ICC names Dinusha, Robinson and Mahmood for Player of the Month

The ICC has nominated Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha, England’s Ollie Robinson and Bangladesh’s Hasan Mahmood for the Player of the Month award for August.

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha batted superbly in the Galle and Colombo Tests of the two-match series against India in August. He scored a total of 420 runs in both matches.

England’s fast bowler Ollie Robinson, meanwhile, played a key role in his team’s two successive wins in the home Test series against Pakistan.

In the first Test, Ollie Robinson bowled the best figures of his career, taking 8 wickets for 80 runs. In the second Test, he continued his destructive bowling and took 8 wickets for 35 runs.

Bangladesh’s fast bowler Hasan Mahmood is also in the running for Player of the Month. He played a key role in the historic Test victory over Australia.

In the Test played in Darwin, Hasan Mahmood took 6 wickets for 55 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he dismissed 3 batters for 56 runs.