Ireland seamer Arlene Kelly has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for August 2023 for her excellent recent form.
Kelly beat Netherlands youngster Iris Zwilling and Malaysia all-rounder Ainna Hamizah Hashim for the coveted monthly award, following impressive individual efforts with the ball during the month.
The right-arm was at her brilliant best during Ireland’s three-match T20I series against the Netherlands as she collected 10 wickets at a miserly average of just 4.30 to help her side claim an emphatic 3-0 series sweep.
This is the fourth-best bowling average in a bilateral series where a bowler has taken 10 or more wickets and was also just the second time in women’s T20Is that a bowler had taken 10 or more scalps in a bilateral series of three or fewer games.
