ICC Player Of The Month For May 2023 Revealed
Harry Tector has been named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for May, making him Ireland's first winner of the accolade. He emerged victorious in a tough competition against the renowned Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam and Bangladesh’s promising young batter Najmul Hossain Shanto. Thipatcha Putthawong (Thailand), a brilliant 19-year-old player, was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for May 2023. She follows in the footsteps of her countryman Naruemol Chaiwai, who received the prize last month. Both players were selected as the standout performers following a vote conducted among a specialist panel comprising ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and media representatives, and global cricket fans registered at icc-cricket.com, who had been voting since the nominees were announced last week.
Important points
• Tector has been enjoying a sustained period of good batting form in One-Day International (ODI) cricket dating back to July 2022, and his recent run-scoring feats have seen him shoot up to a highest-ever position of seventh spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI batting rankings.
• Thipatcha Putthawong, Thailand's new ICC Women's Player of the Month, got the accolade after a string of excellent bowling figures in her country's gold-medal winning effort at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in May. The left-armer took 11 wickets in four T20Is during the performance period at a staggering average of 1.54, enjoying successive spells of four wickets for three runs, three for three, and three for two against the Philippines, Malaysia and Myanmar respectively in Thailand’s surge to gold.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
• ICC Founded: 15 June 1909;
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• ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay.
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