ICC ODI Player of the Year 2021 (Women): Beaumont, Fatima, Lizelle, Hayley in line, Indians fail to enter

The
ICC
Awards
2021
will
recognise
the
outstanding
achievements
and
feats
in
cricket
over
the
past
year
–
here’s
everything
you
need
to
know
about
it.

Lizelle
Lee
managed
to
score
632
runs
in
11
matches
at
an
average
of
90.28
with
one
century
and
five
half-centuries.
She
was
in
a
league
of
her
own
in
ODIs
this
year,
finishing
as
the
highest
run-scorer
in
2021
in
the
50-over
format.

Tammy
Beaumont
scored
503
runs
in
11
matches
at
an
average
of
62.87
with
one
century
and
four
half-centuries.
She
was
the
joint
second-highest
run-scorer
in
ODIs
in
2021,
tied
on
503
runs
with
India’s
Mithali
Raj.

Beaumont
had
a
dream
start
to
the
year,
scoring
four
consecutive
fifties
in
her
first
four
ODIs
of
the
year.

She
was
the
leading
run-scorer
in
the
ODI
series
when
England
travelled
to
New
Zealand
and
carried
her
form
over
to
the
series
against
India
at
home,
where
she
scored
a
brilliant
unbeaten
87
in
the
first
match.

Hayley
Mathews
registered
380
runs
in
14
matches
at
an
average
of
29.23
with
one
century
and
one
half-century.

She
also
scalped
18
wickets
at
an
average
of
22.44
and
an
economy
rate
of
3.33.

Hayley
Matthews
was
brilliant
both
with
the
bat
and
the
ball,
finishing
in
the
top
10
ODI
run-getters
and
wicket-takers
in
2021.

She
was
the
Player
of
the
Series
in
the
ODI
leg
when
Pakistan
came
touring.
She
scored
168
runs,
which
included
a
century,
and
scalped
seven
wickets
in
a
series
that
West
Indies
won
3-2.

Fatima
Sana
took
20
wickets
in
13
matches
at
an
average
of
24.90
with
one
fivewicket
haul.
132
runs
at
an
average
of
14.66.

Having
made
her
debut
in
May
2019,
Fatima
Sana
had
played
only
two
ODIs
before
the
start
of
the
year,
but
the
20-
year-old
showed
tremendous
maturity
throughout
the
year
and
was
one
of
the
few
bright
spots
for
Pakistan