Pakistan captain Babar Azam, West Indies' Craig Brathwaite, and Australia's fast bowler Pat Cummins performed brilliantly in March. All three players have been nominated by the ICC for the Best Men's Player of the Month for March. In the women's section, England's bowler Sophie Ecclestone, Australia's run machine Rachel Haynes, and South Africa's Laura Wolvaert are in the race for the prize, who performed brilliantly in the recently concluded World Cup. Winners will be announced next week. Pakistan captured the ODI series against Australia 2-1.
Babar Azam was impressed with his brilliant performance in the series against Australia held recently. He scored 390 runs in Tests this month, including a record-breaking 196 in the second Test. With this innings, Pakistan was successful in getting the match drawn. He strengthened the team's batting by scoring 57 and 114 runs in 2 ODIs against Australia in March. With his century in the second ODI, Pakistan successfully chased down the target of 349 runs. He has been nominated for this award for the second time and has won this title in April 2021.
Brathwaite with the bat and Cummins with the ball
West Indies captain and opener Craig Brathwaite scored 341 runs at an average of 85.25 during the recently concluded successful World Test Championship series against England. During this, he played an important role in drawing the match by scoring 160 runs in 489 balls in response to a tough score in England's first innings in the second Test. Cummins proved his bowling iron in adverse conditions during the WTC Test series in Pakistan. After taking 5 for 56 in the first innings in the third Test on a pitch easy to bat on, he took three wickets for 23 runs in the second innings and ensured the team's victory. He has been nominated for this award for the first time for taking 12 wickets at an average of 22.50 in the 3-match series.
Haynes scored 419 runs at an average of 61
In the women's category, Ecclestone was nominated for the second time after her excellent bowling. He played an important role in helping his team reach the finals of the World Cup. This month he took 20 wickets at an average of 12.85. Haynes played a big role in keeping Australia invincible during the World Cup. During this, he scored 429 runs in 8 matches at an average of 61.28 and an impressive strike rate of 84.28. South Africa was successful in reaching the semi-finals due to Wolvaart's brilliant performance. He is included in the list of highest run-scorers during the tournament. He scored 433 runs with the help of 5 half-centuries. The average was 54.12.
