Jasprit Bumrah, Amelia Kerr top ICC Awards 2024

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India’s pace bowling maestro Jasprit Bumrah has been named the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024, while New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr has won the Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.

Bumrah and Kerr won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy respectively as the ICC named its top award winners on Tuesday.

It was Bumrah’s second award in two days as he was also named the Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year on Monday, while Kerr won the Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year award on Saturday.

Bumrah, who is also India’s Test vice-captain, returned to the five-day format in late 2023 following a lengthy absence due to a back injury.

The right-arm quick, 31, was the leading wicket-taker in international Test cricket in 2024, topping the charts with 71, well clear of second-placed Gus Atkinson of England (52 in 11 matches).

His bowling average across the year was a breathtaking 14.92 and he ended 2024 with a strike rate for the year of just 30.1.