The International Cricket Council (ICC) had recently got started with ‘100% cricket superstars’ which featured 5 very prolific cricketers in Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Matthews, Shafali Verma, and Laura Wolvaardt as its first crop of what will ultimately be a ‘100% Cricket Superstars’ squad that fans can pick from to decide on a final XI.
The ICC now has named the next (2nd) crop which features Fatima Sana, Smriti Mandhana, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophia Dunkley, and Gaby Lewis.
Fatima Sana, Pakistan
20-year-old, Fatima Sana has grown to good ranks in the Pakistan women’s cricket team and of late she’s become one of the superstars of the team. Excellent with the ball and handy with the bat, Fatima in 21 One-day International (ODI’s) has picked up 27 wickets with best figures of 5/39 and had got 177 runs to her name. In the shortest, Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) format, she’s played 7 games which see her with 7 wickets and best figures of 3/27.
Smriti Mandhana, India
26-year-old, Smriti Mandhana having debuted in 2013 is nearing a decade of dropping elegance in the game. Smriti has in 74 ODIs has scored 2892 runs at an average of 42.52 and has got 5 centuries and 23 fifties. In T20I cricket, she’s got to 2192 runs in 92 outings and has 16 fifties to her name. She’s also played four Tests and has a century and two fifties in the format.
Ashleigh Gardner, Australia
25-year-old, Ashleigh Gardner the dominant all-rounder has played 3 Test matches which had her score 153 runs with the highest of 56 and has also picked up 4 wickets. In 49 ODI outings, she’s picked up 53 wickets and has got to 667 runs with the highest score of 67. The shortest, T20I format has seen her score 916 runs with 15 half-centuries in 60 T20I innings and pick up 35 wickets.
Sophia Dunkley, England
24-year-old, Sophia Dunkley made her debut for England in 2018 and revived her career in 2021. Sophia Dunkley in 3 Test matches has played 152 runs with the highest score of 74*. In 22 ODI’s she’s scored 634 with the highest score of 107 that’d come recently in her outing against South Africa. In 33 T20I’s has scored 305 runs with the highest score of 59. The right-hand batter has one century and six fifties in international cricket.
Gaby Lewis, Ireland
21-year-old, Gaby Lewis’s age does no justice to the amount of international cricket experience she’s got under her belt as she’s been playing internationally for over 8 years now. In 25 ODI’s, she’s scored 564 runs and has got to 4 half-centuries with the highest score of 96*. In the T20I format, she’s made 54 appearances and has scored 1161 runs and has got 6 half-centuries and has the hard box ticked of a century in T20I cricket with the highest score of 105*. Gaby also has got 13 wickets to her name in international cricket.