Hadspen's fast finish to the TCL Premier League season continued on Saturday night in the aftermath of its shock grand final win.
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Sri Lankan import Dilan Jayalath took out the Jason Savage Medal in the competition's first awards night counted in isolation from players in accordance with social distancing rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jayalath, who has also played 11 first-class matches back in his homeland, finished the Premier League count ahead on 16 votes.
The 23-year-old nudged out his Hadspen captain Liam Reynolds by two votes to take out the umpires' honour.
The pair were in a battle right up until the final-round match against Trevallyn that the Chieftains won effortlessly by eight wickets.
Jayalath polled the three votes following an unbeaten 81 off 68 balls and 3-24 while Reynolds had to settle for just the two after hitting 48 not out from 46 balls.
Yeshan Wickramarachchi, from Longford, and John Hayes, from Perth, tied for equal fourth on 13 votes in a tight count.
Jayalath also claimed both the Premier League batting average and aggregate awards after scoring 656 runs at 72.89.
Hadspen teammate Kyle Strochnetter, who only had transferred in the offseason from Trevallyn, took out both of the bowling awards after a masterful 27 wickets at 11.07.
Hadspen also had four players named in the Premier League team of the year while back-to-back grand final rivals Longford had three to demonstrate the dominance of the top two clubs over the course the summer.
TCL PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR
- Thanuka Dabare (Hadspen)
- John Hayes (Perth)
- Dilan Jayalath (Hadspen)
- Josh Adams (Longford)
- Jackson Blair (Longford, wk)
- Daniel Kirk (Trevallyn)
- Liam Reynolds (Hadspen, c)
- Dilan Sandagirigoda (Longford)
- Deepak Singh (ACL)
- Alex Jordan (Longford)
- Kyle Strochnetter (Hadspen)
- 12th man: Drew Clark (Beaconsfield)
Longford opener Stacey Norton-Smith comfortably captured the TCL Female T20 Boom best player award.
The Tigers captain scored 336 runs at a remarkable 112 to monster both the batting average and aggregate trophies.
Veterans Nicola Dusatouy, of Bracknell, and Mary Broadhurst, of Longford, tied in the bowling aggregate with 13 wickets, but Broadhurst won the average with 6.15.
Evandale allrounder Steve Buchanan was named the best player in A grade.
Both of the batting awards were handed out to Diggers' runscorer Adam Davey after amassing an impressive 546 runs at 60.67.
Bishopsbourne's Jonty Manktelow was just as outstanding with the ball following a polished 26 wickets at 11.69.
Whitemore's Darren LeFevre had been announced the A reserve player of the year after scoring 757 runs to also claim the aggregate trophy in a brilliant summer.
Perth's Mark Murfet averaged a high 90.75 to take the other reserve batting honour.
ELSEWHERE IN SPORT
Hadspen's Travis Crisp had picked up 30 wickets - the most in any grade of the season - to snare the aggregate award.
Longford's Patrick Sytsma was not to be outdone, averaging 12.38 per wicket for the other bowling award.
Ben Tasker, of Beauty Point, proved to be the best in B grade after piling on 541 runs.
But it was Stephen Hill, of Perth, that took out the batting average with 59.63.
A Perth pair shared the bowling honours after Blake Leonard took 27 wickets and Paul Fruin averaged just 7.67 a wicket.
Shaun Woods was named the best player in C grade that came on top of also capturing both of the batting awards.
The ACL skipper made 451 runs at 48.25.
Evandale's Anthony Adams was dominant in C grade also, but with the ball after taking 27 wickets at 8.33.
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