sir garfield sobers award

Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley: Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley has congratulated Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins, left-handed openers Usman Khawaja and Phoebe Litchfield for clinching individual honours in the recently-announced ICC awards.

Cummins claimed the Sir Garfield Sobers Award as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year for 2023. He 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 Men's ODI World Cup.

On the other hand, Khawaja was named ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year after scoring 1,210 runs at an average of 52.60 and three centuries. Khawaja was the only batter to score over 1000 Test runs in 2023.