The ICC has revealed the nominations for the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer 2023. In total four players have been nominated, all from different countries.
First on the list is Australian batsman Phoebe Litchfield, who was named in the Australian squad for their recent tour to India. She played the single Test match and scored 18. She made up for it in the three-match ODI series, scoring 260 runs in three matches, including a century.
While he had a mediocre run in Test matches, scoring 87 Test runs at 21.75. She made up for it with 344 ODI runs at 49.14 and 88 runs in T20Is.
Next on the list is young Bangladesh pacer Marufa Akter who has taken nine ODI wickets at 24.77. He backed it up with 10 T20I wickets at an average of 23.30.
ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketers Nominations 2023: 4 Cricketers Named From Different Teams
She put in some eye-catching performances in the Women’s T20 World Cup in early February this year. In just her third T20I match, she took a three-wicket haul against Sri Lanka. The 18-year-old impressed further in home white-ball matches against India in mid-year and became one of the first players picked by the Bangladesh team in late 2023 during a series against Pakistan and South Africa. She played a pivotal role in leading her team to victory in the first ODI against India at Mirpur in July.
Bangladesh managed to score only 152 but Marufa managed a four-wicket haul as Bangladesh defeated India by 40 runs through the DLS method.
Third on the list is English seamer Lauren Bell. She took 6 Test wickets at 31.83, seven ODI wickets at 27.71 and nine T20I wickets at 26. She took great strides to fill the boots of Katherine Sciver-Brunt, who announced her international retirement earlier this year. .
Bell took three wickets in four appearances during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in February and then performed admirably in all three formats during England’s multi-format Ashes series against Australia in mid-year. She soon became England’s leader on their trip to India and became a member of her team in all formats.
He put in some eye-catching performances in the Ashes, but his best performance came in the operational T20I match against Australia. England posted a decent total of 153/7 with that bat and needed to make early inroads into Australia’s strong batting line-up to have any chance of making a salute.
Bell removed Alyssa Healy early on and then returned to take the wicket of Ellyse Perry to give England hope. Australia managed to win the game in the end.
Scottish all-rounder Darcy Carter is the latest player to take home the nominations. He is only 18 years old and debuted last year. In total, he played three ODIs and 12 T20Is for Scotland. His notable performances came in the T20I format, where he took 12 wickets and scored 244 runs. He has already picked up 16 international wickets and also scored his first T20I fifty. He played for the under-19 team and also played for the senior team that same year, achieving a notable achievement.
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