Five rookies to look out for ICC Women's World Cup

Cape Town - ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups provide the opportunity for players to stand up and make a name for themselves, and these five players will get their first chance to do so as they make their World Cup debuts.

Darcie Brown – Australia

Between March and September of 2021, Darcie Brown made her T20I, ODI and Test debut for Australia and also earned a whole host of fans, particularly in the 50-over format.

In just four one-day matches, Brown has taken nine wickets at an incredible average of 15.11 with two four-wicket hauls.

Her best figures came against India last autumn where she took four for 33 in a player-of-the-match performance.

Kate Cross – England

Kate Cross’s first appearance at a World Cup has been a long time coming, not making the squad for the 2017 edition inspired her to make certain she would be there in 2021.

An injury in the warm-up at the T20 World Cup in 2020 put that in doubt before Covid intervened and since then Cross has thrived.

The right-arm seamer took her first five-fer in ODIs against India last summer in a player-of-the-match performance.

Since then, she has had only one wicketless ODI, but even in that she had an economy of 4.00, and in the first ODI of the women’s Ashes she was England’s best performing bowler with three for 33.

Richa Ghosh – India

Richa Ghosh had amassed 76 runs before she was dismissed in ODI cricket in her second game, and she did so against Australia as they reached the end of a 26-match unbeaten streak.

In the next game where the streak was finally broken, Ghosh scored a duck but had already provided a vital contribution taking the catch to dismiss the dangerous Tahlia McGrath and bring about the collapse of Australia’s tail.

Against New Zealand just prior to