Summary Opener Leaning, 21, picked up the young player of the year award, which went to Bairstow in 2011
LONDON (AFP) - Yorkshire batsman Jonny Bairstow was voted player of the year by the Cricket Writers Club on Monday, while his county colleague Jack Leaning won the young player of the year award.
Bairstow scooped the County Championship Cricketer of the Year award, topping the votes after scoring 1,108 runs in just nine games for the title winners.
That helped him win an England Test recall during the Ashes, completing a hugely successful period for the 26-year-old.
Opener Leaning, 21, picked up the young player of the year award, which went to Bairstow in 2011.
He beat 18 other nominees having scored 922 championship runs in 15 appearances.
Yorkshire also did the double at the ceremony last year, when Adam Lyth and Alex Lees were given the Championship and young player awards respectively.
