As bulletins within the ICC Awards 2024 draw to a detailed, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) revealed New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr because the winner of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Ladies’s Cricketer of the 12 months.
Acknowledging the excellent feminine cricketer throughout all codecs of the sport throughout the calendar yr, Kerr turns into the primary New Zealander to win the coveted trophy after a momentous 2024 during which she impressed the White Ferns to their first ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup.
In T20Is alone, Kerr amassed 387 runs and took 29 wickets at a mean of 15.55, but it was throughout the World Cup marketing campaign that her brilliance was most obvious – setting a brand new document for probably the most wickets in a single version (15) and culminating in an unforgettable particular person show within the last to safe the silverware and the Participant of the Event accolade.
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On the largest stage, up towards an in-form South African outfit, Kerr overcame difficult situations to attain an important 43 from 38 balls earlier than eradicating the damaging Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch in figures of three for twenty-four with the ball to thwart the chase and arrange a 32-win victory amid wild celebrations.
Whereas her yr will likely be finest remembered for her historic feats within the shortest format, Kerr additionally impressed in ODIs, hitting 264 runs at a mean of 33.00 and taking 14 wickets which included four-wicket hauls towards India and Australia.
The 24-year-old overcomes South African skipper Wolvaardt, Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland to win the award, backing up her Ladies’s T20I Cricketer of the 12 months success on Saturday.
ICC Ladies’s Cricketer of the 12 months, Amelia Kerr: “It is an enormous honour to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Ladies’s Cricketer of the 12 months. I suppose for me particular person awards aren’t one thing you consider a lot, however that is a particularly particular one.
“It’s good to have the ability to contribute for New Zealand, I suppose that is all any cricketer needs is to work onerous and put out performances for his or her teammates. There are such a lot of those who have helped me obtain what I’ve, and I am very grateful for the help community I’ve round me.”
Bulletins within the ICC Awards 2024 will conclude in a while Tuesday, with the extremely anticipated Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Males’s Cricketer of the 12 months revealed.
The winners in 12 particular person classes have been decided by each the ICC Voting Academy and international followers, who registered over 1.5million votes at icc-cricket.com throughout a twelve-day voting interval between 30 December 2024 and 10 January 2025.
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