LONDON — England
captain
Joe Root was Monday named men's Test player of the year by the
International Cricket Council after scoring 1,708 runs in 15 matches in 2021.
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Root's tally is the
third-highest total on record in a calendar year, with only former Pakistan
player Mohammad Yousuf and West Indies great Viv Richards ahead of him.
Root registered two double
centuries and a further four hundreds, including three in successive Tests
against India during England's home series.
"I am incredibly proud
to receive this award," said the 31-year-old, only the second Englishman
to win the accolade after Alastair Cook in 2011.
"I am very humbled to
be in the same breath as a number of wonderful players around the world and it
means a huge amount."
He added: "If there was
one hundred that really sticks out it would probably be at Chennai against
India, the first Test match of that series (he scored 218).
"With it being my 100th
game it is something that will live long in the memory."
Despite Root's personal
achievements, England had a poor year in Test cricket, winning just four out of
their 15 matches.
They lost the Ashes in
Australia — where Root failed to score a century — and also lost series against
India and New Zealand.
New Zealand bowler
Kyle Jamieson, Sri Lanka opener
Dimuth Karunaratne and India spinner Ravichandran
Ashwin were the other nominees for the award.
India's
Smriti Mandhana won
the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC women’s cricketer of the year.
She scored 855 runs in 22
internationals at an average of 38.86, with one century and five
half-centuries.
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