Males’s Check captains Babar Azam (Pakistan), Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) and Pat Cummins (Australia) have all been shortlisted for the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month award for March 2022 following their ideal efforts all through a month which used to be filled with exceptional person performances around the world.

The ladies’s shortlist for March is constituted of stars from the ICC Girls’s Cricket International Cup in New Zealand. England bowler Sophie Ecclestone, and run-machines Rachael Haynes (Australia) and Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa) are within the operating to scoop the award following stellar performances all through the month towards the sector’s highest.

The ICC Participant of the Month nominees for March have been introduced on Wednesday, in response to performances throughout codecs and together with suits from the ICC Girls’s Cricket International Cup held in New Zealand, among others.

An impartial ICC Vote casting Academy* and enthusiasts all over the world can now vote to come to a decision the winners, which will likely be introduced subsequent week. Enthusiasts can check in by the use of icc-cricket.com/awards and are invited to forged their votes till Sunday 10 April.

ICC Males’s Participant of the Month Nominees for March:

Babar Azam (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s skipper performed an essential component in his facet’s batting all through the hot sequence towards Australia. Regardless of no longer finishing the International Check Championship (WTC) three-match sequence victorious, Babar accumulated 390 runs all through the month in Assessments, together with a record-breaking 196 in the second one Check to salvage a draw towards the percentages.

As well as, his efforts on the crease within the two ODI suits all through the month noticed Babar rating 57 and 114 respectively, with the latter serving to his facet chase down an impressive goal of 349 set by means of Australia. That is the second one time he’s featured at the shortlist for the ICC Participant of the Month award, after profitable in April 2021.

Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies)

The West Indies’ Check captain and opening batter led from the entrance all through the lately concluded a hit WTC sequence towards England, scoring 341 runs at a mean of 85.25. Brathwaite’s get to the bottom of and resolution on the crease used to be highest characterised by means of his enormous 160 from 489 balls in the second one Check in accordance with England’s large first innings overall. This mammoth innings ensured a drawn 2nd Check and equipped the platform for his facet to clinch the sequence by means of profitable the overall showdown in Grenada.

Pat Cummins (Australia)

In a WTC Check sequence which used to be ruled by means of run scoring, Cummins stood out for his bowling performances in unforgiving stipulations. He led his facet, and the bowling assault, to victory in Pakistan enjoying a pivotal position in clinching the sequence due to a match-winning spell, taking 5 for 56 within the first innings and following up with 3 for 23 in the second one innings of the overall check. Taking 12 wickets at a mean of twenty-two.50 helped him protected his first nomination within the ICC Participant of the Month awards.

ICC Girls’s Participant of the Month Nominees for March: 

Sophie Ecclestone (England)

Ecclestone’s exceptional bowling performances all through the month helped steer her facet to the Girls’s Cricket International Cup last in New Zealand. Her spin bowling led to issues all through the match for opposition batters, taking 20 wickets all through the calendar month at a mean of 12.85. Her prowess used to be capped by means of a powerful spell within the victory over South Africa within the semi-final, taking 6 for 36 to verify a 137-run victory. That is the second one time she has been nominated for the ICC Participant of the Month accolade (up to now shortlisted in June 2021).

Rachael Haynes (Australia)

Scoring 429 runs within the 8 suits she performed all through the month, Haynes used to be at the leading edge of Australia’s unbeaten run thru to the Girls’s Cricket International Cup Ultimate. Averaging 61.28 all through the month, along side a wholesome strike charge of 84.28, her stellar performances got here at the most important instances – 130 towards England of their opening event and 85 within the semi-final victory over the West Indies.

Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)

Wolvaardt’s endeavours for South Africa have been important to her crew achieving the semi-finals of the Girls’s Cricket International Cup in New Zealand. As much as the tip of the semi-finals, she used to be the match’s main run-scorer, gathering 433 runs at a mean of 54.12, passing 50 on 5 events and proving a thorn within the facet of many opposing groups.