The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the June nominees for the ICC Player of the Month awards, instituted in January this year to recognise the best international performances across formats for male and female cricketers.
The nominees for the monthly men’s awards this time are Devon Conway, Quinton de Kock and Kyle Jamieson while Sophie Ecclestone, Sneh Rana and Shafali Verma figure in the women’s shortlist, said a press release issued here. An independent ICC Voting Academy and fans around the world would now vote to decide the winners, which will be announced on July 12. Fans registered on icc-cricket.com/awards can cast their votes till Sunday.
ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award nominees for June: Opener Devon Conway (New Zealand) smashed a double century on Test debut at Lord’s to enter the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings in 77th position with a record 447 rating points, the highest for a New Zealand batsman on debut and the third highest ever on debut. He followed it up with half-centuries in his next two Tests, including the ICC World Test Championship Final, to aggregate 379 runs at an average of 63.16. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock (South Africa) finished as the Player of the Series against the West Indies.
