Women’s T20 World Cup winning all-rounder Amelia Kerr has been voted ICC Women’s Player of the Month after October heroics in the UAE.
Pakistan spinner Noman Ali was the ICC Men’s Player of the Month crown -taking feats in Test victories over England
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the ICC Players of the Month for October 2024 as New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr and Pakistan’s Noman Ali.
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All-rounder Kerr was instrumental in her side’s surge to victory at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE last month, while Noman was equally pivotal to his side’s comeback Test series win over England on home soil.
Kerr and Noman won following a vote conducted among global fans registered at icc-cricket.com and a specialist panel comprising ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and media representatives.
Kerr overcame fellow stars of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Deandra Dottin and Laura Wolvaardt to land the October prize, while Noman emerged as the men’s winner from outstanding wicket-takers elsewhere in last month’s ICC World Test Championship contests - Kagiso Rabada and Mitchell Santner.
With 160 runs and 19 wickets in October, which included a record-breaking haul of 15 wickets at the T20 World Cup, New Zealand talisman Kerr etched her named in New Zealand cricket folklore during a landmark month on the international stage.
Among a string of outstanding individual performances, the 24-year-old earned the Player of the Tournament crown thanks to telling contributions throughout the competition, highlighted in her efforts against Australia (29 runs and four wickets), Sri Lanka (34 runs and two wickets), and bowling spells against Pakistan (three for 14) and in the semi-final win over the West Indies (two for 14).
In the final, Kerr once again stepped up, top-scoring with a vital 43 runs from 38 balls on a testing surface, before taking three for 24 with the ball to stifle South Africa’s chase and land the White Ferns’ maiden T20 World Cup.
Following the jubilant scenes in Dubai, New Zealand then headed to India for an ODI series, and Kerr capped her month with another four-wicket display in Ahmedabad.
The win sees Kerr claim the accolade for a second time, following her maiden win back in February 2022.