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English all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named as Wisden's leading cricketer of the year for the second time in a row. Ben Stokes had another superb 2020 season for the country as he performed well with both bat and the ball. In 2020, Stokes accumulated 641 runs in seven Test matches at an impressive average of 58.27 while playing against Pakistan and West Indies. The right-arm pacer also picked up 19 wickets in 2020 in the five-day format. On the other hand, Ben Stokes scored 126 runs in six T20I games and claimed six wickets. The all-rounder becomes the first England player to win the award more than once in the most prestigious honour in this year's Almanack.
Meanwhile, Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League 2021 with a broken finger. Stokes suffered the injury during the Rajasthan Royals' first match of the tournament against Punjab Kings while taking a catch to get Chris Gayle's wicket. After dropping a catch earlier in the game against Punjab, Stokes ran hard from long-on and dived forward in a bid to complete the catch to dismiss Chris Gayle.
Wisden has named Australia's Beth Mooney as the leading woman cricketer for 2020
Stokes was also designated as the leading cricketer of the year by Wisden for 2019. The 29-year-old led England to glory in the World Cup final against New Zealand. Furthermore, the southpaw had also played a brilliant knock against Australia at Headingley in the Ashes to take England to a memorable win. Consequently, Stokes had become the first English player to bag the award after former all-rounder Andre Flintoff who won it back in the year 2005. Ben Stokes had concluded Indian captain Virat Kohli's domination. The Indian batsman had won the prestigious award for three years in a row.
On the other hand, Wisden has also named Australia's Beth Mooney as the leading woman cricketer for 2020. Beth Mooney had played a crucial role in taking Australia to victory in the T20 World Cup. She had also finished as the highest run-scorer in the WBBL. Meanwhile, West Indies ODI captain Kieron Pollard has been titled the leading T20 cricketer of 2020. The dynamic all-rounder scored 168 runs in four T20I innings at an average of 56 and a brilliant strike rate of 204.87.