NSW’s Pat Cummins has been recognised in the International Cricket Council's ICC Awards 2023 by claiming the Sir Garfield Sobers Award as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
Cummins named ICC Cricketer of the Year for 2023
Cummins, the Australian skipper, who grew up in Penrith, was also named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year, capping a remarkable list of achievements in 2023 that included retaining the Ashes and captaining Australia to victories in the World Test Championship and ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
Cummins is the first Australian to be recognised as the men’s ICC Cricketer of the Year since Steve Smith in 2015.
Earlier in the week, 20-year-old NSW and Sydney Thunder star Phoebe Litchfield was awarded the ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year after an impressive first year in ODI cricket, amassing 485 runs in 13 matches at an average of 53.88 and a strike rate of 81.92.
The individual awards were based on performances between 1 January and 31 December 2023 and determined by votes cast by the ICC Voting Academy and hundreds of thousands of global cricket fans.