Perry named Women’s Cricketer of the Year

DUBAI: Ellyse Perry, the Australian all-rounder, won the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint award for the Women’s Cricketer of the Year, while team mate and opening bat Beth Mooney was named the T20I and Emerging Player of the Year. New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite walked away with the ODI honours.

The 27-year-old has had a phenomenal year personally which in turn has helped Australian Women’s team clinch the ICC Women’s Championship in November 2016 as well as retain the Womens Ashes. Perry beat competitors Satterthwaite and India’s Harmanpreet Kaur, who finished second and third respectively.

This year the ICC Cricket of the Year was reintroduced as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint award - named after the legendary England player, a World Cup winner and also a Hall of Famer in the ICC. “I’d like to acknowledge the incredible work and legacy Rachael has left behind for the game, she is certainly missed,” Perry added. Perry scored her maiden double hundred in the first day-night Ashes Test and also claimed three wickets in the game. Her numbers in ODIs are more impressive - 905 runs and 22 wickets in 19 matches during the voting period, that included games played since September 21, 2016.