MARLON Samuels was named the ODI Player-of-the-Year and Cricketer-of-the-Year in WICB/WIPA annual awards function in Antigua on Tuesday night.Samuels has scored 859 runs in 22 ODIs since 2015, including three centuries. With 258 runs at an average of 36.85, he finished as the second-highest run-getter behind Australia captain Steven Smith in the tri-series in West Indies last month.
Prior to that, Samuels had played a starring role in West Indies’ World T20 title win in India. He smashed an unbeaten 85 off 66 balls in West Indies’ chase of 156, which fetched him his second Man-of-the-Match award in a World T20 final.
Stafanie Taylor scooped the Women’s T20 Player-of-the-Year and ODI Player-of-the-Year awards. Taylor, who was appointed captain in September 2015, led West Indies Women to their first World T20 title in April. She was the leading run-getter in the tournament, with 246 runs in six matches, including 59 in the final against Australia Women. Her ODI form since the start of 2015 has also been excellent: 491 runs in 10 matches at 70.14.
Darren Bravo was named the Test Player-of-the-Year while Dwayne Bravo took the Caribbean T20 Player-of-the-Year award. Chris Gayle, meanwhile, bagged the T20 Player-of-the-Year award.
Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican, who collected six wickets on Test debut against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in October 2015, was named Emerging Player-of-the-Year.
Shimron Hetmyer, who led West Indies to Under-19 glory in Bangladesh earlier this year, won the Under-19 Player-of-the-Year award. He made 158 runs in six matches in the tournament at an average of 26.33.

AWARD WINNERS
Under-19: Team-of-the-Year – Guyana
Under-19: Player-of-the-Year – Shimron Hetmyer
First-class Team-of-the-Year – Guyana
PCL 50-over Player-of-the-Year – Jason Mohammed
PCL Four-day Player-of-the-Year – Veerasammy Permaul
Caribbean T20 Player-of-the-Year – Dwayne Bravo
ODI Player-of-the-Year – Marlon Samuels
Women’s ODI Player-of-the-Year – Stafanie Taylor
Test Player-of-the-Year – Darren Bravo
T20 Player-of-the-Year – Chris Gayle
Women’s T20 Player-of-the-Year – Stafanie Taylor
Emerging Player-of-the-Year – Jomel Warrican
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: Clarvis Joseph
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Ralston Otto
Women’s Player-of-the-Year – Stafanie Taylor
Cricketer-of-the-Year – Marlon Samuels