Bowral's Hayden Kerr recognised for stellar season with NSW Blues and Sydney Sixers

His star performances in the domestic scene has earned him two awards at the annual Cricket NSW awards at The Star on Thursday, April 7.

One was a medal to recognise the all-rounder's stellar season with the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League (BBL).

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The other was the inaugural recipient of the Michael Bevan One Day Player of the Tournament medal where he was player voted by his peers as the best performed member of the NSW Blues one-day team.

In the BBL, the 25-year-old scored 152 runs with a high score of 98 which came in the Challenger against the Adelaide Strikers.

His bowling was also impressive, picking up 25 wickets, the second most in the competition tied with Andrew Tye of the Perth Scorchers.

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As a result, he was also named in the BBL team of the tournament earlier in the year and told Sydney Sixers media he didn't expect it.

"It came as a bit of a surprise to be honest, but like I've said in the past, it's a product of me trying to contribute to team success throughout the year," Kerr said.

"I did a lot of work in the off season to get to this point.

"I went to Darwin to play cricket and then to the Gold Coast, Adelaide and back to Sydney."

In the one-day scene, he averaged 30 with the bat for the Blues and took five wickets in his three matches.

Kerr wasn't the only winner on the night though.

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Two proud country cricket products, Blues fast bowler Chris Tremain and Breakers all-rounder Maitlan Brown, received the major prizes.

In the women's side of things, Nicole Bolton took home an award to recognise her performances in the Women's BBL (WBBL).

International players for NSW teams were also rewarded.

India's superstar batter Smriti Mandhana took out the Alex Blackwell Medal for being the Sydney Thunder's WBBL player of the tournament.

In the mens', English wicketkeeper batsman Sam Billings received the Mike Hussey Medal for being the Thunder's BBL player of the tournament.

The night also saw dynamic all-rounder who shone as a member of Don Bradman's legendary 1948 Invincibles and destructive batter in the '80s and early '90s Sally Griffiths inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame.

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