Cricket: Walker gets top award

Legspinning allrounder Brooke Walker has been named Auckland Cricketer of the Year.

Walker toured England with the New Zealand team last year, and played for New Zealand A against England A.

During the Shell Cup, he took 13 wickets at an impressive 3.73 runs-an-over economy rate. He followed up with 21 Shell Trophy wickets at 28.85, and hit 296 runs, at 37.25, including his maiden first-class century.

New Zealand captain Emily Drumm and Aaron Barnes were named women's and men's Batsman of the Year.

Munokoa Tunupopo was named Women's Bowler of the Year, in a season in which she made her New Zealand debut, and took the best figures of the season at representative level, 7-19. Tama Canning won the men's award.