Canterbury batter Amy Satterthwaite has been recognised for her outstanding season by winning the International Cricket Council's women's one-day player of the year.
White Fern Amy Satterthwaite. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
It's the second year in a row a White Fern has won the top One Day prize, captain Suzie Bates took the gong last season.
Over the voting period Satterthwaite scored 1,183 runs in 24 ODIs at an average of 84.5 and claimed 20 wickets.
The 31-year-old, who won her 100th ODI cap at the recent Women's World Cup, also became just the second player ever to score four consecutive ODI centuries, joining the illustrious company of Sri Lankan great, Kumar Sangakkara.
Satterthwaite, who is currently captaining the Melbourne Renegades in the WBBL, said it was a special moment to be recognised as the best One Day player in the world.
"It's certainly a great honour and pretty humbling to be honest," she said.
"The first six months were a lot of cricket and I really enjoyed myself in the middle. Everyone talks about the four hundreds and you need situations to go in your favour to do something like that. It was pretty special and something I will always remember.
"It's also nice to take over the award from Suzie and keep it in New Zealand hands. Hopefully we can make it a White Ferns hat-trick next year!"
Satterthwaite was runner-up for the supreme award, the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, which went to Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry.
Satterthwaite was also named in the ICC Women's one-day team of the year, while fellow New Zealanders Sophie Devine and Lea Tahuhu made the T20 team of the year.
The White Ferns are next in action in March when they face World T20 Champions the West Indies in an eight-game tour.
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