Black Caps bowler Tim Southee and White Ferns allrounder Amelia Kerr have been shortlisted for the top honours in the ICC's Cricketers of the Year Awards.
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Southee, who has just taken over the test captaincy, is a finalist for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Men's Cricketer of the Year along with Babar Azam of Pakistan, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe and Ben Stokes of England.
Kerr is a finalist for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Women's Cricketer of the Year along with Smriti Mandhana of India, Beth Mooney of Australia and Nat Sciver of England.
Southee was one of the stars for New Zealand with the ball in 2022, he was consistently amongst the wickets and finished with 65 scalps, the highest by a Kiwi in the calendar year.
Earlier White Ferns captain Sophie Devine was named as one of the finalists for the International T20 women's cricketer of the year and Kerr a finalist for the International ODI cricketer of the year.
Black Caps batter Finn Allen is a finalist for the men's emerging player of the year award.
The other finalists in the women's T20 category are Tahlia McGrath of Australia, Smriti Mandhana of India and Nida Dar of Pakistan.
The other women's ODI finalists are Nat Sciver of England, Shabnim Ismail of South Africa and Alyssa Healy of Australia.
Devine scored 389 runs in 14 matches at an average of 29.92 and took 13 wickets in T20 internationals this year.
Under her leadership, New Zealand won 11 out of 14 games this year, including one Super Over win over West Indies in the fourth T20I in Antigua.
Amelia Kerr Photo: Photosport
Kerr scored 676 runs and took 17 wickets in 18 ODI matches during the year.
The men's T20 finalists are Suryakumar Yadav of India, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe, Sam Curran of England and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan.
The men's ODI finalists are Babar Azam of Pakistan, Adam Zampa of Australia, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe and Shai Hope of the West Indies.
The shortlists for the overall men and women's Cricketer of the Year will be announced tomorrow.
The winners will be announced in January.
