ICC Players of the Month for October revealed

Pakistan’s Asif Ali and Ireland’s Laura Delany have been voted the ICC Players of the Month for October. Ali beat Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Namibia’s David Wiese to the men’s award, and Delany beat teammate Gaby Lewis and Zimbabwe’s Mary-Anne Musonda to the women’s prize.

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Ali scored 52 runs without defeat across three matches for Pakistan in October at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, scoring at a strike rate of 273.68. Ireland captain Delany shone in their 3-1 ODI series win over Zimbabwe. The all-rounder flourished with bat and ball, scoring 189 runs at 63, and taking four wickets at 27.

About the award:

The International Cricket Council (ICC) presents the ICC Player of the Month to recognise male and female cricketers who have best performed across all forms of international cricket in a particular month.

The first award was given in January 2021. Given below is the list of winners

Months	Men’s Player of the Month	Women’s Player of the Month
January	Rishabh Pant (India)	Shabnim Ismail (South Africa)
February	Ravichandran Ashwin (India)	Tammy Beaumont (England)
March	Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)	Lizelle Lee (South Africa)
April	Babar Azam (Pakistan)	Alyssa Healy (Australia)
May	Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)	Kathryn Bryce (Scotland)
June	Devon Conway (New Zealand)	Sophie Ecclestone (England)
July	Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)	Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
August	Joe Root (England)	Eimear Richardson (Ireland)
September	Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal)	Heather Knight (England)
October	Asif Ali (Pakistan)	Laura Delany (Ireland)