# Cricket: Proteas wicket keeper-batter Connor Esterhuizen has been nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March, alongside Indian duo Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah. Esterhuizen impressed on his debut T20 series against New Zealand, scoring 200 runs in five matches. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Ayabonga Khaka is up for the women’s award, with New Zealand captain Melie Kerr and Australia’s Beth Mooney. Khaka was the leading wicket-taker in the T20 series against New Zealand, securing eight wickets. She claimed a career-best six-wicket haul in the first ODI in Christchurch.
Cricket: Two South Africans, Connor Esterhuizen and Ayabonga Khaka, nominated for Player of the Month award