Aimee Maguire, Esha Oza among ICC Player of the Month nominees

Aimee Maguire of Ireland and Esha Oza of the United Arab Emirates have been nominated for ICC Player of the Month Award for the month of September.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on named the shortlists for September’s ICC Player of the Month awards, with the men’s category including three previous Player of the Month winners aiming to secure their second prize — two Sri Lankan Test stars (Kamindu Mendis and Prabath Jayasuriya), and a multi-format maestro from Australia (Travis Head).

In the women’s category, England’s Tammy Beaumont is up against Aimee and Esha.

“The 18-year-old Aimee has made an impressive start to her international career since her debut last year, and hit the headlines in September after inspiring Ireland’s first ODI victory over England since 2001,” said a statement from the ICC.  

“The left-arm spinner claimed career-best figures of five for 19 in the third match, taking the prized wickets of Beaumont and Kate Cross to restrict the tourists and set up a famous win. Not done there, the youngster starred during the subsequent T20I matches, taking five more wickets across two matches at an average of 12.40.”

The ICC also acknowledged the contribution of Esha Oza.

“The UAE skipper Esha secures her second nomination in the ICC Women’s Player of the Month awards after Player of the Series endeavours in the UAE’s Capricorn Women’s Tri-Series triumph in Namibia. The all-rounder registered 209 runs and eight wickets from six T20I matches in September, highlighted by a fine display in their third match (42 and three for 29 against Namibia), and 84 in the following victory over Zimbabwe,” the statement said.

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