Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Amy Hunter named for ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for January

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the nominees for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month Award for January 2024 on Monday and named Australia skipper Alyssa Healy, batter Beth Mooney and Ireland’s Amy Hunter for the title.

“An Ireland teenager in the form of her life and two of Australia’s most consistent performers have made the shortlist for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month Award for January 2024,” the ICC stated.

Healy started the new year in a magnificent way as the Aussie skipper played a blitz of 82 runs in the third ODI against India in Mumbai to help the visitors clinch a 3-0 series whitewash.

Following that she scored 8, 28 and 56 during the three-match T20I series against India and was also named the ‘Player of the Series’ in Australia’s 2-1 series win.

The 33-year-old finished the month with 174 T20 runs in January at an average of 29. She ended the month with an average performance against South Africa in the 20-over series.

The right-handed Irish batter Hunter started the year with an unbeaten knock of 36 runs, following that she scored 21 and one run in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. However, the 18-year-old shined in the T20I series against Zimbabwe. She slammed an unbeaten century in Ireland’s 57-run win in the series opener. In the second and third T20I matches, she scored 77* and 42 runs.