Mitchell Santner given Wisden Trophy award
- Dave Worsley
- 14 hours ago
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New Zealand Black Caps all-rounder Mitchell Santner has been awarded the Wisden Trophy for his performances in 2024.
The award was in recognition of Santner's match-winning haul of 13 wickets in the second test against India in Pune in October last year.
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The win gave New Zealand an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
It marked India's first test series loss at home since 2012 with the Black Caps going on to claim a 3-0 series whitewash.
The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, often called "the Bible of cricket", has been published every year since 1864.
India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana were named the world's leading cricketers in the latest edition of the Almanack.
Bumrah won the honour in the men's section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
Opener Mandhana won the women's honour after a prolific 2024 that included five hundreds - four of them in one-day internationals.
Mandhana also led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first Women's Premier League title last year.
Her win was ahead of New Zealand's Amelia Kerr was in January named the ICC's Women's Cricker of the Year.
Bumrah was named ICC's Men's Cricketer of the Year in January.