Nottinghamshire Awards 2026

 

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Charles Vernon Price Memorial Plate for Nottinghamshire Academy Player of the Year

Plumtree youngster Josh Beer enjoyed an outstanding season with the bat in the Nottinghamshire Academy, registering over 1,000 runs across all under-18s cricket in 2026.

The 17-year old hit three centuries during the summer, with a best of 139 not out, while his T20 stats were also particularly impressive.

Right-hander Beer struck 406 shortest-format runs at a weighty average of 45 and an explosive strike rate of 159.

Nottinghamshire Emerging Player of the Year

When seam bowler Tom Giles walked through the Trent Bridge gates during a Rothesay County Championship game against Leicestershire, he expected he was attending for a Pilates session.

Little did anyone know that, owing to an injury, Giles would be taking the field later that day for his First-Class debut, and over three matches at the end of the summer, certainly made a name for himself.

He made Nick Kelly his maiden First-Class wicket in only his seventh over on his way to five scalps across the final three games of the summer.

 

Notts Outlaws Metro Bank One Day Cup Player of the Year

Similarly to Giles, Kyle Verreynne was a late addition to the ranks as far as the One Day Cup was concerned, but he made light of the lack of notice with some stellar batting returns.

The South African gloveman totalled 591 runs across ten innings as Notts Outlaws made a run to the last four of the competition, reaching fifty on six occasions as he averaged north of 84.

He turned one of those half-centuries into a full ton, making 105 as the Outlaws pulled off a sterling comeback victory to down Yorkshire in their own back yard in the quarter-finals.

Notts Outlaws Vitality Blast Player of the Year

Big-hitting Scotland opener George Munsey was a revelation at the top of Notts Outlaws’ batting order in the Vitality Blast, as his 500 runs saw the side return to Finals Day for the first time in six years.

Munsey top-scored with an unbeaten 88 to kick-start the Outlaws’ campaign as they reeled off eight wins in a row, within which the left-hander hit four consecutive fifties.

He averaged 45.45 across the entire Blast season, hitting at a strike rate of 138.38, as his 67 boundaries proved vital in powering the Outlaws into a first knockout-stage appearance since 2023.

Rothesay County Championship Player of the Year

An outstanding season in red-ball cricket for Olly Stone saw him reach 50 wickets in a County Championship season for the first time in his career.

Stone’s total for the season included five separate five-wicket hauls, with his standout display coming at the Kia Oval, where he claimed 10 wickets to inspire a three-day victory over Surrey.

In claiming 34 scalps across the final six games of the summer, he ended the season as one of the country’s most in-form bowlers, averaging just 14.05 following the Championship’s return in August.

Nottinghamshire Overall Player of the Year

At the heart of Nottinghamshire’s Championship campaign was Joe Clarke, as the classy top-order batter established himself as the leading run-scorer in the competition.

He passed 1,000 runs in August, being the first man in the entire country to hit the milestone, and went on to end the season with 1,280, hitting four centuries and posting a best of 150.

Across the entire 2026 season, Vitality Blast captain Clarke amassed 2,009 runs, underlining a prolific campaign that saw him also lead the Outlaws into the last four of the shortest-format competition.