Smriti Mandhana dominates ICC women's player of the year awards

The 22-year-old not only won the Women’s Cricketer of the Year but was also named the Women’s ODI Player of the Year, while Alyssa Healy picked up the Women's T20I Player of the Year and Sophie Ecclestone was the Emerging Women's Player of the Year

Indian batting sensation Smriti Mandhana dominated the ICC women's players of the year awards as she won two separate prizes.

The 22-year-old not only won the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year but was also named as the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Year.

She was chosen by a voting panel which included former players like Charlotte Edwards, and respected members of the media like Melinda Farrell.

^{Srmiti Mandhana picked up two of the four awards on offer}

She was also selected in the ICC ODI and T20I teams of the year and is only the second Indian women's player to be given an ICC award after fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, who won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year in 2007. 

The opener said: "The awards are pretty special because as a player when you score runs, you want the team to win, and then when you get acknowledged for your performances through these awards, it motivates you to work harder and do well for your team."

Australia's Alyssa Healy was a worthy winner of the ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year. The wicketkeeper was a major part of Australia's success at the ICC Women's World T20 in November, and finished the tournament as the leading run scorer.

^{Alyssa Healy was leading runscorer at the ICC Women's World T20}

Her performances have made her the highest ranked batter in the Women's T20 Player Index at number five, and she said: "It’s obviously a huge honour. I enjoyed some form over the last couple of months, thoroughly enjoyed playing for the Aussie team in the T20I format.

"Winning the ICC Women’s World T20 final against England is something pretty special, especially after a disappointing couple of years in World Cups."

Elsewhere, England's 19-year-old spinner Sophie Ecclestone was named as the ICC Women's Emerging Player of the Year after enjoying a fantastic breakout year in which she finished with 18 wickets in nine ODIs and 17 in 14 T20Is.