India’s star batsman Smriti Mandhana was on Friday nominated for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award for her excellent performances throughout codecs.
Mandhana was additionally nominated for the Women’s T20 Player of the Year on Thursday.
Mandhana was chosen for the highest prize together with England’s Tammy Beaumont, South Africa’s Lizelle Lee and Ireland’s Gabby Lewis. The award is given to the very best performer in ladies’s worldwide cricket (Test, ODI and T20I) throughout 2021. The winner can be introduced on January 23.
The 25-year-old right-handed opener scored 855 runs in 22 worldwide matches in the course of the yr at a median of 38.86 with one century and 5 half-centuries.
In the limited-overs collection in opposition to South Africa, the place India gained simply two of the eight matches at dwelling, Mandhana performed a significant position in each victories. He scored an unbeaten 80 as India chased down 158 within the second ODI to assist them degree the collection and scored an unbeaten 48 within the closing T20I win.
Mandhana performed an excellent innings of 78 runs within the first innings of the one-off Test in opposition to England which resulted in a draw.
He performed an important innings of 49 runs in India’s solely win within the ODI collection. His 15-ball 29 and half-centuries within the T20I collection went in useless, nevertheless, India misplaced each the matches and went on to lose the collection 1-2.
Mandhana was in good condition within the collection in opposition to Australia, beginning with the ODI collection the place she scored 86 runs within the second ODI.
He scored a scintillating century within the first Test of his profession and was awarded the Player of the Match. He scored his second T20I half-century of the yr within the closing match, although India misplaced and went on to lose the collection 2–0.
He made India’s first pink ball Test much more memorable by hitting his maiden century (127) within the longest format of the sport. The match resulted in a draw and Mandhana was declared the participant of the match.
With 872 runs in 21 worldwide matches at a median of 48.44 with one century and eight half-centuries, England’s Beaumont completed as the best run-scorer within the calendar yr.
In the multi-format collection in opposition to India, he began with two consecutive half-centuries, the primary coming in the one Test and the second in a match-winning effort of 87 not out within the first ODI. He scored his third fifty of the tour within the second T20I, though it got here in a dropping effort.
He gained one other participant of the match award within the T20I collection opener in opposition to New Zealand at dwelling, lacking a century by simply three runs. He capped the limited-overs tour with a ton that helped England win the ODI collection 4-1.
South African Lee, who scored 864 runs in 19 worldwide matches at a median of 57.6 with one century and 7 half-centuries, was in sensational white-ball type all year long, particularly in ODIs the place he grew to become the best run-scorer in 2021. resulted in 632 runs in 11 matches in addition to the top-ranked feminine ODI batsman within the ICC rankings.
Lee was in high quality type within the ODI leg of the Indian tour, the place she scored two fifties and a century in 4 matches. South Africa gained the collection 4–1 and Lee was awarded Player of the Series for his 288 runs. He then scored one other scintillating half-century within the second T20I in opposition to India, serving to his staff wrap up the collection with a sport to spare.
Ireland’s Louise Lewis scored 624 runs in 15 worldwide matches at a median of 52 with one century and 4 half-centuries. Played an innings of 105 not out in opposition to Germany in simply 60 balls.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
