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England all-rounders Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow have been named in Wisdens Five Cricketers of the Year. Stokes and Bairstow are joined on the list by Brendon McCullum, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, who has been named Leading Cricketer in the World.The award, which dates back to 1889, uses excellence during the previous English summer as a major criteria, with no player chosen more than once. Stokes was brilliant with the bat throughout the summer and tour of South Africa While Stokes suffered heartbreak at the recent World Twenty20, the all-rounder put in a series of match-changing performances last year, hitting 92 from 94 balls in the first innings against New Zealand at Lords before an 85-ball century on the final day helped secure a 124-run win. Wisden named his diving slip catch on the first morning at Nottingham to remove Australias Adam Voges as the individual moment of the summer, while editor Lawrence Booth called his 258 from 198 balls against South Africa in Cape Town as the longest act of wanton violence by an England batsman in any format.Bairstow was a key figure in Yorkshires County Championship triumph, hitting five centuries while amassing 1,108 runs at an average of 92. Jonny Bairstow hit 150 not out against South Africa at Cape Town On the international stage, his unbeaten 83 from 60 balls in the deciding one-day international against New Zealand saw England to victory before his 74 in a steadying partnership of 173 with Joe Root all-but confirmed the Ashes win. He also hit 150 not out in the drawn Test with South Africa at Cape Town.Im absolutely delighted. Its obviously a great honour to receive the award. A lot of hard works gone in over the last few years, Bairstow told Sky Sports News HQ.You look at the list and the heritage of the award, people who have won it in the past and you sometimes have to pinch yourself that youre on that list. Brendon McCullum leaves a Test field for the final time New Zealand captain McCullum - as he was then - signed off his international career with a 54-ball century, the fastest in Test history, against Australia in February this year, while Steve Smith was a shining light in Australias Ashes defeat - hitting a double-century at Lords and 143 at The Oval in the tourists two wins. Smith finished as the leading run-scorer on either side, with 508.Williamsons brilliant year ended as it began, with a century at home against Sri Lanka and he confirmed his status as one of the games leading players by scoring 2,692 runs in the calendar year - the third highest annual total of all time. Kane Williamson hit the third most runs in a calendar year in 2015 Booth said: The choice of Williamson in an era of highly gifted young batsmen reflects the measured brilliance he brings to every format of the game. Brendon McCullum reckons he is going to be one of the best batsmen the game has ever seen, and its hard to disagree.Fellow Kiwi Suzie Bates was named the Leading Woman Cricketer in the World having consolidating her status as one of the power hitters of the womens game. Suzie Bates has been named Leading Woman Cricketer of the Year She scored 258 during the 5th one-day whitewash of Sri Lanka, having smashed her sixth one-day century in the victory over England in February. Booth added: It needed something special to deny both Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry this award, and Batess all-round performances were precisely that. 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Under Armour Schuhe Schweiz Store . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. LOS ANGELES -- UCLA sustained several blows in the first half against Cal State Northridge, then delivered a knockout punch in the second half.Thats the way UCLA coach Steve Alford saw it as a poor first half, muddied by turnovers and missed shots, had the Bruins trailing at halftime. The No. 16 Bruins scored 62 second-half points and struck first, early and often as they dominated Cal State Northridge 102-87 on Sunday night.Freshman Lonzo Ball made a 3-pointer and went coast-to-coast with a one-handed dunk to start a span of seven consecutive points by UCLA. The Bruins took a 47-42 lead.How he started the second (half), he was a heavyweight fighter ready to knock you out, Alford said. How we started the first half, we wanted to rope-a-dope. We dont have anybody in our locker room thats Muhammad Ali. They dont understand the rope-a-dope. Theyre too young. We wanted to come out throwing punches first and early and I didnt think we did that. Its not necessarily their fault. Its a learning process.Isaac Hamilton had 22 points, and Bryce Alford 20.The Bruins had 20 turnovers, which was troubling, but used an improved second-half shot selection and made 58.8 percent of their shots compared to just 39.4 percent in the first half.They came in with a chip on their shoulders, Hamilton said. Being ranked, a lot of teams will do that and play hard. What we have to do, and Coach says, first five minutes, you have to throw the first punch and continue from there and let the momentum swing our way.UCLA (2-0) had 11 turnovers in first half, shot 39.4 percent from the field and trailed 42-40.Kendall Smith scored 21 points for the Matadors (1-1). Aaron Parks and Tavrion Dawson each added 18 points.I told the guys, if you believe in yourself and we can play this hard every night and push the ball with this type of energy, were going to win a lot of basketball games, Cal State Northridge coach Reggie Theus said. The hard thing about nonconference games, and we have a really tough nonconference schedule, is that you can play well and still lose. This game was probably won in a matter of 5-8 minutes where it got out of hand for us.Cal State Northridge has beaten UCLA just one time in the 10-game series history, but in the games first 20 minutes it appeared the Mattadors could do it again.dddddddddddd The Matadors beat the Bruins 78-74 in Pauley Pavilion on Nov. 22, 2000, almost 16 years ago. CSUN would go on to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history that season.BIG PICTURECal State Northridge: This is just what Theus -- the former NBA player and coach -- wanted in terms of a test by scheduling difficult preseason road games. Playing difficult opponents should serve the Matadors well in terms of confidence and better prepare them to try to contend for a Big West Conference title.UCLA: The Bruins took a step backward in struggling against the Matadors for 20 minutes. Their undisciplined play resulted in turnovers and those mistakes must be cleaned up before the Pac-12 schedule starts. The Bruins executed much better offensively in the second half and made the right adjustments.SUCCESSFUL TRANSFERCSUN Guard Kendall Smith, a transfer from UNLV, played well against the Bruins and had 12 of his 21 points in the second half. Smith, who is in his second season with CSUN but first full season, had several fastbreak, uncontested dunks, including two in the first half that propelled CS Northridge to the halftime lead.QUOTABLEThats the mindset weve got to have. I dont know if ... any of our other guys had that mindset to start the game. Thats kind of the mindset you learn. Youre not going to go from one game to the next and score 119 points again and win by close to 40. It doesnt work that way. These are all learning things. Well get it. -- Alford on how the Bruins went from a 39-point win in their first game to trailing at halftime in their second.POLL IMPLICATIONSUCLA didnt do itself any favors by trailing at halftime against Cal State Northridge, but the Bruins pulled away in the second half and shouldnt lose any ground with a 15-point victory.UP NEXTCal State Northridge continues its tough preseason schedule with a second consecutive road game at a Pac-12 school on Tuesday night at Stanford.UCLA has several days off before hosting San Diego on Thursday, the third of four consecutive home games in a friendly stretch at Pauley Pavilion to start the season. ' ' '