The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday revealed the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month award recipients for October 2023 from a robust line-up of nominees introduced earlier within the week. New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra claimed his first ICC Men’s ‘Player of the Month’ award because of a collection of memorable knocks within the group levels of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, whereas the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for October is awarded to Hayley Matthews, who led from the entrance with scintillating particular person performances in West Indies’ brief format battles in Australia.
The 23-year-old Black Caps all-rounder Ravindra was in glowing kind throughout New Zealand’s blistering begin to their World Cup 2023 marketing campaign. Despite solely having 12 ODI appearances underneath his belt earlier than the beginning of the match, Ravindra quickly grabbed the headlines by scoring an outstanding 123 not out of their nine-wicket opening day victory over defending champions England in Ahmedabad.
He continued to simmer away with fashionable half-centuries in opposition to Netherlands (51) and India (75) earlier than his subsequent century got here within the thrilling encounter in opposition to Australia at Dharamsala – blasting 116 in 89 balls and bringing New Zealand to inside touching distance of a mammoth 389 goal earlier than ultimately falling 5 runs brief.
In whole, Ravindra amassed 406 runs at a mean of 81.20 throughout his six October fixtures. After Thursday’s match in opposition to Sri Lanka, Ravindra has additionally change into the batter to notch up most runs in his maiden ODI World Cup marketing campaign, surpassing England’s Jonny Bairstow. He is the main run-scorer in World Cup 2023 with 565 runs in 9 matches and presumably has a few extra matches so as to add to that tally.
_ Phenomenal efficiency at #CWC23
_ Winner of the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for Octoberhttps://t.co/pht5clrQr5
— ICC (@ICC) November 10, 2023
West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews wins ICC Women’s ‘Player of the Month’ award
Hayley Matthews claimed her second ICC Women’s Player of the Month award after starring in her aspect’s T20I collection in opposition to defending world champions Australia. The top-ranked all-rounder within the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings persistently thwarted the house aspect with power-hitting and key wickets on her option to the Player of the Series award.
Despite dropping the primary outing in North Sydney by eight wickets, skipper Matthews smashed an unbeaten 99 atop the order and likewise took the prized wicket of Alyssa Healy throughout Australia’s response. Matthews then adopted this up with arguably her finest efficiency – chasing a frightening 213 for victory, she blasted 132 not out in 64 balls (20 fours and 5 sixes) to safe an attention grabbing victory after having additionally claimed the wickets of Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath and Annabel Sutherland throughout Australia’s innings.
The closing fixture noticed the skipper hit one other half-century (79), to finish the month with 310 runs within the collection at a mean of 155.
Ravindra and Matthews are topped following votes forged by world followers registered at icc-cricket.com and a specialist panel comprising ICC Hall of Famers, former worldwide gamers, and media representatives.
Ravindra overcame fellow stars of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup to assert his maiden prize; India’s Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, whereas Matthews was topped winner from a shortlist that additionally featured Bangladesh’s Nahida Akhter and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr.
Reacting to his award win, Ravindra commented, “I’m very grateful to win this award. It’s been a particular month personally and for the workforce. Being capable of play a World Cup in India has been extremely particular.
“Being backed by the team helps a lot, as well as being able to go out there with a lot of freedom and play your natural game. The lucky thing is that the wickets have been really nice to bat on, which suits my game in terms of being positive and taking the game on.”
