YORK'S Jonny Bairstow made it three awards in four days by taking the Members' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year honours at Yorkshire's end-of-season gala dinner in Leeds.

The England wicketkeeper-batsman, not present at Elland Road due to international commitments, added to the Cricket Writers' Club County Championship award he won on Monday.

Bairstow, 26, was honoured by 700 guests – including Sir Michael Parkinson – while batsman Jack Leaning was handed the Young Player of the Year award to make it a York double.

Bairstow enjoyed a stunning season for the champions, with the bat in particular. He topped the country's Championship averages with 1,108 runs in only 15 innings, averaging 92.33.

The right-hander's five centuries included a career-best 219 not out against Durham at Emirates Durham in June, with him earning a Test recall for the second half of the Ashes the following month.

Bairstow said: "It is very special to receive these awards. The way we have backed up from last year's success has been incredible.

"To be recognised as the stand-out player by the Yorkshire members is a great honour. Whether we win, lose or draw and in all weathers, the support from the members is unstinting.

"To be voted the Players' Player of the Year by my team-mates means a lot. The team spirit amongst the squad is incredible and we have all played our part in bringing success to the club.

"To gain the respect from your peers is one of the ultimate compliments and I'm sure, as a unit, we can continue to reap the accomplishments over the next few years."

Leaning scored three Championship hundreds in 922 runs from 15 matches and the 21-year-old's omission from the England Performance Programme winter touring party, announced recently, was a surprise.

Alex Lees won the Fielder of the Year award, while 17-year-old left-arm spinner James Logan was named the Academy's Player of the Year and all-rounder Matthew Waite took the Second XI Performance award.

Waite, 19, made two T20 Blast appearances and played one 50-over first-team game this summer.

There were also special presentations made to Ryan Sidebottom for reaching 700 first-class career wickets and to operations director David Ryder for 40 years of service.

Bairstow flew out to Dubai on Wednesday ahead of England's three-Test match series against Pakistan, starting on October 13.

He played in the last three Tests of the summer against Australia, scoring 74 in the win at Trent Bridge in early August, after making significant improvements to his game last winter, both technically and mentally.

"He's just standing a little bit taller in his stance," explained Yorkshire director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon earlier this summer.

"And he's kept an eye on that back foot, making sure that it doesn't move to the leg-side, which closes his body off and then he has to play around his front pad and across the line a bit.

"But the majority of it has been a change in his mindset. I've always felt with Jonny that him controlling his emotions is key.

"When he's in control of his emotions, he's an outstanding player – he plays the ball late and doesn't try to hit it too hard.

"The problems start, for me, when he gets angry with himself. But he has managed that. He is more relaxed."