~ Pat Cummins and Nat Sciver-Brunt named ICC Cricketers of the Year for 2023
~ Khawaja, Kohli and Athapaththu among the other players in the list of awardees
~ Illingworth is Umpire of the Year; Zimbabwe win Spirit of Cricket award
"VAN" (Sports Desk - 26.01.2024) :: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today concluded its announcements of ICC Awards 2023 winners by revealing that Australia captain Pat Cummins has won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year and England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has won her second successive Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
Both players were recognised as the outstanding cricketers across all formats of international cricket in 2023, scooping the top awards following four days of announcements on ICC official channels, where Teams of the Year and individual award winners in 13 categories had been unveiled since Monday.
Winners in the ICC Awards were determined from votes cast by an independent panel of prominent media representatives - the ICC Voting Academy - and hundreds of thousands of global cricket fans, who had been voting for their top performers in 2023 since early January.
Among the other international stars to celebrate individual accolades in the ICC Awards 2023 through Thursday’s announcements were Australia batter Usman Khawaja (ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year), India batter Virat Kohli (ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year), Sri Lanka captain and all-rounder Chamari Athapaththu (ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year), Richard Illingworth (ICC Umpire of the Year) and players from Zimbabwe, who won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award.
ICC MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR
Cummins receives the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after a phenomenal year which saw him produce outstanding individual performances while also leading his side to the ICC World Test Championship and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup titles.
Cummins is the fifth Australian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, following Ricky Ponting (2006 and 2007), Mitchell Johnson (2009 and 2014), Michael Clarke (2013) and Steve Smith (2015).
Cummins grabbed 42 wickets in 11 Tests during the year at an average of 27.50 with a best match haul of 10 for 47 in the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan. These notable contributions came as Australia claimed their maiden World Test Championship mace and retained the Ashes on English soil.
In ODIs, he grabbed 17 wickets in 13 matches at an economy rate of 5.74. His best figures of three for 51 against South Africa in the CWC23 semi-final was followed by a crucial spell of two for 34 against India in the blockbuster final in Ahmedabad.
The Australian wins the award from fellow nominees, compatriot Travis Head and Indian duo Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli.
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