Saturday 30 December 2017 14:40, UK
England captain Heather Knight hopes women's sport can continue to flourish after she received an OBE for leading her team to Cricket World Cup victory.
Shrubsole, who finished with figures of 6-46, and team-mate Tammy Beaumont receive MBEs in the New Year Honours, while there is an OBE for England head coach Mark Robinson.
England and Wales Cricket Board director of women's cricket, Clare Connor, also becomes a CBE, having previously been awarded an OBE.
Knight told Sky Sports News: "It's a bit surreal, to be honest. I'm obviously massively delighted to receive the Order and I am delighted for the team and I think it's brilliant for women's cricket.
"Now it's the end of 2017, it's the time to look back and appreciate what we achieved as a team in the World Cup and the scope and reach that final had.
"It was a proud moment to lift that World Cup on home soil in front of a sold-out Lord's and one that will live with me and the team for a very long time. It's taken a long time for it to sink in and realise how special it was, and now 2017 is over we can look back on it very fondly.
"There is such a mood of change within our game and with women's sport full stop - it has been a fantastic year for it in terms of exposure. We have made great strides. We know there are some big hurdles to keep overcoming, but we are making some indents now and that is really exciting."
"I think it was the best World Cup that has ever been hosted and it's a springboard now for women's cricket to really go places.
"I think you saw that in the Women's Ashes out in Australia, how the crowds were much bigger than we had four years ago and how there is a real spark around the game at the moment.
"Women's sport in general is in a really exciting place at the moment and it has been an exciting year all around the world, especially in England, and it has created a real platform for it to go on to bigger things.
"So many people have come up to me and said the World Cup final was the best game they have seen at Lord's, male or female, and that shows that women's sport is exciting and good to watch."
ECB Chairman Colin Graves added: "Our sincere congratulations to Heather, Tammy, Anya, Mark and Clare - it's fitting recognition for the way in which the team's magnificent achievements this summer captured the imagination of the sporting public.
"Winning the World Cup in front of a capacity crowd at Lord's was a truly game-changing moment, not just for the team but for the wider women's game.
"[It was] the crowning moment in a hugely successful tournament which delivered record attendances and audiences and served as a powerful inspiration to more women and girls to take up the game.
“The memory of Anya Shrubsole claiming the final Indian wicket, arms out-stretched and screaming in celebration to the sky, will stay with us all for a long time. For that moment to have been seen by a full Lord’s cricket ground and by a television audience of 180 million around the world is testament to the vast progress our sport has made."
"The award of such a prestigious honour to Clare also reflects the critical role she has played in creating our first domestic professional competition for women, the Kia Super League.
"The competition is already helping develop potential England players of the future as well as enjoying a 44 per cent increase in attendances last summer."
Connor said: "It goes without saying that we accept this level of recognition in the New Year's Honours List proudly but also with the humility that comes from being part of something bigger than ourselves as individuals. England Women's cricket is always a true team effort, on and off the pitch."
Away from cricket, there is an honour for Paralympian Stef Reid, who won silver in the F44 long jump at both the London 2012 Games and also in Rio, who collects an MBE.
Joyce Cook receives a CBE for services to sport and accessibility and International Ski Federation secretary general Sarah Lewis receives an OBE for services to sport.
And Christine Bower, British Olympic Association athletes services co-ordinator, receives an MBE for services to British Olympic sport.
