Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis celebrates after scoring 150 runs in the course of the second day of the second Check cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on the Galle Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Galle on September 27, 2024. — AFP
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday awarded Males’s Participant of the Month for September 2024 to Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis whereas England’s Tammy Beaumont received the identical title within the ladies’s class.
Mendis continued a record-breaking streak in Check cricket throughout September to win the title, whereas Beaumont starred in England’s brief format success in Eire to safe the ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month award.
Each gamers win their respective accolades for the second time — Mendis having beforehand received in March 2024, with Beaumont backing up her different earlier award in February 2021.
The Sri Lankan all-rounder received from fellow nominees Travis Head of Australia and compatriot Prabath Jayasuriya, whereas Beaumont overcame Eire’s Aimee Maguire and UAE’s Esha Oza to win September’s prize.
In response to the ICC assertion, Mendis’ win additionally caps a fruitful interval for Sri Lankan cricketers within the month-to-month award, following Dunith Wellalage and Harshitha Samarawickrama’s success in August.
The 26-year-old has been in red-hot kind within the longest format all through 2024 and continued his high-quality progress with one other landmark month on the crease for Sri Lanka.
Mendis registered 451 runs at a median of 90.20 from his 4 Exams final month, spanning essential ICC World Check Championship sequence in England and subsequently on house soil in opposition to New Zealand.
Scores of 74 and 64 have been standout moments in Mendis’ September contests in England, however he left his greatest performances as Sri Lanka overcame New Zealand at his hometown of Galle — first hanging a superb 114 on the opening day of the primary Check on a difficult floor, after which going one higher with a composed 182 within the innings victory within the second encounter.
His mammoth innings within the second Check meant Mendis grew to become the primary participant to move fifty in every of his first eight Exams, and the quickest batter in 75 years to achieve 1,000 Check runs.
After successful the title, Mendis stated: “I am honoured to be once again chosen as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month, and this accolade brings me immense happiness and pride, as I believe all the hard work that was put into becoming the player that I am today is starting to pay off and being recognized consistently in the global stage.”
“This recognition gives me further strength to continue my good work on the cricketing field and aspire for bigger achievements, thus helping my team win games and bring glory to our country and happiness to our fans.”
This undated photograph reveals England’s wicketkeeper-cum-batsman Tammy Beaumont. — Reuters/File
ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month Beaumont smashed 279 runs from her 5 outings in opposition to Eire in September, highlighting her credentials as one in all England’s most fearsome brief format batters.
A subdued efficiency within the first contest was corrected within the match that adopted, with Beaumont’s explosive array of stroke play on present in a blinding 150 from 139 balls atop the order.
With the sequence received, Beaumont struck one other half-century within the last ODI earlier than scores of 27 and 40 got here within the T20I sequence by which the honours have been shared.
The win sees Beaumont develop into the primary English winner of the Ladies’s Participant of the Month award since Maia Bouchier received again in March.
Reacting to her award win, she stated: “Thank you to everyone who voted for me as ICC Women’s Player of the Month for September. It was a great tour in Ireland with an inexperienced England team and it was really nice to contribute personally.”
“I saw firsthand how well Aimee Maguire bowled for Ireland and she fully deserved the nomination. Congratulations to Esha Oza too.”
Mendis and Beaumont received following a vote performed amongst world followers registered on the cricket council’s web site and a specialist panel comprising ICC Corridor of Famers, former worldwide gamers, and media representatives.
