Smriti Mandhana named ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021

27 Jan,22 9:30 am
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ICC Women Cricketer of the year 2021: Indian opener Smriti Manadhana of India has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Women Cricketer of the year 2021.

Key Highlights:

  • The left-handed opener beat competition from Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland to clinch the honour.
  • Mandhana is the only Indian to win the award twice in her career, having earlier been awarded the trophy in 2018.
  • The only other Indian to receive the award was Jhulan Goswami in 2007.
  • Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry of Australia was the first woman player to win the award and remains the only player to win the award three times.

ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the year:

  • Lizelle Lee of South Africa whose average is 90.28 was named as the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the year, 2021.
  • In March 2021, Lee played a crucial role in South Africa’s win against India.
  • During the test series, Lee hit 288 runs that led the team to win against India. Lee was named as the Player of the series.

About Smriti Mandhana:

  • Smriti plays for the Indian cricket team.
  • She entered the national team in 2017 and on that very same year she played for the world cup.
  • Star batter Mandhana, 25, has scored 855 runs in 22 internationals at an average of 38.86 with one century and five half-centuries in 2021.
  • In 2019, Smriti became the captain of the team.
  • She won the CEAT International Woman Cricketer award in 219.
  • She was the third fastest cricketer to score 2000 runs in WODI.
  • She had a huge role in India's two wins against South Africa at home; scoring an unbeaten 80 in the India's chase of 158 in the second ODI and later helped India level the series with her 48 not out in the win in the final T20I match.

About the award:

  • The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women Cricketer of the year is presented annually as a part of the ICC Awards ceremony.
  • The award was introduced in 2006.
  • It adjudges the best international cricketer based on their twelve month period performances.
  • In 2017, the award was renamed as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint.
  • Rachael Heyhoe Flint is a woman cricketer who was the captain of the British cricket team between 1966 and 1978.
  • Between 2006 and 2011, the award was presented in a single category called “Women’s Player of the Year”.
  • In 2017, separate categories were introduced for One Day and T20 cricket.

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