South African Reyneke joins Mustafizur, Sunny in rare feat

South African all-rounder Kayla Reyneke became the first female cricketer to be adjudged 'player of the match' in multiple formats.

She is just the fifth player across men and women categories in international cricket to seal the honour on debut in multiple formats. Two Bangladeshi players-- Mustafizur Rahman and Elias Sunny-- are in the rare list.

While Sunny achieved the feat on his Test and T20 debut, Mustafizur Rahman was awarded 'player of the match' in his Test and ODI debut. England's Ben Foakes (ODI & Test) and South Africa's Lungi Ngidi (Test & T20I) are the other two male cricketers in the list.

Reyneke achieved the milestone on his ODI and T20 debut. 

She played an unbeaten 32 ball-42 runs knock to help the side win the first ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand by two wickets in Christchurch on Sunday.

New Zealand Women's team compiled a challenging 268 before being all out in 50 overs and appeared headed for a victory before Reyneke proved to be the difference.

Reyneke had earlier received the award just last month on her T20I debut in the series opener against Pakistan in Potchefstroom.    �"BSS