Australian paceman Mitchell Starc has narrowly missed out on being named Cricket NSW player of the year despite sitting out most of the summer, pipped by batsman Nic Maddinson.
Maddinson took out the Steve Waugh Medal at a gala ceremony at the Hilton Sydney on Friday night, beating Starc home by half a point.
Starc's only appearances for the Blues over the summer came in their successful one-day cup campaign and one Sheffield Shield game but he still did enough to push the consistent Maddinson all the way.
The 26-year-old left-armer predictably took home the one-day player of the year award after dominating the tournament with 26 wickets in six games.
He also picked up points for his lone Shield appearance, in which he collected eight wickets against South Australia, but it wasn't enough to overhaul Maddinson.
Maddinson, who scored 488 runs at 30.50 in the 2015-16 Sheffield Shield and 380 runs at 63.33 including two centuries in the one-day cup, was rewarded for his consistency.
However, he was narrowly upstaged by Trent Copeland for the NSW Shield player of the year award by just half a point.
Australian captain Steve Smith finished third in the Steve Waugh Medal count with 23 points, three behind Maddinson.
All-rounder Ellyse Perry was the clear winner of the Belinda Clark Medal for women's player of the year.
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja and recently retired Shane Watson shared the award as the Sydney Thunder's best player of the Big Bash League, while Englishman Michael Lumb was the Sydney Sixers' best.
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