ICC announces player of the month

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month Awards for November.

According to the ICC, Australia opener David Warner and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews were voted the ICC Players of the Month for November.

Warner, nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award alongside Pakistan’s Abid Ali and New Zealand’s Tim Southee, emerged victorious with the most votes, following his crucial role in Australia’s triumph in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. 

Warner was the Player of the Tournament at the marquee event, following a series of stunning displays that helped Australia to the title. In all, he scored 289 runs at an average of 48.16 and a strike-rate of 146.70 in seven matches. Four of those came in the period under consideration for the award, during which he scored 209 runs at a stunning strike-rate of 151.44.

He scored a half-century in the final against New Zealand, a crucial 49 in the semi-final against Pakistan, and was named Player of the Match in the Super 12 clash against West Indies, when he smashed an unbeaten 89.