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Ben Duckett, Keaton Jennings and Charlotte Edwards honoured by Cricket Writers' Club

Ben Duckett of England Lionshits out during the Royal London One-Day match between England Lions and Sri Lanka A
Image: Ben Duckett scored a double century for the England Lions against Sri Lanka A this summer

Ben Duckett has been named as the 2016 Cricket Writers' Club Young Player of the Year.

Duckett, who will travel with England to Bangladesh this week on his first full international tour, has been honoured after his brilliant season for Northamptonshire.

The 21-year-old left-hander helped his county win the NatWest T20 Blast, and hit 1,338 runs in Division Two of the Specsavers County Championship.

Duckett's summer contained two double-centuries, both unbeaten - 282 in the Championship against Sussex in April and 220 from just 131 balls for England Lions against Sri Lanka A in July.

The England selectors took note and have included him in their squads for both the one-day international and Test legs of a tour which begins on Thursday.

Previous winners of the award, inaugurated in 1950 and open only to England-qualified players under the age of 23 on May 1, have gone on to win more than 2,500 Test caps.

Durham's Keaton Jennings in action
Image: Keaton Jennings starred for Durham in the County Championship

Two other awards were presented at the CWC's annual lunch in London on Tuesday, with Keaton Jennings unveiled as their County Championship Player of the Year, while former England captain Charlotte Edwards won the CWC's inaugural women's award.

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Durham's left-handed opening batsman Jennings 24, who is also England qualified despite being born in South Africa, was this summer's leading Championship run scorer - with 1,548 in Division One, including a double-century against Yorkshire.

Edwards announced her international retirement this summer after an outstanding career spanning more than 300 matches at the highest level with England.

Southern Vipers skipper Charlotte Edwards lifts the KSL trophy
Image: Charlotte Edwards led the Southern Vipers to the Kia Super League title

However, at the age of 36, she responded by leading her two domestic teams to a unique treble - Kent winning the 50-over championship and Twenty20 title, and the Southern Vipers victorious in the first year of the Kia Super League.

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