ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year: Lizelle Lee ODI Cricketer of 2021- South Africa batter Lizelle Lee was named as ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of 2021, after she finished the year as the highest run-scorer in 50-over format.
ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year: Who is Lizelle Lee? All you need to know about South Africa player
Lee’s year got off to a less-than-ideal start, getting out for a duck in the first ODI against Pakistan, but she came back strongly with two scores of 40+ and played a vital role in South Africa’s sweep. She was unstoppable on the tour of India thereafter, racking up big runs in the Proteas’ 4-1 series win. With 288 runs, including a hundred and two fifties, she ended the series as the highest run-scorer and was awarded the Player of the Series.
Congratulations to Momentum Proteas opening batter, Lizelle Lee, who has been awarded the ICC Women’s One-Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the Year in the 2021 ICC Awards🤩
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— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 24, 2022
ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year: Lizelle Lee ODI Cricketer of 2021- She carried her form over to the series against West Indies as well and was once again the top run-getter in the series.
Lee scored the highest individual ODI score of her career in the third match of the series against India.
🥇 Top-ranked Women’s ODI batter in the ICC Rankings, Lizelle Lee is the 2021 ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 🙌
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— ICC (@ICC) January 24, 2022
ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year: Who is Lizelle Lee? All you need to know about South Africa player
In South Africa’s chase of 249, Lee mixed caution with aggression and kept building partnerships, first with Laura Wolvaardt and then with Lara Goodall. She kept scoring boundaries regularly and soon brought up her fifty.
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ICC Women’s ODI Cricket of the Year: Lizelle Lee ODI Cricketer of 2021-She then strung a 97-run partnership with Mignon du Preez, during the course of which she brought up her third ODI century. It looked like they would take South Africa home, but India came back into the game by picking up two wickets.
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