England can be dealing with the International Cricket Council’s rising males’s cricketer of the 12 months this week after South Africa’s Marco Jansen picked up the award.
The 22-year-old allrounder beat competitors from India’s Arshdeep Singh, Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran and New Zealand’s Finn Allen after a standout 2022.
The 6ft 10in left-armer is within the Proteas squad that takes on England in three ODIs within the house of six days, beginning on Friday in Bloemfontein.
Jansen has made his greatest influence thus far in Test cricket, having performed simply two ODIs, however has spent the final couple of weeks honing his white-ball expertise within the SA20 league.
South Africa must whitewash the vacationers within the collection to qualify instantly for the World Cup as they languish within the backside of the World Cup qualification standings.
England have in the meantime left the door open for Stokes to return to the one-day fold with their World Cup defence on the road later within the 12 months.
