NAT SCIVER-BRUNT has retained the Women’s Cricketer of the Year award from the International Cricket Council after some influential displays over the last 12 months.

The seam bowling all-rounder was England’s player of the series in last summer’s drawn Ashes and finished second only to South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt in the 2023 T20 World Cup run charts.

Sciver-Brunt, who averaged 131 with the bat in five ODI knocks last year and made two pivotal hundreds in the Ashes, joins Australia’s Ellyse Perry and India’s Smriti Mandhana in winning the ICC gong twice.

After beating Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu and Australia duo Ash Gardner and Beth Mooney, Sciver-Brunt has the distinction of being the only back-to-back winner of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

“It feels pretty special,” Sciver-Brunt said. “I wasn’t expecting it as I was coming up against some players that have done so well in 2023. I’m really pleased and pretty proud.

“It is one of the top awards you can win coming up against team-mates and other international teams. It’s something very special.

“Keeping my consistency is something that I’ve wanted to do in the last few years and hopefully I can go about my processes and my games in the same way this year and I’ll be stood here again [in 2025].”

Pat Cummins scooped the main men’s award after leading Australia to both World Test Championship and 50-over World Cup glory last year, as well as a hard-fought draw in the Ashes on English soil.

Cummins becomes the fifth Australian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after edging out compatriot Travis Head and India pair Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli to the award.

Kohli, who is missing the first two Tests of India’s series against England citing personal reasons, and Athapaththu have the consolations of being named the men’s and women’s ODI cricketers of the year.

Australia left-handed opener Usman Khawaja beat off competition from fellow nominees including England batter Joe Root to collect the ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year.