England’s Ben Stokes Named Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year; Suryakumar Yadav Awarded Top T20 Cricketer

England star Ben Stokes was named the Wisden Almanack’s main males’s cricketer in the world for the third time in 4 years on Monday.

Stokes was chosen for his dynamic captaincy of England’s Test group in 2022, in addition to his match-winning efficiency in the T20 World Cup last.

The all-rounder, who seems on the cowl of the a hundred and sixtieth version of Wisden alongside England Test head coach Brendon McCullum, beforehand gained the award in 2019 and 2020.

Stokes has masterminded 10 wins in 12 matches since taking on as England skipper, along with his attacking and imaginative method revitalising a beforehand moribund group.

Stokes additionally made waves in the white-ball sport, serving to to ship the silverware for England’s T20 facet as his half-century settled the last towards Pakistan in November.

“It’s exhausting to suppose of every other cricketer who might have reworked his group’s fortunes so immediately as Ben Stokes,” Wisden editor Lawrence Booth mentioned.

“When he took over the Test captaincy, England had won one game in their previous 17. By the time they had become the first visiting side to win 3-0 in Pakistan, they had won nine out of 10, and were playing with unprecedented style and verve.”

Stokes’ England team-mate Jonny Bairstow was the inaugural recipient of the new Wisden Trophy, awarded for the excellent particular person Test efficiency, after his twin centuries towards India at Edgbaston.

Australia’s Beth Mooney was named the main ladies’s cricketer in the world for the second time.

India’s big-hitting Suryakumar Yadav was handed the award for the prime Twenty20 cricketer in the world.

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