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Central Stags white-ball captain Tom Bruce was on Friday named Central Stags player of the year for the first time, while Central Hinds twenty20 captain Jess ...

CD’s contracted White Ferns: Rosemary Mair (Hawke’s Bay), Hannah Rowe (Manawatū). Hawke’s Bay umpire Glen Walklin was again named CD umpire of the year and, in a season where CD won both the national under-19 titles, Manawatū pair Curtis Heaphy (CD under-19 men’s captain) and Ashtuti Kumar (CD under-19 women) won the premier CD age-group trophies for individual performance. Watkin was named both the Central Hinds player of the year and the one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield player of the year, after another strong season with the bat and ball. The 31-year-old Bruce was also named the Stags’ Plunket Shield player of the year for first-class cricket, and, in a category voted for by the players, the men’s players’ player of the year. * Central Stags white-ball captain Tom Bruce was on Friday named Central Stags player of the year for the first time, while Central Hinds twenty20 captain Jess Watkin was named Central Hinds player of the year for the third time in six seasons.