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Saskia Horley, Freya Sargent nominated for ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer Award
31 Dec, 2024
Saskia Horley from Scotland and Freya Sargent from Ireland are among the four nominees for the ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year Award along with South Africa's Annerie Dercksen and India's Shreyanka Patil
Saskia Horley of Scotland Freya Sargent of Ireland are among the players nominated for the ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year. They are in competition with Annerie Dercksen of South Africa and Shreyanka Patil of India.
Saskia Meg Horley, a 24-year-old, is an Australian cricketer who plays for Scotland. She represented New South Wales and Sydney Thunders in Australian domestic cricket.
Saskia, who was first named in Scotland’s squad in August 2022, played five Women’s ODI matches in 2024 and scored 276 runs with a highest score of 100. Her batting average was 69.00. She took nine wickets at an average of 8.88.
Freya Alexandra Sargant is an 18-year-old cricketer who plays for Ireland and Typhoons (in Women’s Super Series).
She is an off-spinner and right-handed batter who primarily plays as a bowler for the national team.
She has played 13 Women’s ODIs and picked 17 wickets at an average of 33.47.
In 2024, she took 13 wickets in 11 Women’s ODIs at 38.30 and seven wickets in nine T20 Internationals.
ICC Awards 2024 – the shortlists revealed to date
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Harry Brook (ENG), Jasprit Bumrah (IND), Travis Head (AUS), Joe Root (ENG)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Chamari Athapaththu (SL), Amelia Kerr (NZ), Annabel Sutherland (AUS), Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year:Harry Brook (ENG), Jasprit Bumrah (IND), Kamindu Mendis (SL), Joe Root (ENG)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Kusal Mendis (SL), Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG), Sherfane Rutherford (WI)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Chamari Athapaththu (SL), Smriti Mandhana (IND), Annabel Sutherland (AUS), Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (PAK), Travis Head (AUS), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Arshdeep Singh (IND)
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Chamari Athapaththu (SL), Amelia Kerr (NZ), Orla Prendergast (IRE), Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Gus Atkinson (ENG), Saim Ayub (PAK), Shamar Joseph (WI), Kamindu Mendis (SL)
ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Annerie Dercksen (SA), Saskia Horley (SCO), Shreyanka Patil (IND), Freya Sargent (IRE)
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