GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):

West Indies vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan was Thursday named Guyana's senior Cricketer-of-the-Year by the Guyana Cricket Board.

The award for the 26-year-old comes after his outstanding form in the second phase of the 2005-06 Carib Beer regional first-class competition, and his sound captaincy in the inaugural Stanford Twenty20 regional competition.

Sarwan, back home after being forced out of the current Pakistan tour through injury, scored centuries against Trinidad and Tobago and the Windward Islands in the Carib Beer tournament earlier this year, finishing with 350 runs to top the aggregates for Guyana.

All-rounder Esuan Crandon was named Guyana's Most Improved Player for his performances in the Stanford Twenty20 and the Carib Beer Series. He captured a seven-wicket haul against Trinidad and Tobago including that of Brian Lara's during the four-day first-class competition and also played his role with the bat in leading Guyana to the Twenty20 final.

West Indies Under-19 left-hander Gajanand Singh, the leading run scorer with 417 runs in the 2006 TCL regional Under-19 competition, was named the GCB's Young Player-of-the-Year.