September 16, 2025
Orla Prendergast has earned the ICC Women’s Player of the Month title for August 2025 after a standout performance against Pakistan. The 23-year-old scored 144 runs and claimed four wickets in Ireland’s 2-1 T20I series win, also picking up the Player of the Series award.
Prendergast edged out strong competition from netherlands all-rounder iris zwilling and pakistan wicketkeeper muneeba ali to claim the monthly honour.
Reacting to the award, Prendergast said "I’m delighted to have received this award and would like to extend my thanks to the ICC and anyone who voted for me."
She also added. "Personally, though, this Award means a lot and further validates the decision I made five years ago to pursue cricket as a career,"
"The T20I series win against Pakistan was the highlight of the summer. Additionally, we had a brilliant series T20i and ODI win against Zimbabwe and completed a clean sweep at the European T20 Qualifiers. We’ll be looking to build on these performances into our winter series and the Global T20 qualifiers in January."
She thanked the ICC for growing women’s cricket worldwide. “When I was younger, playing cricket professionally wasn’t even an option. Now young girls can watch women’s cricket live or online, and awards like this only add to the visibility of the game,” she added.
Besides her exploits against Pakistan, Prendergast contributed another 100 runs and three wickets during the European qualifiers, helping Ireland secure their place in the global t20 qualifier for the 2026 world cup.
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