England all-rounder Chris Woakes was named the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month for July 2023 on Tuesday. The Englishman beat compatriot Zak Crawley and Netherlands’ Bas de Leede to say the honour.
“It’s very good to have been voted ICC Males’s Participant of the Month for July. All the pieces we did within the Ashes was a crew effort, and no particular person awards can be attainable with out everybody else doing their job but it surely’s all the time good to be recognised, particularly when it’s a public vote. It was an excellent collection, and I’m simply very completely satisfied that it captured the creativeness and a spotlight of the general public a lot. It was nice to have a lot assist and it was a massively pleasurable collection to play in,” Woakes stated.
After not being picked within the taking part in XI for the primary two Ashes Checks, Woakes made an immeditate affect within the third sport by choosing three wickets in every innings and likewise chipped in with an important unbeaten 32 in an exhilarating run-chase at Headingley.
Within the fourth Take a look at, Woakes claimed a five-wicket haul within the first innings earlier than rain had the ultimate say, denying England a win. Woakes made his presence felt within the ultimate Take a look at too, choosing seven wickets within the match and scoring an important 36 within the first innings.
He bagged the Participant-of-the-Match on the Oval and was additionally named the Participant-of-the-Sequence for his 19 wickets in three matches at a mean of 18.15.