Pakistan’s All-Format captain Babar Azam was named Men’s Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council on Thursday.
Babar and England’s Natsyber were named his 2022 One-Day International of the Year, while England Test captain Ben Stokes was named his top cricketer in the Men’s Test.
Babar led Pakistan to the finals of his two Twenty20 tournaments (World Cup and Asian Cup) last year, where he scored nearly 2,600 international runs and averaged 54 in all formats.
Other highlights included the second Test draw against Australia in Karachi, with his highest Test score of 196. He won the ODI Men’s Award for the second year in a row since Virat Kohli in 2017-18. This was done as he led Pakistan to victories in all three of his ODI series, with him scoring 50 or more goals in eight of the nine matches.
In a statement to the ICC, Babar said, “The most satisfying and successful aspect for me was playing and performing in front of my home fans against touring teams from Australia, England and New Zealand.” Reaching the finals of two major tournaments in Australia has also been one of the highlights for me and my team and I hope we can do better this year.”
Stokes, with his fearlessness, has led the revolution in England in his arena to test. England won 9 of 10 Tests after he won just 1 in 17 Tests before. New Zealand and Pakistan were whitewashed. “We played incredible cricket with series wins against New Zealand, South Africa, key performances against India and a historic win in Pakistan,” Stokes said. Told.
“We enjoy cricket and we love to have fun where we play. The way we approach Test his cricket excites the fans and makes everyone want to stay behind no matter what the result for England. It is to make it a spectacle that can be enjoyed without taking it.
Sciver became the first British woman to win an ODI since Sarah Taylor in 2014.