England captain Jos Buttler voted ICC Men's Player of the Month

England captain Jos Buttler on Monday claimed the ICC Mens Player of the Month award for the first time after being at his remarkable best with the bat in his sides charge to T20 World Cup triumph in Australia in NovemberButtler triumphed in a field which also contained teammate and fellow World Cup winner legspinner Adil Rashid and Pakistan leftarm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi both of whom played significant roles with the ball guiding their sides all the way to the showpiece finale of the T20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in AustraliaI want to thank the fans for voting for me as the ICC Player of the Month for November This award is down to the efforts of my teammates in what was the most incredible month of cricket culminating in winning the ICC Mens T20 World Cup in Australia said Buttler on receiving the honourButtler once again underlined his reputation as one of the most fearsome batters in world cricket last month November started with a Player of the Match performance in the dramatic 20run victory over New Zealand in Brisbane Making his 100th T20I appearance the opener smashed 73 from 47 balls to provide some muchneeded momentum to Englands campaignAlso readPakistan fight back after England set stiff targetAfter England had secured their passage to the knockout stages he followed this display with arguably his highlight of the tournament Chasing 169 for victory in the semifinal against India he demonstrated the full array of his strokeplay in smashing 80 from 49 balls His recordbreaking opening partnership of 170 with Alex Hales saw them claim a historic tenwicket win in AdelaideIt is right up there amongst the best months of cricket Ive been involved in and it was pretty special to lead a group of players to the ultimate accolade of becoming world champions added ButtlerEven though his scoring in the final was somewhat quiet by his standards Buttler registered a valuable 26 runs against a menacing Pakistan bowling attack He then led the efforts in the field with his expert captaincy and bowling changes forcing Pakistan to fall short and claiming Englands second ever T20 World Cup trophyJos continues to show the world why he is one of the best white ball players to have graced the game Fearless skillful and a fantastic leader who coming into the tournament had big shoes to fill following Eoin Morgans departure Determined to do things his way paid off immensely in his own and his teams performances said Lydia Greenway former England womens cricketer and ICC Player of the Month voting panel memberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever