Wellington, Jan. 29 -- ICC Hall of Famer Debbie Hockley has paid tribute to Melie Kerr after the star all-rounder created history by becoming the first player from New Zealand to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year.
Kerr capped off a tremendous calendar year of 2024 this week when she won the most prestigious individual award in women's cricket and New Zealand legend Hockley was among the list of former greats to pass on their well wishes.
Hockley was among the New Zealand team that won the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup on home soil in 2000 and has a long list of individual honours that includes being adjudged Player of the Match in a losing side of the same tournament three years earlier in India.
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