Smriti Mandhana nominated for ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month award in December

Smriti Mandhana has been nominated for the ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month award for December. Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland and South African left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba are the opposite nominees together with the dynamic Indian left-handed batter.

Mandhana had a stupendous outing throughout codecs in December. In three T20Is in opposition to the West Indies, the southpaw scored 193 runs at a median of 64.33 with a prime rating of 77. In six ODIs final month, the 28-year-old scored 270 runs at a median of 45 with a prime rating of 105.

She failed within the first two ODIs on the tour of Australia, however chipped in with a century within the third sport on the WACA in Perth. Mandhana additionally set the file for many lots of in Ladies’s ODIs (4) in a calendar yr. She additionally scored 91 in one of many ODIs in opposition to the West Indies.

Sutherland, Mlaba at their greatest

Sutherland was one of many main the reason why Australia gained all 5 of their ODIs in December. In 5 video games, the 23-year-old scored 269 runs at a median of 67.25. She scored 110 within the third ODI in opposition to India in Perth and adopted it up with an unbeaten 105-run knock in opposition to New Zealand on the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

Sutherland additionally took 9 wickets with greatest figures of 8.5-0-39-4 in opposition to India on the Allan Border Subject in Brisbane. On the again of her all-round exhibiting, Australia confirmed their prime spot within the ICC Ladies’s Championship.

Mlaba, however, was South Africa’s star performer of their historic one-off Take a look at in opposition to England in Bloemfontein. The Proteas misplaced the match, however Mlaba grew to become the primary South African to select up a 10-wicket haul in Ladies’s Checks. In three ODIs final month, Mlaba scored 20 runs and picked up two wickets.