Harry Brook & Ashleigh Gardner named ICC Players of the Month for December

ICC Players of the December Month: After a scorching run of runs that helped England win a historic World Test Championship (WTC) series in Pakistan, Harry Brook was named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month. On the other hand, Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for her contributions with bat and ball in the T20I series against India.

January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz

Harry Brook’s performance

In three games of the recently concluded Test series against Pakistan, 23-year-old Brook scored 468 runs. England won the series 3–0 in which Brook made his important contribution.

Ashley Gardner’s performance

Gardner won the award after his impressive individual performance in the series against India in December 2022. He received this award leaving behind Charlie Dean of England and Suzie Bates of New Zealand.

ICC Men’s Player of the Previous Month:

• January 2022: Keegan Petersen (South Africa)
• February 2022: Shreyas Iyer (India)
• March 2022: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• April 2022: Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)
• May 2022: Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
• June 2022: Jonny Bairstow (England)
• July 2022: Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
• August 2022: Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
• September 2022: Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
• October 2022: Virat Kohli (India)
• November 2022: Jos Buttler (England)

ICC Women’s Player of the Previous Month:

• January 2022: Heather Knight (England)
• February 2022: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
• March 2022: Rachael Haynes (Australia)
• April 2022: Alyssa Healy (Australia)
• May 2022: Tuba Hassan (Pakistan)
• June 2022: Marizanne Kapp (South Africa)
• July 2022: Emma Lamb (England)
• August 2022: Tahlia McGrath (Australia)
• September 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur (India)
• October 2022: Nida Dar (Pakistan)
• Pakistan 2022: Sidra Ameen (Pakistan)

Important takeaways for all competitive exams: 

    ICC Founded: 15 June 1909;

    ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay;

    ICC CEO: Geoff Allardice;

    ICC Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates