Ben Stokes named world's best cricketer by Wisden

Stokes, 31, turned the fortunes of the Test team and played a starring role in the T20 World Cup final victory over Pakistan in November .

England teammates Ben Foakes and Matthew Potts have been named as one of five cricketers of the year.

New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell as well as India's women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur are also on the list.

England had won just one of their previous 17 Tests when the versatile Stokes was named captain last April.

They have since won 10 of their last 12 games playing a style daring sword cricket.

Stokes has already been named the world's best cricketer in 2020 and 2021.

"It's hard to think of any other cricketer who could have transformed his team's fortunes as suddenly as Ben Stokes," said Lawrence Booth, editor of Wisden.

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"Later that year he led England to the T20 World Cup with the decisive legs of the final against Pakistan in Melbourne - the icing on the cake for a cricketer who transformed the way the game is played."

Batsman Beth Mooney has been named the world's best women's cricketer for the second time in three years after being part of an Australian side that won World Cups in the 50 and 20 formats as well as Commonwealth Games gold. /p>

The five cricketers of the year are chosen by the Wisden publisher, a tradition that dates back to 1889 .the English summer is a major factor and no player can win the award more than once.

Wicketkeeper Blundell, 32, and Black Caps teammate Mitchell, 31, have both been prolific with the bat despite losing 3-0 in the Test series to New Zealand. in England in June.

Harmanpreet, 34, led his team to a silver medal at the Games then inspired a first win in an England one-day series since 1999 in September.

England hitter Jonny Bairstow was awarded the new Wisden Trophy for Outstanding Individual Test Performance of the Year - his twin hundreds in the record win over India at Edgbaston in July.

Meanwhile, Indian striker Suryakumar Yadav has been named the best Twenty20 cricketer in the world.