
Courtesy: BCCI
South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt skippers the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year, earning her spot thanks to 673 runs during a year in which she led the Proteas to another T20 World Cup final appearance. Smriti Mandhana accompanies Wolvaardt atop the order, after hitting 763 runs – more than anyone else – at an average of 42.38.
An iconic middle order features the only player with two T20I centuries to her name in 2024, Chamari Athapaththu (720 runs and 21 wickets), plus top-ranked all-rounder Hayley Matthews – last year’s ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year, who registered 538 runs and 14 wickets. Another decorated all-rounder, England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt slots in at number five after 423 runs and seven wickets in the year, before newly crowned Amelia Kerr is the sixth name on the list.
India’s Richa Ghosh is given wicket-keeping duty after a fine year in which she hit 365 runs at an average of 33.18.
A deep batting lineup sees Marizanne Kapp and Orla Prendergast occupy the lower order. Kapp was another influential figure in South Africa’s run to the T20 World Cup final and hit 399 runs and took 11 wickets during the year, while Prendergast enjoyed a breakthrough year, the 22-year-old striking 539 runs and taking 21 wickets for Ireland.
Completing the lineup is India’s Deepti Sharma and Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal. Both spinners excelled in 2024, and ended the year as joint leading wicket-takers among Full Member nations with 30 apiece.
ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year:
- Laura Wolvaardt (SA) (c)
- Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
- Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
- Hayley Matthews (WI)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)
- Amelia Kerr (NZ)
- Richa Ghosh (Ind) (wk)
- Marizanne Kapp (SA)
- Orla Prendergast (Ire)
- Deepti Sharma (Ind)
- Sadia Iqbal (Pak)