England fast bowler James Anderson has been named cricketer of the year for the 2011-12 season by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
In the last year, Anderson took his 250th Test wicket and rose to fifth on the list of England’s all-time wicket-takers in Test cricket.
The 29-year-old Anderson beat off competition from Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook to win the award.
Broad won the fans’ moment of the year award for his hat-trick against India in last summer’s Trent Bridge Test Match.
Charlotte Edwards won the women’s award at the ceremony at Lord’s.
Meanwhile, England captain Andrew Strauss will be presented with the ICC Test Championship mace tomorrow.
Strauss led England to the top of the Test rankings on the annual cut-off date of April 1 and will accept the mace and a cheque for just over 108 thousand pounds on behalf of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The ceremony will be led by former West Indies skipper and chairman of the ICC cricket committee Clive Lloyd.
