Haris Rauf Player of the Month: Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf and England women’s opener Danny White-Hodge have been chosen as the winners of the ICC Players of the Month Award for November 2024.
Haris Rauf and Danny Wyatt Shine as ICC Players of the Month
Haris Rauf beat bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Marco Janssen to win the award, making it the second consecutive award for Pakistan. Earlier in October, Pakistani spinner Noman Ali won this award.
In November, Rauf performed brilliantly in six ODIs and three T20Is. He started the tour of Australia by taking three wickets in Melbourne and after that, he took five wickets to help level the series. He took two wickets in the deciding match in Perth and took 10 wickets in the series as Pakistan won 2-1.
His brilliant performance continued in the T20 series as well. In the second match, he took four wickets and took five wickets. He also took three wickets in the ODI against Zimbabwe. In this way, he took a total of 18 wickets in November.
Rauf said on this honour, “I am extremely happy and honored to be selected as the ICC Player of the Month. This achievement is the result of the hard work of my teammates and our supporters. It is a matter of pride to wear the Pakistan jersey, and as such The moment inspires me to push my limits further.
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Danny Wyatt’s Brilliant Performances in South Africa
On the other hand, England’s Danny Wyatt beat Sharmin Akhtar and Nadine de Klerk to bag the honour in the women’s category. Danny performed brilliantly in the 3-0 T20 series against South Africa.
He scored 78 runs in 45 balls in Benoni to help England win by 36 runs. After this, Centurion scored an unbeaten half-century to help his team win by nine wickets and sweep the series.
Danny said that I am very happy to win this award. I would like to thank my team and coaching staff. Our team performed well against South Africa. It is personally satisfying to play consistently well like this. Our preparations will continue for the next big year and the Ashes.
