ICC Awards: Shaheen Afridi, Smriti Mandhana bag top honours
Shaheen Afridi was the beneficiary of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as he was named the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year for 2021 while Smriti Mandhana packed away the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Women's Cricketer of the Year.
Afridi turned into the main Pakistan cricketer to sack the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy since its beginning in 2004. He got 78 wickets in 36 games across every global configuration, with best figures of 6 for 51 which he took in the main innings of the second Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. He was additionally one of the significant supporters in Pakistan's most memorable triumph against India in the T20 World Cup, getting 3 for 31 remembering the wicket of Virat Kohli for the game in Dubai in October 2021.
"I attempted to deliver great exhibitions for Pakistan in 2021. Indeed, even our group played well and we won some great matches. I have consistently attempted to create great exhibitions for Pakistan and ideally I'll keep doing that," Afridi said in a video message posted by the ICC, and named his T20 World Cup exertion against India as his best. "I had numerous great exhibitions, incorporating five-fors in Tests. Be that as it may, the most paramount one for me would be the game we dominated against India. It was a verifiable game and a lot of individuals watch India matches. Performing against India was the feature of 2021 for me."
In the mean time, Mandhana turned out to be just the second cricketer after Ellyse Perry to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy two times. Mandhana, who recently stowed the honor in 2018, scored 855 runs in 22 worldwide appearances in 2021, which incorporated her lady Test century - 127 against Australia in India Women's most memorable pink-ball Test - aside from two T20I half-hundreds of years, one Test fifty and two fifties in ODIs.
"An acknowledgment of such elegant from the worldwide overseeing group of cricket in an outstanding and troublesome year will rouse me to keep on bettering my game and add to Team India's prosperity going ahead. I anticipate 2022 with an unmistakable spotlight on winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand as we keep on getting ready collectively and unit," Mandhana said.
Joe Root won the Test Cricketer of the Year grant without precedent for his profession while Babar Azam was named the Men's ODI Cricketer for 2021, with the Pakistan chief likewise winning the honor interestingly. South Africa's Lizelle Lee sacked the ODI Women's Cricketer of the Year grant.
Notwithstanding England's diminishing Test fortunes, Root had a fantastic year as he got done with 1708 runs in 15 matches at a normal of 61. He scored six hundreds - two of which were twofold tons and two scores during the 180s - alongside four fifties. Root was likewise the primary England player to sack the Test grant since Alastair Cook in 2011 while he fell just hardly shy of Mohammad Yousuf (1788) and Viv Richards (1710) who possess the best two situations for the most Test runs in a schedule year.
"It has been my best a year with the bat in the thing has been a difficult period for the England Test group. According to an individual perspective, I felt in great structure and loose at the wrinkle," said Root. "My expectation for 2022 is that I can expand on my singular exhibitions for what vows to be a critical year crusade for the England Men's Test group."
Babar was the primary Pakistan cricketer to win the ODI grant as he wrapped up with 405 runs in six matches, averaging 67.50, with two hundreds and a fifty. He even scored a vocation best 158 against England in Birmingham, in spite of the fact that his thump arrived in a terrible reason as the Ben Stokes-drove England group pursued down an objective of 332 for a 3-0 decisive victory.
Lee, who scored 632 runs at a normal of 90.28 with one hundred years and five fifties, turned into the principal South African to win the Women's ODI grant. She additionally enlisted her most elevated score in ODIs when she struck an unbeaten 132 against India in Lucknow.
Mohammad Rizwan was the champ of the recently comprised Male T20I Cricketer of the Year as the ICC got rid of the best T20I Performance of the Year grant. The Pakistan wicketkeeper-hitter had a brilliant year as he scored 1326 runs in 26 innings at a normal of 73.66 and a strike pace of 134.89, with hundred and 12 fifties. He turned into the first to score in excess of 1000 T20I runs in a schedule year.
Tammy Beaumont was named the Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year. She bacame the main player from the England Women's group to win the honor since Sarah Taylor secured the honor in both 2012 and 2013. Beaumont scored 303 runs in nine innings, averaging 33.66, with three fifties. She was England's most elevated run-getter in Women's T20Is in the year while she was the third best on the planet for 2021.
South Africa's Janneman Malan and Pakistan's Fatima Sana were named the Emerging Cricketers of 2021. Malan scored 715 runs in 17 internationals at a normal of 47.66, with two hundreds and three fifties. Sana, the 20-year-old speed bowling allrounder, got 24 wickets at a normal of 23.95 while she scored 165 runs at 16.50 in 16 global matches.
2021 ICC Awards
Award Winner
Men's Cricketer of The Year Shaheen Afridi
Ladies' Cricketer of The Year Smriti Mandhana
Men's Test Cricketer of The Year Joe Root
Men's ODI Cricketer of The Year Babar Azam
Ladies' ODI Cricketer of The Year Lizelle Lee
Men's T20I Cricketer of The Year Mohammad Rizwan
Ladies' T20I Cricketer of The Year Tammy Beaumont
Arising Men's Cricketer of The Year Janneman Malan
Arising Women's Cricketer of The Year Fatima Sana
Men's Associate Cricketer of The Year Zeeshan Maqsood
Ladies' Associate Cricketer of The Year Andrea-Mae Zepeda
Umpire of The Year Marais Erasmus
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Afridi turned into the main Pakistan cricketer to sack the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy since its beginning in 2004. He got 78 wickets in 36 games across every global configuration, with best figures of 6 for 51 which he took in the main innings of the second Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. He was additionally one of the significant supporters in Pakistan's most memorable triumph against India in the T20 World Cup, getting 3 for 31 remembering the wicket of Virat Kohli for the game in Dubai in October 2021.
