Tammy Beaumont: England batter named women's T20 international cricketer of the year



Tammy hit three 50s in nine T20s for England.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Tammy Beaumont the women's Twenty20 international cricketer of the year.

England team-mates NatSciver and Smriti Mandhana were voted second and third, respectively, while Ireland's Gaby Lewis was fourth.

Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan was voted men's T20 international cricketer of the year.

"It's a huge honor to win," said Beaumont.

"My T20 career has had its ups and downs and I don't think I've always been known for my T20 abilities, so this award gives me a huge amount of confidence."

In the nine T20s that she played in, she scored the most runs of any England batter and third most of any women's player.

In the first T20 against New Zealand in September, she hit a 97 off 78 balls, 63 against the same opposition in Wellington in March and 59 against India in July, with England winning all three T20 series.

"As a team we had a great year in terms of results and it feels great to have contributed to team wins," she said.

We have a big year ahead of us, with the Women's World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, and I look forward to working hard with my team-mates to help us win as many games as possible."

After hitting 30 off 24 balls in the opening T20 against Australia, the next two games were abandoned because of rain, leaving England 4-2 down in the multi-format series, with one Test match and three one-day internationals to come.

England's Buttler, Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga, and Australia'sMitch Marsh were voted ahead of Rizwan.

He made his maiden T20 century against South Africa in February and hit 1,326 runs in 29 T20s in 2021.

Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the Men's T20 World Cup with a key figure behind the stumps and at the top of the order.

He said that he was thankful to his colleagues and peers for voting for him.

This award will give me more motivation and incentive to do better for Pakistan so that we can collectively achieve our goal of being the top T20 side.