LAHORE
\nAfter announcing the nominees of ICC Men\u2019s ODI \u2018Player of the Year\u2019 award, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday issued a list of its nominees for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy \u2018Cricketer of the Year\u2019 award, which includes Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and opener Mohammad Rizwan.
\nPakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi took 78 wickets from 36 internationals at an average of 22.20, during his outstanding year 2021. Rizwan scored a total of 1,915 runs from 44 international matches at an average of 56.32 with two centuries in 2021.
\nEngland Test cricketer Joe Root comes in next after Rizwan with an impressive 1,855 runs off 18 international matches at an average of 58.37 and six centuries this year.
\nHe is also among the four nominees for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. Last but not the least, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson also made the cut for the award. The Black Caps skipper bagged an impressive 693 runs off 16 internationals at an average of 43.31 with one century in 2021.
\n\u201cMatch-winning knocks, sizzling spells, superhuman efforts and impeccable leadership,\u201d is how the ICC referred to the traits of its four nominees for the Garfield Sobers Trophy \u2018Cricketer of the Year\u2019 award.
\nIt is pertinent to mention that Rizwan has also been nominated by the ICC for the \u2018ICC Men\u2019s T20 Cricketer of the Year\u2019 award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE After announcing the nominees of ICC Men\u2019s ODI \u2018Player of the Year\u2019 award, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday issued a list of its nominees for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy \u2018Cricketer of the Year\u2019 award, which includes Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and opener Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi took 78 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-236392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n