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Narine follows West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo as a recipient of the Emerging Player award © Associated Press
West Indies' offspinner Sunil Narine has been named the Emerging Player of the Year for 2012 at the ICC Awards ceremony in Colombo. He saw off competition from New Zealand's Doug Bracewell, Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal and Australia's James Pattinson to take the award.
Blessed with biting turn, a difficult knuckle-ball and a natural knack for guile, Narine, 24, has quickly become one of the world's most promising talents. In the assessment period (August 4, 2011, to August 6, 2012), Narine carved up New Zealand in two home Tests, taking 12 wickets at 25.66. In Twenty20s he took 7 wickets in five games at 18.28. His hit his best form came in the 50-overs format though, where he took 28 wickets in 15 games at 18.82.
Narine follows West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo as a recipient of the Emerging Player award, and that reflects the strong junior set-up in the Caribbean, he said: "We've a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us. I think this has been the best 12 months for me and I just keep adapting the best as possible.
"I need to digest this and [take things] one step at a time and enjoy every minute that I play. This award means a lot for me and it's an encouragement to keep going and continue to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me."