Leading his group to victory within the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup in the identical yr has earnt Australian captain Pat Cummins considered one of cricket’s final awards, named cricket bible Wisden’s main cricketer on the earth.
Cummins is the primary Australian in 12 years to obtain the honour, with batting star Travis Head additionally recognised for the yr’s greatest efficiency in Test matches, and Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc and Ashleigh Gardner among the many almanac’s 5 cricketers of the yr.
In the hours after his Sunrisers Hyderabad group recorded the best rating in Indian Premier League historical past, 3-287, Cummins was recognised for an impressive 2023 that included retaining the Ashes in England, along with his matchwinning effort at Edgbaston essential to that.
Cummins took over from English counterpart Ben Stokes, who has received the distinguished title 3 times within the final 4 years. The Cricketer of the Year award is the oldest particular person award in cricket and dates again to 1889, with choice based on performances within the earlier English summer time.
The final Australian winner was Michael Clarke.
Head, who smashed a 41-ball century for Cummins and Sunrisers in a single day, was rewarded for his “pulsating” 163 off simply 174 balls within the World Test Championship last at The Oval that propelled Australia to victory over India.
The left-handed dynamo was equally as damaging within the IPL, conceded that his batting fashion was “not the prettiest thing in the world”, however he continues to get the job finished.
Reigning Belinda Clarke award winner Gardner was the only real participant from the ladies’s Ashes chosen after taking 12 wickets within the one-off Test in Nottingham, together with 8-66 within the fourth innings.
“Having been player of the tournament as Australia won the T20 World Cup in South Africa, Ashleigh Gardner enjoyed a central role in their retention of the Ashes, helping them to victory in the Test match at Trent Bridge with 12 wickets for her off-breaks – the second-best analysis in women’s Test history,” Wisden editor Lawrence Booth stated.
Khawaja was recognised following an impressive Ashes collection in England, which he completed because the main run scorer, having scored 496 runs at a mean of 49.60, together with a century within the first Test at Edgbaston.
Starc too was equally recognised for his 23 Ashes wickets, essentially the most of any bowler within the collection, regardless of lacking the opening sport.
The ladies’s award for main cricketer went to Nat Sciver-Brunt, the primary Englishwoman to win an award beforehand dominated by Australians.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
