Precious Marange nominated for December 2023 ICC Women’s Player of the Month

Veteran Zimbabwe bowlerPrecious Marange has been nominated for the December 2023 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Player of the Month.

She becomes the third Zimbabwean to be nominated after captain Mary-Anne Musonda and the teenage prodigy Kelis Ndhlovu.

Said the ICC after her nomination:

Zimbabwe’s veteran bowler enjoyed a career-defining series of performances in December as her side secured safe passage from the Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier. Two wickets in their opening match against Kenya was followed by a wicket-less performance against Botswana. Marange then stepped up, with three successive Player of the Match showings, taking three for 13 against Tanzania, then three for nine against Namibia before her crowning glory – five for seven in the final against Uganda to restrict them to 79 all out, which included a 19^th over hattrick.

Indian pair Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma were also nominated.

An independent ICC Voting Academy and fans around the world will now be invited to cast their votes to decide the winners, which will be announced next week. Fans registered at icc-cricket.com/awards will be able to vote for their favourite performers until Saturday.

Former Chevrons opener Grant Flower and journalist Daniel Nhakaniso represent Zimbabwe in the Academy.