SYLHET: Bangladesh batter Sobhana Mostary was shortlisted 
for the ICC player of the month award for October, following his impressive 
performance in her side's maiden tour for bilateral series in Australia, reports BSS.

Sobhana registered the highest score by a woman batter from Bangladesh 
against Australia - a solid 118 off 134 deliveries - in the second match of 
the ICC Women's Championship series played in Brisbane. She finished the 
series with 129 runs at a strike-rate of 73.71.

She will compete against Australia's Annabel Sutherland and India's Deepti 
Sharma for the women's honour.

South Africa's Marco Jansen, Pakistan's Arafat Minhas and West Indies captain 
Shai Hope have been shortlisted for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award.

Jansen topped the bowlers' and all-rounders' tables in the ICC Men's Test 
Player Rankings during this period, Arafat was named the Player of the Series 
in the Pakistan Tri-Series and Hope made the shortlist on the back of some 
outstanding performances in white-ball cricket.