Sidra Ameen named ICC Women’s Player of the month for November 2022

DUBAI: Pakistan opener Sida Ameen won the prestigious ICC Women’s Player of the month award for November 2022.

International Cricket Council on Monday, named Sidra as the winner of the award following his sensational run with the bat in the home series against Ireland, scoring 277 runs in the three ODI games.

Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham and Ireland’s Gaby Lewis were the other two nominees for the award but the Pakistani opener came out on top and claimed the title.

Sidra played an incredible knock of 176 off 151 balls – the fifth-highest individual score in women’s ODI history – in the opening match of the series and stitched an astounding 221-run opening partnership with Muneeba Ali, who also raised a century in that match.

“The century was also Pakistan’s first score greater than 150 in women’s ODIs. She went on to make another brilliant contribution in the series at the same venue, making 91* in the second match as Pakistan completed a series victory,” said ICC in a media release issued on Monday.

Thanks to her brilliant performances, Sidra rose to the 22nd position on the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Ranking and is currently the highest-ranked batter of Pakistan on the list.

“I feel great to have won this award,” she said as quoted by the ICC. “It is also special following my teammate Nida Dar who won the award for October.”

“This shows our team has displayed some great performances in the past few months in international cricket. she added.

The 30-year-old opener further expressed that her performance with the bat against Ireland which helped the side to claim the sweep over Ireland in the ODI series would always remain close to her heart.

“Individually, this year has been great for me, I have scored three ODIs centuries and all coming this year. And to top it off, ending the year by winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for November is just amazing,” she said.

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Shaheen, Sidra nominated for ICC Player of the Month for Nov 2022

DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the nominees for the Player of the Month award for November 2022, here on Tuesday. Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sidra Ameen are included.

Pakistan’s star bowler of the recently-held ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, Shaheen, got the reward for his magnificent performance, snaring 11 scalps at an average of 14.09 and an economy rate of 6.15.

ICC T20 World Cup 2022 winning captain, Jos Buttler, who led his team to their second title and played a significant role in his team’s glory as he smashed an unbeaten 80 off 49 balls in the semi-final clash against India, has also been nominated for the prestigious award.

The right-handed batter scored an overall 207 runs in the previous month including two half-centuries that came against India and New Zealand.

The third nominee for the men’s award, Adil Rashid, experienced a sea-saw turn of fortunes in the world cup from going wicketless in the first three Super 12 matches to playing a significant role in their title triumph.

The leg-spinner returned with astonishing figures of 4-0-16-1 in England’s must-win Super 12 encounter against Sri Lanka and removed India’s key batter Suryakumar Yadav cheaply in the semi-final.

The veteran spinner also played a crucial role in the final against Pakistan as he dismissed Pakistan’s top batter Babar Azam and young sensation Mohammad Haris. He finished with 2/22 including a maiden in the big game.

 

Meanwhile, in the women’s category, Pakistan’s opening batter Sidra, who displayed a stellar performance in the three-match home ODI series against Ireland, scoring 277 runs, has also been nominated for the award.

Besides her, Thailand’s Natthakan Chantham and Ireland’s Gaby Lewis are the other two nominees for the women’s player of the month award.

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Sidra, Muneeba topple various records for Pakistan in Women’s ODIs

LAHORE: Pakistan opening batters Sidra Ameen and Muneeba Ali tumbled numerous records with their respective centuries against Ireland in the first Women’s ODI of the three-match series.

Sidra and Muneeba charged on the Irish bowling attack and took them for plenty in their first wicket stand that added an astounding 221 runs to the team’s total.

The duo’s magnificent 221-run partnership is the highest by Pakistan for any wicket in Women’s ODIs, whereas, stands at the 16th spot overall in the international circuit.

Specifically, for the first wicket, the astounding partnership between Sidra and Muneeba is now the sixth-highest partnership in ODIs.

Following a solid foundation laid by the astonishing opening partnership, Pakistan managed to amass a mammoth 335/3 in their quota of 50 overs.

The total, posted by Pakistan against Ireland is now the team’s highest in WODIs and also the highest total in Pakistan by any team.

Pakistan’s star with the bat, Sidra, who played a marathon knock of 176* in just 151 balls, registered herself in the records book as she became the batter to score the highest individual score for Pakistan in WODIs.

Her 176-run knock is also the fifth-highest individual score in WODIs history. New Zealand’s batter Amelia Kerr tops the list with an unbeaten 232 against the same opposition in 2018, while India’s Deepti Sharma holds the third spot with 188-run against Ireland as well.

 

It is pertinent to mention that Ireland are currently in pursuit of a mammoth 336-run target set by Pakistan and have scored 48/3 in 14 Overs.

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Sidra makes big leap as ICC announces latest Women’s ODI Rankings

DUBAI: Pakistan right-handed batter Sidra Ameen made a big gain in the ICC ODI Women’s Batting Rankings as she stormed into the top 40 of the rankings following her brilliant performance against Sri Lanka in the recently-concluded series.

Sidra, who enjoyed a delightful home series against Sri Lanka, jumped 19 places to secure her career-best 35th rank in the latest ODI batting rankings.

The right-handed batter scored 218 runs at an average of 72.66 including a century and half-century during a three-match series.

Sidra started the year on a high as she became just the first Pakistani woman batter to score a century in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. With her second this year against Sri Lanka, she has also levelled with Javeria Khan as the second batter to score two centuries for Pakistan in Women’s ODIs.

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu, on the other hand, also returned to the rankings following her remarkable century against Pakistan in the third ODI, bolstering her to claim the 23rd ranking.

Australia’s Alyssa Healy still leads the ODI batter rankings after a dominating Women’s World Cup earlier this year.

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Records tumble as Pakistan thump Sri Lanka at the back of Sidra’s ton

KARACHI: Various records tumbled during the second ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the Green Shirts defeated Sri Lanka by 73 runs on the back of a brilliant century of Sidra Ameen.

Pakistan’s in-form batter, Sidra, who shone in the second ODI with a brilliant century knock of 123 runs, registered herself in various records.

With her two centuries in Women’s ODIs, Sidra has become just the second Pakistani batter to score two centuries in the format. The batting all-rounder Javeria Khan was the first to achieve this feat.

Furthermore, Sidra’s 123 in the recently-concluded second ODI, is the second-highest individual score by a Pakistani batter in Women’s ODIs, just behind Javeria Khan’s 133, who scored the highest individual score by a Pakistani batter in 2014. Both the batters scored big against Sri Lanka.

Sidra and her opening partner Muneeba Ali, as a pair too, were splendid as they claimed two records with their astounding 158 runs opening partnership in the second ODI.

With their 158 runs opening partnership, Sidra and Muneeba registered the first century-plus opening stand for Pakistan in Women’s ODIs. Their astonishing partnership is also the second-best overall stand for Pakistan in ODIs. Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar’s 181-run partnership against Ireland in 2013 is the highest overall for the side.

Pakistan captain Bismah, on the other hand, also achieved a milestone in her anchoring knock of 36 as she surpassed Javeria to become the country’s leading run-scorer in women’s ODIs.

It is apropos to mention here that Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 73 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series. Green shirts’ opening batters Sidra and Muneeba shone with a century and a fifty respectively, while the right-arm pacer Fatima Sana wreaked havoc over the Sri Lankan batting lineup with the ball; taking four wickets for a mere 26 runs.

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