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Lee-Ann Kirby

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Lee-Ann Kirby
Kirby batting for the West Indies during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Kirby batting for the West Indies during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Lee-Ann Giselle Laureel Kirby
Born (1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 37)
Arima, Trinidad
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 64)2 July 2008 v Netherlands
Last ODI9 July 2008 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 13)1 July 2008 v Netherlands
Last T20I28 September 2020 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–presentTrinidad and Tobago
2022–presentTrinbago Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 4 9
Runs scored 40 59
Batting average 20.00 7.37
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 21* 20
Balls bowled 66 18
Wickets 3 1
Bowling average 14.00 8.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/12 1/8
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 May 2021

Lee-Ann Giselle Laureel Kirby (born 7 April 1987) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago, Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies as a right-arm medium bowler. After playing six times for the West Indies in 2008 against the Netherlands, Kirby was recalled to the side after nearly 12 years for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[1][2][3]

Kirby made her debut for the West Indies in early July 2008, when she travelled to the Netherlands with the squad. Her debut came on 1 July, in a Twenty20 International,[1] but Kirby did not bat or bowl during a seven wicket win for her side.[4] The next day, she made her One Day International debut, at the same ground in Utrecht. She batted at number eight, scoring 21* from 24 balls to help her side reach 239/6. She then bowled two overs without taking a wicket.[5] The following day, the teams played another ODI in Utrecht. Kirby was the seventh bowler used by the West Indies, but eventually bowled five overs, taking two wickets and conceding twelve runs, to help guide her side to a 20 run victory.[6] The tour then moved to Deventer; in the Twenty20 International match she scored five runs and took a wicket,[7] but she struggled to impress in either of the final two ODIs, and was dropped from the side.[1]

In January 2020, she was named in West Indies' squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia,[8] after a gap of nearly twelve years since her last international match.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Player profile: Lee-Ann Kirby". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Lee-Ann Kirby ends 12-year break to join West Indies' T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Player profile: Lee-Ann Kirby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "1st T20I, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 1 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ^ "1st ODI, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 2 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ^ "2nd ODI, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 3 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ "2nd T20I, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Deventer, Jul 6 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ "West Indies Squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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