Nat Sciver is England’s seam-bowling all-rounder. She has been chosen as the ICC women’s ODI cricketer of the year for 2022. She is the second English player to win the prestigious prize. Following in the footsteps of wicketkeeper-batsman Sarah Taylor in 2014.
Nat Sciver defeated Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy and South Africa’s bowler Shabnim Ismail to win the title. Amelia Kerr of New Zealand is an all-around leg spinner.
She had a memorable 2022, scoring 833 runs with an average of 59.90 and a batting average of 91.43. Including five half-centuries and two hundred to add to an already impressive track record.
The brunt of those high scores came in during the Women’s ODI World Cup, with Nat amassing a team-best 436 runs. Along with a professional life 148 not out off 121 balls in a hopeless position against Australia.
Nat Sciver came in with England in trouble at 38/2 and stayed till the end. Disturbing the bowlers with her eye-catching strokes. The all-rounder blasted 15 fours and a six throughout her innings. It might have led to World Cup success had it not been for losing teammates at the other end.
She came in third in the game’s overall run statistics, trailing Alyssa and Rachael Haynes. But had a better percentage than the Australian duo.
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Nat Sciver returned from a brief vacation to handle her mental well-being in December to assist England score a 3-0 series. Whitewash over the West Indies in the Caribbean as if her heroics during the World Cup weren’t enough.
During that tournament, she hit 90 and 85 runs. She finished as the series’ top run-scorer with a sight 180 runs at an aggregate of 60. Nat Sciver will be back as England’s vice-captain for the Women’s T20 World Cup. It will be contested in South Africa from February 10-26.
Nat Sciver was named the recipient of the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022 on Thursday. Sciver also had a great year in an already distinguished career. Amassing five fifty and two hundred in 2022 to be England’s best batsman of the year.
She completed the year second in the run-getters table. Trailing only Laura Wolvaardt, with 833 runs at an aggregate of 59.5 and a scoring rate of 91.43.
Sciver’s finest performance occurred in the finals of the Cricket World Cup against Australia. She batted an undefeated 148 off 121 balls to keep England in the game.
In pursuit of Australia’s towering total of 356/5. Sciver delivered a knock for the ages, bringing her team from 191/6 to within striking distance of an unexpected victory.
Sciver came in with England in trouble at 38/2 and stayed till the end, unnerving the Australian spinners with her flair-filled smashes.
