Anaru Kyle Kitchen (born 21 February 1984) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who most recently played for the Otago cricket team as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for North East Valley Cricket Club. In February 2022, Kitchen announced his retirement from domestic cricket at the end of the 2021/22 season in New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Anaru Kyle Kitchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1984 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 75) | 29 December 2017 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 January 2018 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008/09–2014/15 | Auckland (squad no. 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2021/22 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career edit
He made his debut for Auckland in their list A match against Canterbury in December 2008, top scoring with 69 from 104 balls.[2]
In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[3] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[4][5]
International career edit
In December 2017, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[6] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Anaru Kitchen to retire from New Zealand domestic cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury, at Auckland, 27 December 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Kitchen called up for WI T20s, Guptill returns". ESPNcricinfo. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017". ESPNcricinfo. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.