The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced the annual awards for the cricketers.
Match officials in different aspects, where the winners impressed in the major period of the calendar year 2022.
Apart from announcing five different Teams of the Year, ICC Awards 2022 acknowledged the special names for 13 separate awards.
Below is the list of awards....
Contents:
Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year
Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year
Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year
Women’s Cricketer of the Year
Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Spirit of Cricket Award
Umpire of the Year
ICC Awards 2022
(*Batting: I = Innings; R = Runs; A = Average; S/R = Strike-rate; HS = Highest Score)
(*Bowling: I = Innings; Wks = Wickets; A = Average; ER = Economy Rate; BBI = Best bowling in innings)
1. ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year 2022
Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | 4wks/ 5wks | BBI | ||
ODI | 21 | 20 | 956 | 56.23 | 78.23 | 1/8 | 121* | 15 | 12 | 27.66 | 4.04 | 0/0 | 3/31 |
T20I | 11 | 11 | 306 | 38.25 | 122.40 | 1/1 | 100 | 8 | 6 | 18.50 | 5.55 | 0/0 | 2/9 |
First Namibian to win the ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year award.
2. ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year 2022
Esha Oza (United Arab Emirates Women)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | 4wks/ 5wks | BBI | ||
WT20I | 25 | 23 | 675 | 35.52 | 134.19 | 2/2 | 158* | 16 | 15 | 15.40 | 4.84 | 0/0 | 3/5 |
Second (after Austrian Andrea-Mae Zepeda in 2021) to win the ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year award.
First UAE cricketer to win the ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year award.
3. ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022
Suryakumar Yadav (India)
Format | Matches | Batting | |||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | ||
T20I | 25 | 23 | 675 | 35.52 | 134.19 | 2/2 | 158* |
First Indian to win the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award.
Second cricketer (after Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Rizwan in 2021) to win the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award.
4. ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022
Tahlia McGrath (Australia Women)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | 4wks/ 5wks | BBI | ||
WT20I | 16 | 11 | 435 | 62.14 | 145.00 | 0/4 | 91* | 10 | 13 | 12.84 | 6.95 | 0/0 | 3/13 |
Fourth Australian to win the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award (after Meg Lanning in 2014, Beth Mooney in 2017, and Alyssa Healy in 2018 and 2019).
5. ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2022
Marco Jansen (South Africa)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | |||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | BBI | ||
Test | 8 | 13 | 234 | 21.27 | 43.90 | 0/1 | 59 | 13 | 36 | 19.02 | 3.18 | 5/35 |
ODI | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 69.56 | 0/0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 74.50 | 6.16 | 2/57 |
T20I | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 70.58 | 0/0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38.00 | 9.50 | 1/38 |
Second South African cricketer (after Janneman Malan in 2021) to win the ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year award.
6. ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2022
Renuka Singh (India Women)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | 4wks/ 5wks | BBI | ||
WODI | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 22.22 | 0/0 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 14.88 | 4.62 | 3/0 | 4/28 |
WT20I | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 | 80.00 | 0/0 | 2* | 22 | 22 | 23.95 | 6.50 | 2/0 | 4/10 |
First Indian to win the ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.
7. ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022
Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Format | Matches | Batting | |||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | ||
ODI | 9 | 9 | 679 | 84.87 | 90.77 | 3/5 | 114 |
After becoming the only Pakistan cricketer to win the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award in 2021, Babar has now won it for two successive years.
After MS Dhoni (2008 & 2009), AB de Villiers (2014 & 2015) and Virat Kohli (2017 & 2018), Babar became the fourth cricketer to win two back-to-back ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year awards.
8. ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022
Nat Sciver (England Women)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | 4wks/ 5wks | BBI | ||
WODI | 17 | 16 | 833 | 59.00 | 91.43 | 2/5 | 148* | 16 | 11 | 46.09 | 4.92 | 1/0 | 4/59 |
After Sarah Taylor (2014), Nat Sciver became the second English cricketer to win the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award.
9. ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2022
Ben Stokes (England)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | ||||||||
I | R | A | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | 5wks/ 10wks | BBI | ||
Test | 15 | 26 | 870 | 36.25 | 2/4 | 120 | 20 | 26 | 31.19 | 0/0 | 4/33 |
After Alastair Cook (2011) and Joe Root (2021), Ben Stokes became the third English player to win the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year award.
10. ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2022 (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy)
Nat Sciver (England Women)
Format | Matches | Batting | Bowling | |||||||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | I | Wks | A | ER | BBI | ||
WTest | 2 | 3 | 242 | 121.00 | 65.94 | 1/1 | 169* | 2 | 5 | 22.20 | 2.52 | 3/41 |
WODI | 17 | 16 | 833 | 59.00 | 91.43 | 2/5 | 148* | 16 | 11 | 46.09 | 4.92 | 4/59 |
WT20I | 14 | 13 | 271 | 27.10 | 109.71 | 0/0 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 38.33 | 6.96 | 1/4 |
After Charlotte Edwards (2008) and Claire Taylor (2009), Nat Sciver became the third English cricketer to win the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.
11. ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2022 (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy)
Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Format | Matches | Batting | |||||
I | R | A | S/R | 100s/ 50s | HS | ||
Test | 9 | 17 | 1184 | 69.64 | 54.94 | 4/7 | 196 |
ODI | 9 | 9 | 679 | 84.87 | 90.77 | 3/5 | 114 |
T20I | 26 | 26 | 735 | 31.95 | 123.32 | 1/5 | 110* |
(Also, Babar took a Test wicket in 2022)
After Shaheen Afridi (2021), Babar became the second Pakistan cricketer to win the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year award.
12. ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2022
Aasif Sheikh (Nepal)
For his decision to not run out Irish cricketer Andy McBrine after the batter fell while running due to a clash with a Nepalese bowler.
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First player from outside the ICC Full Members to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award.
13. ICC Umpire of the Year 2022 (David Shepherd Trophy)
Richard Illingworth (England)
It was the second time Richard Illingworth won this award. He previously won this award for the year 2019.
