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Tim Southee, Tom Latham bag first-class honours in New Zealand Cricket annual awards

Tim Southee and Tom Latham bagged first-class honours while Devon Conway and Katie Gurrey were recognised for their domestic performances in the New Zealand Cricket annual awards.

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Tim Southee and Tom Latham bagged first-class honours while Devon Conway and Katie Gurrey were recognised for their domestic performances in the New Zealand Cricket annual awards.

Southee bagged the Winsor Cup after claiming 41 wickets at 22.31 overs with eight of his nine matches being Tests where he claimed 40 scalps.

As for Latham, he scored 875 runs which included centuries against Sri Lanka and England. It also includes the 224 for Canterbury against Wellington in the Plunket Shield.

"It's a great honour," Southee said during the awards which are being presented virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

"When you see the great players who have won the award in the past it's pretty humbling to see my name on it."

"The Test win in Colombo was really special as we were able to bounce back from a defeat in Galle in challenging conditions. The way we played our Test cricket at home this summer was especially pleasing. To beat England first up was a great effort and then to perform so well against a very good Indian side was immensely satisfying."

In the domestic circuit, Conway made it a back-to-back player of the year titles following a prolific season for Wellington.

He became the first player to top the run-scoring across all three formats: Plunket Shield 701 runs at 87.72, Ford Trophy 553 runs at 55.30, T20 Super Smash 543 runs at 67.87.

"It was a brilliant season for the Firebirds," he said. "We've got a great culture in the team and to claim two of the three trophies was a huge effort; especially winning the Plunket Shield after something like 16 years which was really special.

"I didn't ever expect to win this award two years in a row so it's certainly something I'll cherish and it's a pretty awesome feeling to be honest. I've got to say thank-you to the team management, support staff and my team-mates - I couldn't have achieved these awards without their help so I'm really grateful to them."

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