England Test captain Ben Stokes and England all-rounder Nat Sciver have won ICC Cricketer of the Year awards.
All-rounder Stokes, 31, has been named Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year while Sciver, 30, won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
Sciver is also named Women’s One-Day International (ODI) cricketer of the year.
The ICC said Stokes “defined the year of Test cricket more than any other”.
He took over the Test captaincy from Joe Root in April 2022 and has won nine of his 10 Tests in charge.
Before his appointment, England had won just one Test in 17 matches.
Alongside new coach Brendon McCullum, Stokes transformed England’s Test fortunes with an attacking approach and mindset.
It is the second time Stokes has claimed the award – previously winning in 2019 – and he was also named in the ICC’s Test Team of the Year for 2022.
Stokes scored 870 runs at an average of 36.25 and took 26 wickets at an average of 31.19 during the year but it is his leadership that had the biggest influence on England’s performances.
With his positive style and commitment to entertaining, Stokes led England to series wins over New Zealand and South Africa at home, victory over India in a one-off postponed Test before finishing the year with a phenomenal 3-0 clean sweep in Pakistan – the first visiting side to ever win three Tests in the country.
Full list of ICC winners
Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: Ben Stokes, England
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam, Pakistan
Men’s T20 Cricketer of the Year: Suryakumar Yadav, India
Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Marco Jansen, South Africa
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver, England
Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year: Tahlia McGrath, Australia
Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Renuka Singh, India
