ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year (known since 2017 as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award[1]) is an award given annually as part of the ICC Awards ceremony.[2] Although the awards were first held in 2004,[3] the first women's award was made in 2006. Karen Rolton, the inaugural winner of the award commented that it was "great for women's cricket... that the ICC has included a women's award this year".[4]

Karen Rolton was the first recipient of the award in 2006.

The award is based upon the players' performances in the voting period, typically from August for a year.[5][6] Prior to 2009, each of the top 10 women's national teams nominated two players and the final selection was made by a 16-person panel.[7] Since 2009, a long list has been chosen by the ICC Awards voting panel, consisting of cricket administrators, journalists and former players. This is then trimmed to create a short list by a different, 25-person, board.[5]

Between 2006 and 2011, it ran as a single category (Women's Player of the Year) award. From 2012 onwards, it was separated into two categories (Women's ODI Player of the Year and Women's T20I Player of the Year) and an overall Women's Player of the Year category was reintroduced in 2017, in addition to these two awards.

In the time that the award has been presented, it has been won by 9 different players. Stafanie Taylor and Sarah Taylor have won it three times each and Meg Lanning twice, making them the only multiple recipients of the awards. Stafanie Taylor has been short listed 9 times (winning 3 times) the most by any player. Lisa Sthalekar has been short listed on the most occasions (3) without winning the award. In total, 22 players have been nominated from 6 different teams. Jhulan Goswami (2007 winner), Stafanie Taylor (2011, 2013 ODI, 2015 T20I winner) and Suzie Bates (2013 ODI winner) are the only winners not to play for either Australia or England, representing India, the West Indies and New Zealand respectively.[18]

Winners
  • In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than the voting period. Each year links to the corresponding "year in cricket" article.
  • ODI refers to Women's One Day International cricket.
  • The Ref(s) column provides the references for that row of the table.
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
Year Winner Team Short listed Rationale Ref(s)
2006 Karen Rolton  Australia Rolton recorded a batting average of just under 50.00 during the voting period, scoring totals of 71 and 97 runs in the second Ashes Test against England in August 2005. She also claimed her best one-day bowling figures, taking 4 wickets for 29 runs, and was awarded her 100th ODI cap for Australia. [4][8][19]
2007 Jhulan Goswami  India Goswami had a bowling average below 22 in both Test and ODI cricket; 12.40 and 21.80 respectively, and consistently bowled accurately to maintain a low economy rate. She was particularly effective in a Test match against England in which she took 5 wickets for 33 runs. She also scored her highest total in international cricket of 69 in the voting period. [9][10][20]
2008 Charlotte Edwards  England During the voting period, Edwards scored 492 runs at an average of 54.66 and took 15 wickets at 19.03 for England in ODI cricket. She also scored 94 and 14 not out in her only Test appearance, and captained England during a summer in which they remained unbeaten. [7][11][21]
2009 Claire Taylor  England In 18 ODIs during the voting period, Taylor scored 565 runs at an average of 70.62, and in Twenty20 cricket averaged 115.00 for her 230 runs. She was named Player of the Tournament at both the Women's World Cup and the Women's World Twenty20, each of which England won. [12][13][22]
2010 Shelley Nitschke  Australia Nitschke scored 342 runs at an average of 57.00 in 8 ODIs during the voting period, and also claimed 12 wickets. In 10 Twenty20 matches, she scored a further 265 runs and took 10 wickets, and was part of the winning Australian team at the Women's World Twenty20. [14][15][23]
2011 Stafanie Taylor  West Indies Taylor scored 610 runs in 10 ODIs during the voting period, at an average of 76.25, and also claimed 15 wickets. She also scored 49 runs and took 5 wickets in Twenty20 matches. She was part of the West Indies team which won the Women's Twenty20 Cricket Challenge. [2][16][17]
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award
Year Winner Team Short listed Rationale Ref(s)
2017 Ellyse Perry  Australia [24]
2018 Smriti Mandhana  India [25]
2019 Ellyse Perry  Australia
ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Year Winner Team Short listed Rationale Ref(s)
2012 Stafanie Taylor  West Indies In 13 ODI matches played during the award qualifying period, Taylor scored 514 runs at an average of 46.72, and additionally took 16 wickets with her off-spin at an average of 13.12. [26]
2013 Suzie Bates  New Zealand During the award qualifying period, Bates was the top scorer with 681 runs in 11 matches at an average of 75.66, scoring two centuries and 5 half-centuries in the process. She was also the top scorer of the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. [27][28][29]
2014 Sarah Taylor  England During the award qualifying period, Taylor was the top scorer with 361 runs in 12 matches at an average of 40.11. She also helped England win the 2013–14 Women's Ashes. [30][31][32]
2015 Meg Lanning  Australia During the award qualifying period, Lanning was the top scorer with 531 runs in 7 matches at an average of 88.50, scoring two centuries and 3 half-centuries in the process. She also helped Australia win the 2015 Women's Ashes. [33][34]
2016 Suzie Bates  New Zealand
2017 Amy Satterthwaite  New Zealand [24]
2018 Smriti Mandhana  India [25]
2019 Ellyse Perry  Australia
ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Year Winner Team Short listed Rationale Ref(s)
2012 Sarah Taylor  England In 10 T20I matches played during the qualifying period, Taylor scored 340 runs at an average of 48.57, and additionally claimed 7 stumpings and 4 catches as a wicket-keeper. [35]
2013 Sarah Taylor  England During the award qualifying period, Taylor was the top scorer with 422 runs in 13 matches at an average of 42.20, scoring 3 half-centuries. She also helped England win the 2013 Women's Ashes. [27][28][36]
2014 Meg Lanning  Australia During the award qualifying period, Lanning scored 594 runs in 16 matches at an average of 49.50, apart from scoring 3 half-centuries she was the only player to score a century, becoming just the third player to score a century in women's T20Is. [30][31][37]
2015 Stafanie Taylor  West Indies During the award qualifying period, Taylor was the top scorer with 340 runs in 9 matches at an average of 42.50, scoring 3 half-centuries. [33][38]
2016 Suzie Bates  New Zealand
2017 Beth Mooney  Australia [24]
2018 Alyssa Healy  Australia [39]
2019 Alyssa Healy  Australia

See also

References
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