SWD CRICKET - A big honour has befallen the Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers international women's player, Annerie Dercksen. 

The Beaufort West born-and-bred player has been nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Emerging Women's cricketer of the year for 2024.

Every year, the ICC celebrates the stand-out performances from the preceding year through the ICC Awards, honouring stars from both the men's and women's game.

Cricket fans around the world have the opportunity to cast their votes in the nine categories, and help decide the winners of the ICC Awards 2024. Fans can visit the ICC website to cast their votes.

The other nominations for the category are: Shreyanka Patil (India), Saskia Horley (Scotland) and Freya Sargent (Ireland).

The 23-year old all-rounder burst onto the international scene in January 2023 and has since represented the Proteas in all formats: two test matches, four one-day international test matches and 22 T20 international matches. 

Dercksen, who participated in her second ICC T20 World Cup in 2024, was one of the heroes of the Proteas silver medal winners in the UAE-hosted event.

Her teammate and captain, Laura Wolvaardt, was nominated as the ICC women's player of the season in all formats (test, ODI and T20).

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