# ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

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.
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

| Year | Winner | Team | Short listed |
| 2006 | Karen Rolton | Australia | Katherine Brunt ( England) Anjum Chopra ( India) |
| 2007 | Jhulan Goswami | India | Lisa Sthalekar ( Australia) Claire Taylor ( England) |
| 2008 | Charlotte Edwards | England | Nicola Browne ( New Zealand) Lisa Sthalekar ( Australia) Claire Taylor ( England) |
| 2009 | Claire Taylor | England | Charlotte Edwards ( England) Shelley Nitschke ( Australia) |
| 2010 | Shelley Nitschke | Australia | Katherine Brunt ( England) Ellyse Perry ( Australia) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| 2011 | Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | Charlotte Edwards ( England) Lydia Greenway ( England) Shelley Nitschke ( Australia) |
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award :
| Year | Winner | Team | Short listed |
| 2017 | Ellyse Perry | Australia | |
| 2018 | Smriti Mandhana | India | |
| 2019 | Ellyse Perry | Australia | |
| 2021 | Smriti Mandhana | India | Tammy Beaumont ( England) Lizelle Lee ( South Africa) Gaby Lewis ( Ireland) |
| 2022 | Nat Sciver-Brunt | England | Amelia Kerr ( New Zealand) Smriti Mandhana ( India) Beth Mooney ( Australia) |
| 2023 | Nat Sciver-Brunt | England | Chamari Athapaththu ( Sri Lanka) Ashleigh Gardner ( Australia) Beth Mooney ( Australia) |
| 2024 | Amelia Kerr | New Zealand | Chamari Athapaththu ( Sri Lanka) Annabel Sutherland ( Australia) Laura Wolvaardt ( South Africa) |

### ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

| Year | Winner | Team | Short listed |
| 2012 | Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | Anisa Mohammed ( West Indies) Lydia Greenway ( England) Sarah Taylor ( England) |
| 2013 | Suzie Bates | New Zealand | Charlotte Edwards ( England) Meg Lanning ( Australia) Dane van Niekerk ( South Africa) Anya Shrubsole ( England) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| 2014 | Sarah Taylor | England | Charlotte Edwards ( England) Mithali Raj ( India) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| 2015 | Meg Lanning | Australia | |
| 2016 | Suzie Bates | New Zealand | |
| 2017 | Amy Satterthwaite | New Zealand | |
| 2018 | Smriti Mandhana | India | |
| 2019 | Ellyse Perry | Australia | |
| 2021 | Lizelle Lee | South Africa | Tammy Beaumont ( England) Hayley Matthews ( West Indies) Fatima Sana ( Pakistan) |
| 2022 | Nat Sciver-Brunt | England | Shabnim Ismail ( South Africa) Amelia Kerr ( New Zealand) Alyssa Healy ( Australia) |
| 2023 | Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka | Ashleigh Gardner ( Australia) Nat Sciver ( England) Amelia Kerr ( New Zealand) |
| 2024 | Smriti Mandhana | India | Chamari Athapaththu ( Sri Lanka) Annabel Sutherland ( Australia) Laura Wolvaardt ( South Africa) |

### ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

| Year | Winner | Team | Short listed |
| 2012 | Sarah Taylor | England | Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) Alyssa Healy ( Australia) Lisa Sthalekar ( Australia) |
| 2013 | Sarah Taylor | England | Suzie Bates ( New Zealand) Shanel Daley ( West Indies) Deandra Dottin ( West Indies) Meg Lanning ( Australia) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| 2014 | Meg Lanning | Australia | Charlotte Edwards ( England) Mithali Raj ( India) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| 2015 | Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | |
| 2016 | Suzie Bates | New Zealand | |
| 2017 | Beth Mooney | Australia | |
| 2018 | Alyssa Healy | Australia | Suzie Bates ( New Zealand) Meg Lanning ( Australia) |
| 2019 | Alyssa Healy | Australia | |
| 2021 | Tammy Beaumont | England | Gaby Lewis ( Ireland) Smriti Mandhana ( India) Natalie Sciver ( England) |
| 2022 | Tahlia McGrath | Australia | Smriti Mandhana ( India) Nida Dar ( Pakistan) Sophie Devine ( New Zealand) |
| 2023 | Hayley Matthews | West Indies | Ellyse Perry ( Australia) Sophie Ecclestone ( England) |
| 2024 | Amelia Kerr | New Zealand | Chamari Athapaththu ( Sri Lanka) Orla Prendergast ( Ireland) Laura Wolvaardt ( South Africa) |

### ICC Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year

| Year | Winner |
| 2017 | Beth Mooney |
| 2018 | Sophie Ecclestone |
| 2019 | Chanida Sutthiruang |
| 2021 | Fatima Sana |
| 2022 | Renuka Singh Thakur |
| 2023 | Phoebe Litchfield |
| 2024 | Annerie Dercksen |

### ICC Women's Associate Player of the Year

| Year | Winner |
| 2021 | Andrea-Mae Zepeda |
| 2022 | Esha Oza |
| 2023 | Queentor Abel |
| 2024 | Esha Oza |

### ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade

| Year | Winner | Team | Short listed |
| Women's Cricketer of the Decade | Ellyse Perry | Australia | Suzie Bates ( New Zealand) Meg Lanning ( Australia) Mithali Raj ( India) Sarah Taylor ( England) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) |
| Women's ODI Player of the Decade | Ellyse Perry | Australia | Suzie Bates ( New Zealand) Mithali Raj ( India) Stafanie Taylor ( West Indies) Jhulan Goswami ( India) Meg Lanning ( Australia) |
| Women's T20I Player of the Decade | Ellyse Perry | Australia | Sophie Devine ( New Zealand) Deandra Dottin ( West Indies) Alyssa Healy ( Australia) Meg Lanning ( Australia) Anya Shrubsole ( England) |