DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Australia captain Pat Cummins was named the ICC men’s cricketer of 2023 and England allrounder Nat Sciver-Brunt won her second consecutive women’s award on Thursday.
Fast bowler Cummins led Australia to victory in the Cricket World Cup and the World Test Championship.
Cummins, who grabbed 42 wickets in 11 test matches in 2023, is the fifth Australian to win the men’s award after Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Clarke and Steve Smith.
Cummins also snapped up 17 wickets in 13 one-day internationals, including 3-51 against South Africa in the semifinals of the World Cup and 2-34 against India in the final at Ahmedabad.
“It has been a big year, lots of wonderful team success,” Cummins said. “To get this individual honour is huge, and I am pretty amazed. In terms of individual accolades, it is right up there.”
Cummins lauded the efforts of the other nominees, including his teammate Travis Head and India’s Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli.
“Travis, as a teammate, I saw him win the World Test Championship final and the World Cup final, and he was the player of the match in both,” Cummins said. “Jadeja and Kohli are both super consistent. They find a way to drag their team out of trouble and win it for them, so to win alongside those guys is really special.”