Windies’ Shai Hope shortlisted for ICC ODI Player of the Year award
West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope has been shortlisted for the ICC Men’s One-Day International Player of the Year 2022 award.
Hope made his ODI debut six years ago, and since 2017, he has finished every year as the highest run-scorer in ODIs for the West Indies. This year was no different, and the 29-year-old was once again the team’s leading batter.
He did not get off to the greatest of starts this year, but he started to grind out runs in typical fashion in the later stages of the year and finished with 709 runs at an average of 35.45 which included three hundreds and two half-centuries.
His first century was 119 not out off 130 balls against the Netherlands, which earned him the Player-of-the-Match award in the first ODI of three in a series between May and June last year.
A week later, he made 127 against Pakistan in Multan, which came off 134 balls and included 15 fours and a six. His most accomplished knock came against India in Trinidad when he made 115 off 135 balls with eight fours and three sixes in his 100th ODI appearance.
The others nominees are Pakistan captain, Babar Azam, Australia leg-spinner, Adam Zampa, and Zimbabwe all-rounder, Sikandar Raza.
