• Malan nominated for ICC award

    Published on

    Proteas batsman Janneman Malan has been nominated for the 2021 ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Year award.

    Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Babar Azam (Pakistan) and Paul Stirling (Ireland) are the other nominees.

    This year, Malan scored 509 runs in eight matches at an average of 84.83 with two centuries and two half-centuries

    Having made his ODI debut in February 2020, Malan has quickly become a vital cog of South Africa’s 50-over setup.

    He was given his first game of the year in the third ODI against Pakistan with the series tied at 1-1. Though South Africa lost the game and thus the series, Malan made an instant impact with a knock of 70.

    He picked up the Man of the Series award in the three-match series against Ireland after finishing as the top-scorer with 261 runs in two matches. His 84 in the second ODI went in vain as the Proteas fell short by 43 runs but was unstoppable in the next match with a sensational knock of 177 that propelled his side to 346-4.

    Malan carried his form over to Sri Lanka and finished as South Africa’s highest run-getter in the ODI series with 162. He starred for the Proteas in their only win of the series, with a 135-ball 121 on a difficult batting track in Colombo.

    Malan finished as the second-highest ODI run-scorer of 2021.

    Post by

    Simon Borchardt