Trescothick was the leading first-class run scorer in county cricket

Marcus Trescothick has been named as the Professional Cricketers' Association's Player of the Year.

The opener, who scored 2,934 runs in all competitions, helped Somerset to third in the County Championship and success in the Twenty20 Cup.

The 33-year-old, who quit Test cricket in 2008, is in India with his county for the Twenty20 Champions League.

Leicestershire batsman James Taylor was voted Young Player of the Year after scoring 1,177 runs in 16 matches.

The 19-year-old held off stuff competition from 2007 winner Adil Rashid and England Ashes-winning fast bowler Stuart Broad.

Taylor's progress was one of the few positives to come out of Leicestershire's season having finished bottom of the second division.

Trescothick and England captain Andrew Strauss, who collected the Special Merit Award, were named in the PCA Team of the Year alongside England stars Broad, Graham Onions and Jonathan Trott.

2009 PCA Awards:

Player of the Year: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)

Young Player of the Year: James Taylor (Leicestershire)

ECB Special Award: Michael Vaughan

Special Merit Award: Andrew Strauss

Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough

Sixes League: Dwayne Smith

Impossible is Nothing Award: Graham Stevenson

Team of the Year 2009: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset), Andrew Strauss (captain - Middlesex & England), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire & England), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Ian Blackwell (Durham), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), James Foster (wicketkeeper - Essex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire & England), James Tredwell (Kent), Graham Onions (Durham & England), Steve Kirby (Gloucestershire).

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