ICC announces winners of the ‘Players of the Month Awards’ for August 2022

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), on Monday, introduced the winners of the ‘Gamers of the Month Awards’ for August 2022. These awards acknowledge greatest performances from each female and male cricketers throughout all types of worldwide cricket.

Earlier this month, ICC had shared the listing of nominees with England’s Check skipper Ben Stokes, Zimbabwe’s batting sensation Sikandar Raza and New Zealand’s star spinner Mitchell Santner within the male class.

Equally, within the feminine group, the nominees had been Australia’s opening batter Beth Mooney, her teammate Tahila McGrath, and India’s middle-order specialist Jemimah Rodrigues.

Amongst males, Raza has received the celebrated award and created historical past as he turned the primary Zimbabwe participant to win such an award.

The 36-year-old veteran batter smashed three ODI centuries in the course of the month to mark his large kind. He scored two consecutive tons towards Bangladesh and one towards India.

“I’m extremely humbled and honoured to have received the participant of the month award from the ICC – extra humbling that I’m the primary Zimbabwean to ever win such an award,” stated Raza, as quoted by ICC.

“I wish to thank all people who has been within the changeroom with me over the previous three to 4 months – that goes out to the technical workers and to the gamers. With out you guys, this may not have been doable. Lastly, I wish to take this chance to thank all of the followers in Zimbabwe and abroad for all of your prayers, for all of your needs…they had been nicely acquired and I’m perpetually grateful,” he added.

With regards to Girls’s cricket, the Participant of the Month award was bagged by Aussie all-rounder McGrath for her unbelievable kind in the course of the current Commonwealth Video games, the place Australia received the Gold Medal.

McGrath completed the 20-over international event because the joint second-highest wicket-taker with eight scalps to her identify. She additionally performed some helpful knocks with the bat, together with an unbeaten 78 from simply 51 deliveries towards Pakistan.

“I’m honoured to have been named the ICC Girls’s Participant of the Month for August, given there are such a lot of nice gamers who’re on the high of their sport in the meanwhile,” stated McGrath..

“I’m loving being again within the Australian crew and being a part of some actually particular moments, together with making historical past as the primary ladies’s crew to win a Commonwealth Video games gold medal,” she added.