England Trio Among Wisden Cricketers Of The Year

England trio Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone person been named among Wisden's 5 Cricketers of nan Year.

The players are chosen by nan Wisden editor, a contented that dates backmost to 1889. The awards are based connected performances successful nan erstwhile English summertime and nary subordinate tin triumph nan grant much than erstwhile successful their career.

Hampshire spinner Liam Dawson and Surrey accelerated bowler Dan Worrall complete nan line-up, which has been announced arsenic this year's Wisden almanack is published connected Thursday.

India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana are crowned nan starring cricketers successful nan world, while West Indies' Nicholas Pooran is nan world's starring T20 player.

Atkinson took 12 wickets against West Indies connected his Test debut successful July, which sparked a singular tally of 52 scalps successful nan year.

He past scored a Test period - besides his maiden first-class period - batting astatine number 8 against Sri Lanka astatine Lord's nan pursuing month.

Smith besides made his Test debut successful nan summertime arsenic England's caller wicketkeeper and made his first period against Sri Lanka astatine Old Trafford.

The 24-year-old vanished nan three-match bid pinch 280 runs astatine an mean of 46.6, 2nd only to Joe Root.

His coagulated wicketkeeping besides solved England's action dilemma arsenic he edged retired Jonny Bairstow and Surrey team-mate Ben Foakes.

Ecclestone has been an outlier successful a difficult twelvemonth for England's women, arsenic she becomes nan first English female to beryllium named successful nan quintet since batter Tammy Beaumont successful 2019.

England were unbeaten during their location summertime against Pakistan and New Zealand, earlier nan disappointing group-stage exit successful nan autumn's T20 World Cup and a disastrous Ashes conclusion which saw caput coach Jon Lewis and skipper Heather Knight removed from their positions.

Left-arm spinner Ecclestone, 25, is nan world's number 1 classed bowler successful some white-ball formats, and surpassed Katherine Sciver-Brunt arsenic England Women's starring T20 wicket-taker during nan bid against Pakistan.

England's Nat Sciver-Brunt and Australia skipper Pat Cummins were nan leading cricketers successful nan world for 2024.