ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

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ICC Award for Best Women's Cricketer
Presented by ICC
First awarded2006
Currently held by Flag of New Zealand.svg Amelia Kerr
Most awards Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellyse Perry
Flag of India.svg Smriti Mandhana
Flag of England.svg Nat Sciver-Brunt
(2 each)
Website ICC Awards
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Sarah Taylor (left) and Ellyse Perry have collectively won a total of nine awards across all three categories.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year (known as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award since 2017 in memory of pioneering women's cricket player and administrator Rachael Heyhoe Flint [1] ) is an award given annually as part of the ICC Awards ceremony. [2] [3]

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Introduced in 2006, the award adjudges the best-performed female international cricketer across an approximate twelve-month voting period. [4] [5] Prior to 2009, each of the top ten women's national teams nominated two players and the final selection was made by a 16-person panel. [6] Since 2009, a long list has been chosen by the ICC Awards voting panel, consisting of cricket administrators, journalists and former players. A subsequent short list is then created by a different, 25-person, board. [4]

Between 2006 and 2011, the award ran as a single category, known as the Women's Player of the Year. From 2012 to 2016, it was separated into two format-specific categories: the Women's ODI Player of the Year and Women's T20I Player of the Year awards. In 2017, an overall Women's Cricketer of the Year category was reintroduced, though the separate awards for One Day and Twenty20 cricket would continue to be presented.

In December 2020, after a reduced amount of international cricket had been played throughout the previous twelve months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC staged a special edition of its annual awards ceremony to recognise the best players of the past ten years. [7] Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry swept all three major female categories to be named the Women's ODI Player of the Decade, Women's T20I Player of the Decade and overall Women's Cricketer of the Decade. [8]

To date, Perry has received the most awards across all three categories with a total of six wins. India batter Smriti Mandhana is the next-most-decorated player across all categories, having won a total of four awards .

Winners

ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

YearWinnerTeamShort listedRef(s)
2006 Karen Rolton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [2] [9] [10]
2007 Jhulan Goswami Flag of India.svg  India [11] [12] [13]
2008 Charlotte Edwards Flag of England.svg  England [6] [14] [15]
2009 Claire Taylor Flag of England.svg  England [16] [17] [18]
2010 Shelley Nitschke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [19] [20] [21]
2011 Stafanie Taylor WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies [3] [22] [23]
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award
YearWinnerTeamShort listedRef(s)
2017 Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [24]
2018 Smriti Mandhana Flag of India.svg  India [25]
2019 Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [26]
2021 Smriti Mandhana Flag of India.svg  India [27]
2022 Nat Sciver-Brunt Flag of England.svg  England [28]
2023 [29]
2024 Amelia Kerr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [30]

ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

YearWinnerTeamShort listedRef(s)
2012 Stafanie Taylor WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies [31]
2013 Suzie Bates Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [32] [33] [34]
2014 Sarah Taylor Flag of England.svg  England [35] [36] [37]
2015 Meg Lanning Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [38] [39]
2016 Suzie Bates Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [40]
2017 Amy Satterthwaite Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [24]
2018 Smriti Mandhana Flag of India.svg  India [25]
2019 Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [26]
2021 Lizelle Lee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2022

Nat Sciver-Brunt

Flag of England.svg  England [41]
2023 Chamari Athapaththu Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [42]
2024 Smriti Mandhana Flag of India.svg  India [43] [44]

ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

YearWinnerTeamShort listedRef(s)
2012 Sarah Taylor Flag of England.svg  England [45]
2013 [32] [33] [46]
2014 Meg Lanning Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [35] [36] [47]
2015 Stafanie Taylor WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies [38] [48]
2016 Suzie Bates Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [40]
2017 Beth Mooney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [24]
2018 Alyssa Healy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [49]
2019 [26]
2021

Tammy Beaumont

Flag of England.svg  England
2022 Tahlia McGrath Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [50]
2023 Hayley Matthews WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies [51]
2024 Amelia Kerr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [52] [53]

ICC Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year

YearWinner
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beth Mooney
2018 Flag of England.svg Sophie Ecclestone
2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Chanida Sutthiruang
2021 Flag of Pakistan.svg Fatima Sana
2022 Flag of India.svg Renuka Singh Thakur
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phoebe Litchfield
2024 Flag of South Africa.svg Annerie Dercksen

ICC Women's Associate Player of the Year

YearWinner
2021 Flag of Austria.svg Andrea-Mae Zepeda
2022 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Esha Oza
2023 Flag of Kenya.svg Queentor Abel
2024 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Esha Oza

ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade

YearWinnerTeamShort listedRef(s)
Women's Cricketer of the Decade Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [8] [54]
Women's ODI Player of the Decade Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [8] [54]
Women's T20I Player of the Decade Ellyse Perry Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [8] [54]

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