Amelia Kerr, Kane Williamson among 5 NZers named in ICC teams of the year

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Amelia Kerr scores runs for New Zealand against South Africa last September in Potchefstroom.

Leading White Ferns allrounder Amelia Kerr has been named in both women’s teams of the year by the ICC.

Kerr was selected in the Women's ODI and T20 Teams of the Year ‒ one of five New Zealanders to earn a place in the sides decided by a specialist panel of media representatives that make up the International Cricket Council Voting Academy.

Kane Williamson was named in the Men's Test Team of the Year, Lea Tahuhu in the Women's ODI Team of the Year, Daryl Mitchell was selected in the Men's ODI Team of the Year and Mark Chapman in the Men's T20 Team of the Year.

In 2023, Kerr made 365 T20I runs at an average of 36.50 and took 12 wickets at 19.08 in 12 matches.

In the ODI arena, the legspinner and top/middle order bat made 541 runs from nine games at 67.62, while also taking eight wickets at 46.12.

Williamson scored 695 runs in just seven tests last year, including a double-century and three other tons while averaging 57.91.

Women's ODI team of the year: Phoebe Litchfield, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Ellyse Perry, Amelia Kerr, Beth Mooney (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ash Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Nadine de Klerk, Lea Tahuhu, Nahida Akter

Women's T20 team of the year: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Megan Schutt

Men's Test team of the year: Usman Khawaja, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Ravi Ashwin, Mitchell Starc, Stuart Broad

Men's ODI team of the year: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Travis Head, Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami

Men's T20 team of the year: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, Alpesh Ramjani, Mark Adair, Ravi Bishnoi, Richard Ngarava, Arshdeep Singh