USK Cricket Club’s annual dinner and presentation at the rugby club celebrated another great season for them and their teams.

The 1sts finished fifth in South Wales Premier One, reached the final of the Welsh Cup and won the Gwent and regional Macey Shield T20 competitions.

Their 2nds finished second and gained promotion to South East Wales 2, while the 3rds finished ninth in SEW 9.

Usk’s Midweek team also finished first in the league phase and reached the final of the Newport Big Smash Cricket League, with their women’s team gaining promotion to South East Wales Softball One.

The season’s award winners were:

1st XI Batter of the Year – Tamoor Zafar;

1sts Bowler of the Year – Ollie Rayner;

1sts Player’s Player – Harawal Wassam;

2nd XI Batter of the Year – Sidharth Ramesh;

2nds Bowler of the Year – Jamie Jones;

2nds Player’s Player – Sidharth Ramesh;

3rd XI Batter of the Year – Arvind Aswani;

3rds Bowler of the Year – Ross Price;

3rds Player’s Player - Ceri Wynne;

Midweek XI Batter of the Year – Hugo Caldicott;

Midweek Bowler of the Year – Ryan Hancock;

Midweek Player’s Player - Matt Williams;

Women’s XI Batter of the Year – Hannah Thomson;

Women’s Bowler of the Year – Marlene Sargent;

Women’s Player’s Player - Sally Clewer;

Women’s Most Improved Player – Jen Howells;

Young Player of the Year – Ollie Hall;

Club Team of the Year – Women’s XI.

Meanwhile, 1st XI Player’s Player of the Year Harawal Wassam is already in Australia to play club cricket in Ballarat, having scored 1,107 runs and taken 30 wickets this year.

The all-rounder is also a member of the Cardiff University Centre of Cricketing Excellence squad – one of only five such centres in the UK, delivered through a unique partnership between Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff University, the University of South Wales (USW) and Glamorgan CCC – where he scored 164 not out against Glamorgan 2nds.