Alex Lees wins 2014 LV= Breakthrough Player Award

Yorkshire batsman Alex Lees has pipped Kent's Adam Riley to the LV= County Championship Breakthrough Player Award.

An expert panel including ECB performance director David Parsons, former England skipper Mike Gatting and PCA Chairman Mark Wallace chose a five-man shortlist including Lees, Riley, Somerset's Lewis Gregory, Jason Roy and Zafar Ansari of Surrey.

Voted for the fans, Lees receives the LV= County Championship Breakthrough Player Award trophy, and has nominated Bradshaw Cricket Club and Illingworth Cricket Club to receive a donation of £500 each from the sponsors of four-day county cricket.

The 21-year-old said: “I'm really honoured to be chosen by the public as this year's Breakthrough Player. I've been pleased with how I've performed this season and am so happy to have been a part of a County Championship winning team.

“Hopefully I can follow in Joe Root's footsteps to use this award as a springboard to push into international cricket in the future.”