101 Sports: Ian Bell & Charlotte Edwards at last win England Cricketer of the Year

Batsman Ian Bell has been named England Cricketer of the Year for 2013-14.

A Young player of  32-year-old, who has played 98 Tests and 146 one-day internationals, scored three centuries and two fifties in England's 2013 3-0 home Ashes win.

"It's a true honour to get this," said Bell, who made his Test debut in 2004. "Some enormous players have won it."

England captain Charlotte Edwards, who led her team in back-to-back Ashes series wins against Australia, won the England Women's Cricketer award.

“Since 2009 my cricket has got better and better”

Ian Bell

Will Rhodes, who led England Under-19s to third place at the Under-19 World Cup and also made his Yorkshire first-team debut last summer, won the England Development Programme award.

Stephen George, a wicketkeeper-batsman from Paignton in Devon, was named Disability Cricketer of the Year for his part in the England Deaf Squad's 6-0 series whitewash of South Africa.

"It has taken a while for me but since 2009 my cricket has got better and better," said Warwickshire right-hander Bell. "I was probably guilty of getting good runs at an easy time, but over the last five years I have started to get runs when it really mattered for the team."

Having beaten Australia at home, England were then resoundingly beaten 5-0 when the teams met again down under and Bell, who made two fifties in that series at an average of 26, admitted the schedule was punishing.

"Ten Ashes Test matches on the bounce is the hardest period of cricket I've ever played," he said. "Test cricket is hard enough but I think Ashes cricket is that next level up, the intensity, everything on and off the field is that much more than a normal Test match.

"No environment is going to be good when you're losing. You try and do what you do best, whether that's take wickets or score runs, you don't quite know what goes on behind closed doors in meetings.

"Having been involved in county cricket over the last two months I think it's as tough as I can remember. So, even how bad the winter was there is a great opportunity to take this forward and as a senior player it's an exciting opportunity."