The Charlotte Edwards Award

The Charlotte Edwards Award

The Most Outstanding Under 16 Schoolgirl Cricketer in England 

2024 Eve O'Neill (Hampshire and Vipers)

Eve is a leg-spinning all-rounder who plays for the Southern Vipers Academy and Hampshire.

She made her debut for Hampshire in April 2023, in a T20 against Sussex. Her first wicket was a big scalp - Aussie overseas Nicole Faltum - and she went on to finish with 4-13 in 4 overs - the best ever figures by a Hampshire Women’s player on debut.

Eve was the leading wicket-taker in the 2024 Women’s County T20 competition, with 20 wickets, and she was selected to represent Hampshire for Women’s T20 Finals Day in August.

Eve is only 16 years old but has recently been named in the England squad to play in the ICC Women’s U19 World Cup, to be hosted in Malaysia in January-February 2025 - a huge honour. We wish her all the best.

The Charlotte Edwards Award – a new schoolgirl cricketer award was introduced in March 2020.  It helps to address the gender gap in The Cricket Society’s award structure, adding to the award created in 2002 for The Most Promising Young Female Cricketer.

The winners of the award are decided by The Cricket Society Executive Committee following a nomination from the Director of Women’s Cricket at the ECB.

The Award honours Charlotte Edwards – the first female Vice President of The Cricket Society who amassed more than 10,000 international runs for England Women across all formats of cricket.