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New Delhi
India’s Smriti Mandhana was crowned women’s cricketer of the year on Monday by the sport’s world governing body, capping off a prolific run-scoring season for the opener.
The left-handed batswoman was also named ODI cricketer of the year for accumulating 669 runs off 12 one-day internationals. She scored 622 runs in 25 T20 matches this year.
Mandhana, 22, is only the second Indian woman to win an International Cricket Council award after fast bowler Jhulan Goswami was named the women’s player of the year in 2007.
“The awards are pretty special because as a player when you score runs, you want the team to win, and then when you get acknowledged for your performances through these awards, it motivates you to work harder and do well for your team,” Mandhana was quoted as saying in the ICC release.
“The century I scored in South Africa (in Kimberley) was quite satisfying and then I had good home series against Australia and England. A lot of people used to say I do not score that much in India, so I had a point to prove to myself.”
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson congratulated Mandhana, saying she was “a worthy winner” of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award, named after the legendary English player.
Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was voted T20 player of the year after playing an important part in her team’s World T20 triumph in the West Indies.
She finished with 225 runs from six matches as Australia beat arch-rivals England in the final. England’s teenage spinner Sophie Ecclestone was named emerging player of the year.
Bates, Harmanpreet
named skippers
The ICC also announced the women’s ODI and Twenty20 International teams of the year with New Zealands Suzie Bates named as captain of the 50-over side and Harmanpreet Kaur of India appointed captain of the shortest format.
Bates’ appointment as the ODI captain is a recognition of her contribution in inspiring her side to second position in the ICC Women’s Championship after three rounds, according to an ICC’s statement.
In the seven ODIs this calendar year, Bates has scored 438 runs with two centuries and a half-century. Bates is presently ranked seventh in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Players Rankings for ODI Batters.
Harmanpreet has been rewarded for spearheading her side to the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 in the Caribbean in November.
In that tournament, Harmanpreet scored 183 runs at a strike-rate of 160.5, while in the 25 matches in the calendar year, she accumulated 663 runs at a strike-rate of 126.2. She is ranked third in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Player Rankings for T20I Batters.
The Indian batswoman was delighted to be appointed T20 captain, and said: “To be honest, it was really surprising for me. The last two years we did not get enough T20I matches to play and it was really tough for me to build that confidence in the team.”
The 11-member women’s ODI side comprises players from seven countries, including two each from England (Tammy Beaumont and Sophie Ecclestone), India (Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav), New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine) and South Africa (Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp), and one player each from Australia (Alyssa Healy), Pakistan (Sana Mir) and Deandra Dottin (the Windies).
The T20I side boasts players from five countries, including four players from the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 champions Australia (Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt), three players from losing finalists India (Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Poonam Yadav), two players from New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Leigh Kasperek) and one player each from Bangladesh (Rumana Ahmed) and England (Natalie Sciver).
New Delhi
India’s Smriti Mandhana was crowned women’s cricketer of the year on Monday by the sport’s world governing body, capping off a prolific run-scoring season for the opener.
The left-handed batswoman was also named ODI cricketer of the year for accumulating 669 runs off 12 one-day internationals. She scored 622 runs in 25 T20 matches this year.
Mandhana, 22, is only the second Indian woman to win an International Cricket Council award after fast bowler Jhulan Goswami was named the women’s player of the year in 2007.
“The awards are pretty special because as a player when you score runs, you want the team to win, and then when you get acknowledged for your performances through these awards, it motivates you to work harder and do well for your team,” Mandhana was quoted as saying in the ICC release.
“The century I scored in South Africa (in Kimberley) was quite satisfying and then I had good home series against Australia and England. A lot of people used to say I do not score that much in India, so I had a point to prove to myself.”
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson congratulated Mandhana, saying she was “a worthy winner” of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award, named after the legendary English player.
Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was voted T20 player of the year after playing an important part in her team’s World T20 triumph in the West Indies.
She finished with 225 runs from six matches as Australia beat arch-rivals England in the final. England’s teenage spinner Sophie Ecclestone was named emerging player of the year.
Bates, Harmanpreet
named skippers
The ICC also announced the women’s ODI and Twenty20 International teams of the year with New Zealands Suzie Bates named as captain of the 50-over side and Harmanpreet Kaur of India appointed captain of the shortest format.
Bates’ appointment as the ODI captain is a recognition of her contribution in inspiring her side to second position in the ICC Women’s Championship after three rounds, according to an ICC’s statement.
In the seven ODIs this calendar year, Bates has scored 438 runs with two centuries and a half-century. Bates is presently ranked seventh in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Players Rankings for ODI Batters.
Harmanpreet has been rewarded for spearheading her side to the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 in the Caribbean in November.
In that tournament, Harmanpreet scored 183 runs at a strike-rate of 160.5, while in the 25 matches in the calendar year, she accumulated 663 runs at a strike-rate of 126.2. She is ranked third in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Player Rankings for T20I Batters.
The Indian batswoman was delighted to be appointed T20 captain, and said: “To be honest, it was really surprising for me. The last two years we did not get enough T20I matches to play and it was really tough for me to build that confidence in the team.”
The 11-member women’s ODI side comprises players from seven countries, including two each from England (Tammy Beaumont and Sophie Ecclestone), India (Smriti Mandhana and Poonam Yadav), New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine) and South Africa (Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp), and one player each from Australia (Alyssa Healy), Pakistan (Sana Mir) and Deandra Dottin (the Windies).
The T20I side boasts players from five countries, including four players from the ICC Women’s World T20 2018 champions Australia (Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt), three players from losing finalists India (Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Poonam Yadav), two players from New Zealand (Suzie Bates and Leigh Kasperek) and one player each from Bangladesh (Rumana Ahmed) and England (Natalie Sciver).
