Best in state honoured at awards nights

Peter Nevill, Adam Voges and Fawad Ahmed - the three uncapped players in Australia's Test squad for the winter tours - have been honoured by their respective states at their end-of-season award ceremonies.

Nevill won the Steve Waugh Medal on Thursday night as the NSW Blues player of the year after scoring 764 runs in a watershed season in the Bupa Sheffield Shield.

His new Test teammates Voges and Ahmed were also honoured during the week; Voges won the Laurie Sawle Medal on Wednesday night as Western Australia's player of the year while Ahmed picked up Victoria's Bill Lawry Medal last week after surging into Australia's Test squad with 48 Shield wickets for the season.

Callum Ferguson was awarded the Neil Dansie Medal last weekend as South Australia's player of the year, while Tasmania fast-bowler Andrew Fekete capped off a breakthrough season on Thursday night by sweeping the Tigers' awards, including the Ricky Ponting Medal as player of the year.

Queensland Cricket's awards night will be held on April 11.

There was a strong international flavour at the awards nights this year, particularly in the women's game.

England captain Charlotte Edwards swept the Western Fury's awards, including the Zoe Goss Medal, while her England teammate Heather Knight was named the Tasmanian Roar's player of the year.

Another Englishwoman, Sarah Taylor, won the Andrea McCauley Trophy as player of the year for the South Australian Scorpions.

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

VICTORIA
Bill Lawry Medal - Fawad Ahmed
Dean Jones Medal - Cameron White
Sharon Tredrea Award - Meg Lanning
Cathryn Fitzpatrick Award - Meg Lanning
Commonwealth Bank Future Star Award -  Tayla Vlaeminck & Sam Grimwade

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Neil Danise Medal - Callum Ferguson
Barry Jarman Most Improved Trophy - Adam Zampa
Barry 'Nugget' Rees Award - Sam Raphael
The Lord Hampden Trophy - Callum Ferguson
One Day Cup Player of the Year - Callum Ferguson
Andrea McCauley Trophy - Sarah Taylor
Most Improved Trophy Scorpion Squad - Alex Price

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Laurie Sawle Medal – Adam Voges
Zoe Goss Medal – Charlotte Edwards
Gold Cup – Adam Voges
Western Warriors Domestic One Day Player of the Year – Nathan Coulter-Nile
Western Warriors Domestic Four Day Player of the Year – Adam Voges
Male Rising Star – Cameron Bancroft
Female Rising Star – Heather Graham

NEW SOUTH WALES
Steve Waugh Medal - Peter Nevill
Belinda Clark Medal - Alex Blackwell
Sheffield Shield Player of the Year - Peter Nevill
WNCL Player of the Year - Ellyse Perry
Matador Cup Player of the Year - Ryan Carters
WT20 Player of the Year - Alex Blackwell

TASMANIA
Ricky Ponting Medal - Andrew Fekete
David Boon Medal - Andrew Fekete
Jack Simmons Medal - Andrew Fekete
Tasmanian Roar Player of the Year - Heather Knight
Jamie Cox Male Young Player of the Year Award: Beau Webster
Female Young Player of the Year Award: Sasha Maloney

QUEENSLAND
Awards night to be held on April 11