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Sophie Ecclestone, the England spinner, is nominated for the ICC Women’s T20 Player of the Year Award
The ICC Women’s T20 Player of the Year shortlist includes England spinner Sophie Ecclestone.
Ecclestone is the top-ranked bowler in the format. Even though she took the most wickets at the 2023 World Cup, Heather Knight’s team was unable to overcome the tournament hosts and eventual runners-up, South Africa, in the semi-finals. 24hscore
The four women on the shortlist for the ICC Women’s T20 Player of the Year award include Sophie Ecclestone of England.
The spinner finished 2023 ranked as the top bowler in both white-ball forms after another incredible year in an England shirt.
She has been nominated with Australian Ellyse Perry, Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Mathews.
Ecclestone will face fierce competition from all of them for the honor, which will be revealed later this month.
Despite missing four months due to a shoulder ailment that necessitated surgery, Ecclestone has had an incredible year.
She assisted England in making it to the T20 World Cup semifinals at the beginning of 2023 when they were defeated by the hosts and eventual runners-up, South Africa.
With an astounding average of just 7.55, the 24-year-old concluded the tournament as the highest wicket-taker, having claimed 11 wickets.
After recovering from an injury towards the end of the year, she carried on her amazing form, hitting seven more times in three matches during an Indian T20 series.
She claimed 23 wickets in 11 T20 internationals before the end of the year, at an average cost of just over 10 runs per wicket.
Not all English players have received recognition from the ICC awards, including Ecclestone.
Lauren Bell, a teammate, is a nominee for Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
In 2023, the fast bowler excelled in all three formats, claiming a career-high 22 wickets.
She will face off against big-hitting Australian Phoebe Litchfield, who hammered a remarkable 119 against India in female ODI earlier this week, Scotland’s Darcey Carter, and Bangladesh’s Marufa Akter.
