{"id":347,"date":"2024-01-05T07:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2024-01-05T07:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:02:40","slug":"ecclestone-icc-t20-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/cricket\/ecclestone-icc-t20-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Ecclestone, the England spinner, is nominated for the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 Player of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICC Women&#8217;s T20 Player of the Year shortlist includes England spinner Sophie Ecclestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecclestone is the top-ranked bowler in the format. Even though she took the most wickets at the 2023 World Cup, Heather Knight&#8217;s team was unable to overcome the tournament hosts and eventual runners-up, South Africa, in the semi-finals. <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four women on the shortlist for the ICC Women&#8217;s T20 Player of the Year award include Sophie Ecclestone of England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spinner finished 2023 ranked as the top bowler in both white-ball forms after another incredible year in an England shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has been nominated with Australian Ellyse Perry, Sri Lanka&#8217;s Chamari Athapaththu, and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Mathews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecclestone will face fierce competition from all of them for the honor, which will be revealed later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite missing four months due to a shoulder ailment that necessitated surgery, Ecclestone has had an incredible year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/cricket-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cricket News Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just 20 years old, Phoebe Litchfield\u2019s burgeoning career is going from strength to strength ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDyuAb1Vx6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FDyuAb1Vx6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNcricinfo\/status\/1742335212200382699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With an astounding average of just 7.55, the 24-year-old concluded the tournament as the highest wicket-taker, having claimed 11 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all English players have received recognition from the ICC awards, including Ecclestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lauren Bell, a teammate, is a nominee for Emerging Women&#8217;s Cricketer of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, the fast bowler excelled in all three formats, claiming a career-high 22 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She will face off against big-hitting Australian Phoebe Litchfield, who hammered a remarkable 119 against India in female ODI earlier this week, Scotland&#8217;s Darcey Carter, and Bangladesh&#8217;s Marufa Akter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICC Women&#8217;s T20 Player of the Year shortlist includes England spinner Sophie Ecclestone. Ecclestone is the top-ranked bowler in the format. 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