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ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year Award: The year 2024 has passed and many days have passed since the new year 2025 has started. In such a situation, the supreme body of cricket, International Cricket Council i.e. ICC is announcing awards for the players who performed brilliantly last year. In this sequence, a big ICC award has been announced which has been given to a player from a country whose population is only around 30 lakhs. Yes, the big ICC award has gone to a player from a country with a very low population. This player is Gerhard Erasmus who belongs to the country of Namibia. Gerhard Erasmus has been awarded the ICC Men's Associate Player of the Year 2024 award for his excellent performance last year.
Gerhard Erasmus needs no introduction. He has now become a well-known name in the world of cricket. Gerhard Erasmus is a brilliant all-rounder. Last year, he performed brilliantly with ball and bat in both ODI and T20I formats. In the year 2024, he scored 364 runs in 12 ODI matches at an average of 33.09 while taking 18 wickets at an average of 22.38. At the same time, apart from scoring 363 runs in 13 T20I matches at an average of 33.00, he also took 18 wickets. This is the reason why he has been honored with this special award for the second consecutive time.
Gerhard Erasmus created history
This powerful all-rounder also won the ICC Men's Associate Player of the Year 2023 award. In this way he has achieved a big feat in the history of cricket. Gerhard Erasmus is only the second player in the world to win the ICC Men's Associate Player of the Year more than once. Before this, only Ryan ten Deschate of Netherlands had won the award more than once. Ryan ten Deschate had won this big ICC award three times.
The players who have won ICC awards in different categories are as follows:-
- ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Year: Isha Oja
- ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year: Gerhard Erasmus
- ICC Umpire of the Year: Richard Illingworth
- ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Arshdeep Singh
- ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Amelia Kerr
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