Hasan honoured

DUBAI: Hasan Ali capped a memorable year by becoming the first Pakistan player to be voted as the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year, says an ICC press release.

The 23-year-old had won the Player of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 award and finished the year as number-one ranked One-Day International bowler after having started the year in 75th position.

In the voting period, Hasan took 48 wickets in 21 ODIs and 16 wickets in 11 Twenty20 Internationals.

An excited Hasan said: “It has been memorable past 16 months for me as a young player and Pakistan as a team. And to be recognised by the game’s governing body as its emerging cricketer, is something that means a lot to me and the Pakistan cricket family.

“This acknowledgement will not only inspire me to do even better in the coming seasons but will also convince the next generation of cricketers that hard work and good performances can never go unnoticed. “I would like to thank all my peers for their support, especially each and every member of the Pakistan cricket team as we showed the world what we are capable of.

“This award is for all those who believed and backed us in the journey, and look forward to their continued patronage as the next 18 months will be more challenging with the World Cup in 2019.”‘Pakistan stun India to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017’ has been voted by the fans around the world as the inaugural winners of the ICC Fans Moment of the Year.