha
2022Ibrahim Takahashi 2x Winner
2021Ibrahim Takahashi 2x Winner
2020Dhugal Bedingfield 6x Winner
2019Neal Date
2018Dhugal Bedingfield 6x Winner
Senior 1st XI

Best Batsman

Awarded to the Playing Member who scores the highest number of runs in matches (excluding Second XI and Third XI matches) in that year.
Best Batsman
Year Winner
2025Ghufran Mir Reigning
2024Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
2023Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
2022Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
2021Ibrahim Takahashi
2020Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
2019Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
2018Dhugal Bedingfield 13x Winner
Senior 1st XI

Best Bowler

Awarded to the Playing Member who takes the highest number of wickets in matches (excluding Second XI and Third XI matches) in that year.
Best Bowler
Year Winner
2025Manav Natarajan / Hamid Zeb Bacha Reigning
2024Mian Muneeb Siddique 2x Winner
2023Hamid Zeb Bacha
2022Ibrahim Takahashi 3x Winner
2021Ibrahim Takahashi 3x Winner
2020Ibrahim Takahashi 3x Winner
2019Yugandar Retharekar
2018Mian Muneeb Siddique 2x Winner
Senior 2nd XI

Best 2nd XI Batsman

Awarded to the Playing Member who, as a Second XI Regular scores the highest number of runs in matches in that year.
Best 2nd XI Batsman
Year Winner
2025Rahul Koul Reigning
2024Dhanachandran Sudharsan
2023Asanka Edirimanna 2x Winner
2022Asala Wickramaarachchige
2021Asanka Edirimanna 2x Winner
2020Santosh Pagire
2019Ashley Thurgate
2018Neel Date
Senior 2nd XI

Best 2nd XI Bowler

Awarded to the Playing Member who, as a Second XI Regular, takes the highest number of wickets in matches in that year.
Best 2nd XI Bowler
Year Winner
2025Hammad Khan Reigning 2x Winner
2024Hammad Khan 2x Winner
2023Meena Mahesh Kumar
2022Asanka Edirimanna 2x Winner
2021Asanka Edirimanna 2x Winner
2020Kris Bayne 3x Winner
2019Ashley Thurgate
2018Neel Date
Senior 3rd XI

Best 3rd XI Batsman

Awarded to the Playing Member who, as a Third XI Regular scores the highest number of runs in matches in that year.
*In 2024 the award that became the Best 3rd XI Batsman was awarded as the 3rd XI Player of the Season, awarded to the Playing Member who best embodies the ethos of the 3rd XI: Reliability, Team Spirit and playing to the best of one's ability.
Best 3rd XI Batsman
Year Winner
2025Matthew Robinson Reigning
2024Will Moore
Senior 3rd XI

Best 3rd XI Bowler

Awarded to the Playing Member who, as a Third XI Regular, takes the highest number of wickets in matches in that year.
Best 3rd XI Bowler
Year Winner
2025Hiroshige Murakawa Reigning
Club Honour

Best Fielder

Awarded to the Playing Member who has received the highest number of “Best Fielder” votes in matches in that year.
Best Fielder
Year Winner
2025Ghufran Mir Reigning
2024Benjamin Ito-Davis
2023Tsuyoshi Takada 2x Winner
2022Marcus Thurgate 5x Winner
2021Debashish Sahoo
2020Marcus Thurgate 5x Winner
2019Arata Ueda
2018Marcus Thurgate 5x Winner
Club Honour

Best 1st Year Player

Awarded to the Playing Member participating in their first year with the Sharks who receives the highest number of votes in matches in that year (votes weighted by match tier; excluding Best Fielder votes).
Best 1st Year Player
Year Winner
2025Bhuvith Kulal Reigning
2024Nikhil Pol
2023Sud. Dhanachandran
2022Atiq Ahmed
2021Asanka Edirimanna
2020Ibrahim Takahashi
2019Debashish Sahoo
2018Davian Johnson
Senior 1st XI

Best T20 Player

Awarded to the Playing Member who receives the highest number of votes in Twenty20 matches (excluding Twenty20 matches played by a Second XI, if applicable) in that year.
Best T20 Player
Year Winner
2025Timothy Moore Reigning
2024Abhipray Dewan
2023Mian Muneeb Siddique
2022Ibrahim Takahashi
Club Honour

Most Improved Player

Awarded to the Playing Member who has displayed the highest level of improvement in his or her cricketing skills in that year.
Most Improved Player
Year Winner
2025Manav Natarajan Reigning
2024Timothy Moore
2023MD Hammad Khan
2022Ashley Thurgate 2x Winner
2021Ibrahim Takahashi
2020Debashish Sahoo
2019Ashley Thurgate 2x Winner
2018Meena Mahesh Kumar