"I attempted to deliver great exhibitions for Pakistan in 2021. Indeed, even our group played well and we won some great matches. I have consistently attempted to create great exhibitions for Pakistan and ideally I'll keep doing that," Afridi said in a video message posted by the ICC, and named his T20 World Cup exertion against India as his best. "I had numerous great exhibitions, incorporating five-fors in Tests. Be that as it may, the most paramount one for me would be the game we dominated against India. It was a verifiable game and a lot of individuals watch India matches. Performing against India was the feature of 2021 for me."
In the mean time, Mandhana turned out to be just the second cricketer after Ellyse Perry to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy two times. Mandhana, who recently stowed the honor in 2018, scored 855 runs in 22 worldwide appearances in 2021, which incorporated her lady Test century - 127 against Australia in India Women's most memorable pink-ball Test - aside from two T20I half-hundreds of years, one Test fifty and two fifties in ODIs.
"An acknowledgment of such elegant from the worldwide overseeing group of cricket in an outstanding and troublesome year will rouse me to keep on bettering my game and add to Team India's prosperity going ahead. I anticipate 2022 with an unmistakable spotlight on winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand as we keep on getting ready collectively and unit," Mandhana said.
Joe Root won the Test Cricketer of the Year grant without precedent for his profession while Babar Azam was named the Men's ODI Cricketer for 2021, with the Pakistan chief likewise winning the honor interestingly. South Africa's Lizelle Lee sacked the ODI Women's Cricketer of the Year grant.
Notwithstanding England's diminishing Test fortunes, Root had a fantastic year as he got done with 1708 runs in 15 matches at a normal of 61. He scored six hundreds - two of which were twofold tons and two scores during the 180s - alongside four fifties. Root was likewise the primary England player to sack the Test grant since Alastair Cook in 2011 while he fell just hardly shy of Mohammad Yousuf (1788) and Viv Richards (1710) who possess the best two situations for the most Test runs in a schedule year.
"It has been my best a year with the bat in the thing has been a difficult period for the England Test group. According to an individual perspective, I felt in great structure and loose at the wrinkle," said Root. "My expectation for 2022 is that I can expand on my singular exhibitions for what vows to be a critical year crusade for the England Men's Test group."
Babar was the primary Pakistan cricketer to win the ODI grant as he wrapped up with 405 runs in six matches, averaging 67.50, with two hundreds and a fifty. He even scored a vocation best 158 against England in Birmingham, in spite of the fact that his thump arrived in a terrible reason as the Ben Stokes-drove England group pursued down an objective of 332 for a 3-0 decisive victory.
Lee, who scored 632 runs at a normal of 90.28 with one hundred years and five fifties, turned into the principal South African to win the Women's ODI grant. She additionally enlisted her most elevated score in ODIs when she struck an unbeaten 132 against India in Lucknow.
Mohammad Rizwan was the champ of the recently comprised Male T20I Cricketer of the Year as the ICC got rid of the best T20I Performance of the Year grant. The Pakistan wicketkeeper-hitter had a brilliant year as he scored 1326 runs in 26 innings at a normal of 73.66 and a strike pace of 134.89, with hundred and 12 fifties. He turned into the first to score in excess of 1000 T20I runs in a schedule year.
Tammy Beaumont was named the Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year. She bacame the main player from the England Women's group to win the honor since Sarah Taylor secured the honor in both 2012 and 2013. Beaumont scored 303 runs in nine innings, averaging 33.66, with three fifties. She was England's most elevated run-getter in Women's T20Is in the year while she was the third best on the planet for 2021.
South Africa's Janneman Malan and Pakistan's Fatima Sana were named the Emerging Cricketers of 2021. Malan scored 715 runs in 17 internationals at a normal of 47.66, with two hundreds and three fifties. Sana, the 20-year-old speed bowling allrounder, got 24 wickets at a normal of 23.95 while she scored 165 runs at 16.50 in 16 global matches.
2021 ICC Awards
Award Winner
Men's Cricketer of The Year Shaheen Afridi
Ladies' Cricketer of The Year Smriti Mandhana
Men's Test Cricketer of The Year Joe Root
Men's ODI Cricketer of The Year Babar Azam
Ladies' ODI Cricketer of The Year Lizelle Lee
Men's T20I Cricketer of The Year Mohammad Rizwan
Ladies' T20I Cricketer of The Year Tammy Beaumont
Arising Men's Cricketer of The Year Janneman Malan
Arising Women's Cricketer of The Year Fatima Sana
Men's Associate Cricketer of The Year Zeeshan Maqsood
Ladies' Associate Cricketer of The Year Andrea-Mae Zepeda
Umpire of The Year Marais Erasmus
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