Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World

The Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World is an annual cricket award selected by the editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It was established in 2015,[1] to select the best female cricketer based upon their performances anywhere in the world in the previous calendar year.[2] Prior to the establishment of this dedicated award, women were also eligible for inclusion in Wisden's Cricketers of the Year; two were selected, England's Claire Taylor in 2009 and Charlotte Edwards in 2014.[3]

The inaugural recipient of the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World was Australian international cricketer Meg Lanning.[4]

The most recent awardee is Australia's Ellyse Perry.

Winners
Year Image Winner Nationality Notes Ref(s)
2014 Meg Lanning Australia T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year (2014)
Youngest player to captain Australia		 [2][4]
2015 Suzie Bates New Zealand Player of the Tournament at the 2013 World Cup
T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year (2013)
Captain of both the One Day International and Twenty20 International teams since 2012		 [5][6][7]
2016 Ellyse Perry Australia [8]
2017 Mithali Raj India Test and ODI captain since 2005; World Cup finalist; highest runscorer in ODIs [9]
2018 Smriti Mandhana India [10]
2019 Ellyse Perry Australia [11]

See also

References
  1. Knight, Heather (8 April 2015). "Wisden's women cricketer award is testament to how far the game has come". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. "Leading Woman Cricketer in the World". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. "Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. "Australia's Meg Lanning named Wisden's Leading Woman Cricketer in the World". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. Nicholson, Raf. "Suzie Bates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. Trehan, Dev. "New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates named world's leading female cricketer". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. Alderson, Andrew (13 April 2016). "Cricket: Suzie Bates named Wisden's Leading Women's Cricketer of the World". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. Nicholson, Raf. "Ellyse Perry". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. Wisden Staff (11 April 2018). "Virat Kohli & Mithali Raj Named Wisden's Leading Cricketers in the World". 2018 Wisden Almanack. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  10. "Smriti Mandhana: Wisden's Leading Cricketer In The World 2018". Wisden. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. "Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2019: Ellyse Perry". WIsden. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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