page_title: ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
hierarchical_section_title: ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
caption_attribution_description: English: Karen Rolton of Australia - ICC Womens Cricket World Cup - Sydney, March 2009.
context_page_description: The International Cricket Council Women's Cricketer of the Year is an award given annually as part of the ICC Awards ceremony. Although the awards were first held in 2004, the first women's award was made in 2006. Karen Rolton, the inaugural winner of the award commented that it was "great for women's cricket... that the ICC has included a women's award this year".
  The award is based upon the players' performances in the voting period, typically from August for a year. Prior to 2009, each of the top 10 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. This is then trimmed to create a short list by a different, 25-person, board.
  Between 2006 and 2011, it ran as a single category award. From 2012 onwards, it was separated into two categories and an overall Women's Player of the Year category was reintroduced in 2017, in addition to these two awards.
  In the time that the award has been presented, it has been won by 9 different players.
context_section_description: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year (known since 2017 as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award) is an award given annually as part of the ICC Awards ceremony. Although the awards were first held in 2004, the first women's award was made in 2006. Karen Rolton, the inaugural winner of the award commented that it was "great for women's cricket... that the ICC has included a women's award this year".
  The award is based upon the players' performances in the voting period, typically from August for a year. Prior to 2009, each of the top 10 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. This is then trimmed to create a short list by a different, 25-person, board.
  Between 2006 and 2011, it ran as a single category (Women's Player of the Year) award. From 2012 onwards, it was separated into two categories (Women's ODI Player of the Year and Women's T20I Player of the Year) and an overall Women's Player of the Year category was reintroduced in 2017, in addition to these two awards.
  In the time that the award has been presented, it has been won by 9 different players. Stafanie Taylor and Sarah Taylor have won it three times each and Meg Lanning twice, making them the only multiple recipients of the awards. Stafanie Taylor has been short listed 9 times (winning 3 times) the most by any player. Lisa Sthalekar has been short listed on the most occasions (3) without winning the award. In total, 22 players have been nominated from 6 different teams. Jhulan Goswami (2007 winner), Stafanie Taylor (2011, 2013 ODI, 2015 T20I winner) and Suzie Bates (2013 ODI winner) are the only winners not to play for either Australia or England, representing India, the West Indies and New Zealand respectively.
caption: Karen Rolton was the first recipient of the award in 2006.
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