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) is an award given annually as part of the ICC Awards ceremony.
Introduced in 2006, the award adjudges the best-performed female international cricketer across an approximate twelve-month voting period. 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. 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.
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. 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. Perry has received the most awards across all three categories with a total of six wins.
Winners
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year Year Winner Team Short listed Ref(s) 2006 Katherine Brunt () Anjum Chopra () 2007 Lisa Sthalekar () Claire Taylor () 2008 Lisa Sthalekar () Claire Taylor () 2009 Charlotte Edwards () Shelley Nitschke () 2010 Katherine Brunt () Ellyse Perry () Stafanie Taylor () 2011 Charlotte Edwards () Lydia Greenway () Shelley Nitschke ()
+ Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award Year Winner Team Short listed Ref(s) 2017 2018 2019 2021 Tammy Beaumont () Lizelle Lee () Gaby Lewis () 2022 Amelia Kerr () Smriti Mandhana () Beth Mooney () 2023 Chamari Athapaththu () Ashleigh Gardner () Beth Mooney () 2024 Chamari Athapaththu () Annabel Sutherland () Laura Wolvaardt ()
ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year Year Winner Team Short listed Ref(s) 2012 Anisa Mohammed () Lydia Greenway () Sarah Taylor () 2013 Charlotte Edwards () Meg Lanning () Dane van Niekerk () Anya Shrubsole () Stafanie Taylor () 2014 Charlotte Edwards () Mithali Raj () Stafanie Taylor () 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 Tammy Beaumont () Hayley Matthews () Fatima Sana ()2022Nat Sciver-Brunt Shabnim Ismail () Amelia Kerr () Alyssa Healy ()2023Chamari Athapaththu Ashleigh Gardner () Nat Sciver () Amelia Kerr ()2024Smriti Mandhana Chamari Athapaththu () Annabel Sutherland () Laura Wolvaardt ()
ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year Year Winner Team Short listed Ref(s) 2012 Stafanie Taylor () Alyssa Healy () Lisa Sthalekar () 2013 Suzie Bates () Shanel Daley () Deandra Dottin () Meg Lanning () Stafanie Taylor () 2014 Charlotte Edwards () Mithali Raj () Stafanie Taylor () 2015 2016 2017 2018 Suzie Bates () Meg Lanning () 20192021Tammy Beaumont Gaby Lewis () Smriti Mandhana () Natalie Sciver ()2022Tahlia McGrath Smriti Mandhana () Nida Dar () Sophie Devine ()2023Hayley Matthews Ellyse Perry () Sophie Ecclestone ()2024Amelia Kerr Chamari Athapaththu () Orla Prendergast () Laura Wolvaardt ()
ICC Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year
+YearWinner2017 Beth Mooney2018 Sophie Ecclestone2019 Chanida Sutthiruang2021 Fatima Sana2022 Renuka Singh Thakur2023 Phoebe Litchfield2024 Annerie Dercksen
ICC Women's Associate Player of the Year +YearWinner2021 Andrea-Mae Zepeda2022 Esha Oza2023 Queentor Abel2024 Esha Oza
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade
Year Winner Team Short listed Ref(s) Women's Cricketer of the Decade Suzie Bates () Meg Lanning () Mithali Raj () Sarah Taylor () Stafanie Taylor () Women's ODI Player of the Decade Suzie Bates () Mithali Raj () Stafanie Taylor () Jhulan Goswami () Meg Lanning () Women's T20I Player of the Decade Sophie Devine () Deandra Dottin () Alyssa Healy () Meg Lanning () Anya Shrubsole ()
See also
ICC Awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy ICC Test Player of the Year ICC ODI Player of the Year
References