(Cricket news) Ireland’s Laura Delany has been voted ICC Player of the Month for October, the 28 year old was selected ahead of her teammate Gaby Lewis and Zimbabwe’s Mary-Anne Musonda. In the men’s category, Pakistan’s Asif Ali received the coveted award.

Commenting on Delany’s performance, ICC Voting Academy member Lisa Sthalekar said: “Laura has been playing international cricket for over a decade and has the difficult task of captaining her country, which carries a great weight of expectation. I have been following her career ever since I played alongside her in the Gordon Women’s Club in Sydney and watched her development. This recent series was a breakout series for her as she was able to register her highest ODI score and is a worthy recipient of the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for October.”

Laura Delany said: “I was delighted to be nominated with Gaby and Mary-Anne, and from an Irish perspective it has been a really good sign that we’ve had a few players in recent times to have been nominated. It’s a great honour to win it though, and I’d like to thank Lisa [Sthalekar] for her kind words.”

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