In the last few years, Women’s cricket has managed to gain more attention than ever before. Surely, momentum is surging behind women’s cricket and more people are finding an interest in this form of the sport. There are several measures being taken to expedite the growth of women’s cricket all across the globe. Its inclusion in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the new T20 leagues are just a few of such measures and many more are to come.

Apart from some of these steps, the popularity that some of the women cricketers have managed to gain is another reason behind this massive push. A few beautiful cricketers have managed to attract a lot of fans with their looks. Not just that! These cricketers have managed to play some really exciting brand of cricket which has further helped to keep the audience hooked onto their television sets.

Holly Ferling

Holly Ferling

23-year-old Holly Ferling made her debut for Australia’s national women’s team long way back in 2013. She was highly impressive in the domestic circuit bowling quick. Her height was an added advantage and that helped her gain some extra bounce off the pitch as well.

However, she has failed to impress at the highest level. Ferling couldn’t bag as many wickets as expected and thus was ousted from the side. She last played for Australia in 2016. Yet, she has been working hard on her game. Holly Ferling also had a few impressive outings in the Women’s Big Bash League in recent times.

Taniya Bhatia

Taniya Bhatia

All of you who follow Indian Women’s cricket closely would be quite familiar with Taniya Bhatia. This Punjab wicket-keeper batsman has stumped many fan’s hearts with her beautiful looks. In 2018, she was named as one of the Breakout Stars by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Taniya comes from cricketing family background. Her father, Sanjay Bhatia, was an all India University level cricketer. She was trained by Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh during her younger days and she also honed her skills under the guidance of RP Singh. Taniya made her debut for India in 2018 and continues to be an integral part of the squad.

Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor is an aggressive opening batter in white-ball cricket and represents England. This 30-year-old wicket-keeper has won several laurels at a very young age. For two consecutive years in 2012 and 2014, she was named the T20I Women’s Cricketer of the Year. Moreover, in 2014, she won the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award.

Sarah became the first woman cricketer to have played men’s grade cricket in Australia when she appeared as wicketkeeper for Northern Districts in 2015. She plies her trade for Sussex in domestic cricket and was named in the ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year back in 2017. Sarah has got a huge following on Instagram.

Kate Cross

Kate Cross

While she is one of the important members of the England team now, Kathryn Cross worked extremely hard to make it into the national team. She was the first female cricketer to be accepted in the Lancashire Academy. However, despite good domestic performances, she couldn’t get a break and even decided to quit the sport at one stage.

Kate was picked in the England squad back in 2011. But, she had to wait for another two years to walk out into the middle in the England colours. Despite extreme competition amongst the pacers, Kate has managed to make her mark in the England team. She was one of the first few cricketers who got a full-time professional contract for England.

Natalie Sciver

Natalie Sciver

Yet another English cricketer who has stolen the hearts of many fans with her beautiful looks in Natalie Sciver. The Tokyo-born features in the England team regularly and is quite experienced. She played 64 ODIs and 65 T20Is so far for her team at the highest level with nearly 3000 runs and 100 wickets in both these formats.

Cricket wasn’t the first-choice sport for Natalie during her younger days as she likened football and tennis. But some highly impressive domestic performances paved way for her to make her international debut. She is a genuine all-rounder. A skiddy customer with the ball, she can also smash the ball long and hard.

Cecelia Joyce

Cecelia Joyce is a former Ireland cricketer who played 57 ODIs and 43 T20Is. She announced her retirement in 2018 and is an extremely talented cricketer. Joyce made her debut in 2001 and has been around for several years. She comes from a cricketing family and her twin sister Isobel Joyce has also represented Ireland at the highest level.

Her three brothers, Dominick Joyce, Ed Joyce and Gus Joyce have all played for Ireland. Ed is regarded as one of the best cricketers ever produced by Ireland and has also plied his trade for England. She amassed 1172 runs in the 50-over format while also scored 659 runs in the shortest format of the game.

Suné Luus

Suné Luus is a leg-spinner from South Africa who made her international debut in 2012. She is only the second player after Heather Knight to have scored a half-century and picked up a five-wicket haul in W-ODI cricket. She also holds the joint-record of picking the most wickets in a calendar year (37) in 2016.

In 2017, she was named Women’s Cricketer of the Year at CSA’s annual awards. Apart from being one of the few South African cricketers to have a central contract, Suné Luus was also named in the Brisbane Heat squad for the 2018-19 season.

Kainat Imtiaz

Kainat Imtiaz is a bowler from Pakistan who is also currently the vice-captain of Saif Saga Sports Club women cricket team. Right from a very young age, Kainat has excelled as an all-rounder both in sports as well as academics. Indian legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami inspired Kainat to become a fast bowler when they met each other in 2005.

Kainat made her international debut in 2010 and has been around for quite a while now. However, because of her inconsistency, she hasn’t got to represent Pakistan in as many games as she would have liked. She was also a part of the team at the 2010 Asian Games that won gold.

Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana became an instant internet sensation and a rage on social media after she made her debut. She was termed the ‘national crush’ of India and has also evolved into one of the most important members of the Indian cricket team. She was named the Best Women’s International Cricketer by the BCCI in 2018.

In the same year, ICC even awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year. The apex cricket council even named her the ODI Player of the Year at the same time. She is one of the first Indian cricketers to sign a WBBL contract and the first Indian player to feature in the Kia Super League.

Ellyse Perry

Who needs to give a second introduction to Ellyse Perry? She is possibly one of the greatest women cricketers to have ever graced the sport. Ellyse is highly skilled both with the bat as well as the ball. At the same time, she has got a penchant for Football as well and represented her team at the highest level in this sport as well.

She is the youngest person to represent Australia in cricket and is undoubtedly a legendary figure in the sport. The 28-year-old averages 78 with the bat in the 8 Test matches that she played. She also featured in 109 ODIs and 108 T20Is for Australia with an average of 53.53 and 30.44 in the two formats respectively with the willow in hand. Perry has also got nearly 300 international wickets to her name.