The International Cricket Council (ICC) has awarded Pakistan opener, SidraAmeen, with the Women’s Player of the Month award for the first time afterher stunning display with the bat in November.
Sidra scored 277 runs in the home ODI series against Ireland, including thefifth-highest individual score in women’s ODIs in the first match in Lahore.
Sidra scored an unbeaten 176 off 151 balls against Ireland. Her partnerMuneeba Ali also scored a hundred in that game, in a record-breaking221-run stand for the opening wicket.
Sidra’s 176 was also the first score greater than 150 in women’s ODIs byPakistan. Ameen made another brilliant contribution in the series at thesame venue, making 91* in the second match as Pakistan completed a seriesvictory.
Ameen also rose to 22nd on the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings and is thehighest-ranked Pakistan batter on the list.
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The Pakistani batter expressed great thrill at being awarded the monthlyaward. “I feel great to have won this award,” she said. “It is also specialfollowing my teammate Nida Dar who won the award for October.
“This shows our team has displayed some great performances in the past fewmonths in international cricket. I would like to dedicate this award to myparents and to everyone who has always supported me and prayed for mysuccess. My performance with the bat against Ireland which helped the sideclaim the sweep over Ireland in the ODI series at home will always remainclose to my heart.
