DUBAI: New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr has been awarded her maiden Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2024.
Kiwi star pipped South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland to the top honour in the women’s game.
The 24-year-all-rounder was outstanding in all three aspects of the game throughout the year 2024.
With the bat, Kerr was a vital cog in New Zealand’s line-up, capable of playing valuable knocks to build on strong starts or acting as a stabilising force to anchor the innings if the openers didn’t fire.
Previously Australia’s Ellyse Perry, India’s Smriti Mandhana and England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt each have won the award on two occasions.
Amelia Kerr is not only the first New Zealander to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy but also the first Kiwi to win the overall ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in any format.
Kerr’s notable performance of 2024 came at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup where she was named the Player of the Tournament and won the Player of the Match award against South Africa in the final as New Zealand’s women won their first ICC T20 World Cup.
Kerr’s notable performance in 2024 came at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final when she helped New Zealand women’s to win their maiden ICC T20 World Cup Trophy.
Kiwi all-rounder shone brightly in the final against South Africa, delivering an all-round masterclass with 43 runs and bowling figures of 3-24 to secure both the Player of the Match and Tournament award.
In nine One Day Internationals during the year, she scored 264 runs at an average of 33, and she also scalped 14 wickets in the format.
But it was in T20 Internationals where her performances were exceptional. In 18 T20Is in 2024, she scored 387 runs at an average of 24.18 and bagged 29 wickets – a national record for a single calendar year.
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