Emily Cecilia Drumm MNZM (born 15 September 1974) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and could bowl both right-arm medium and right-arm leg break. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 101 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1992 and 2006. She played domestic cricket for Auckland, Northern Districts and Kent.[1][2]

Emily Drumm

MNZM
Personal information
Full name
Emily Cecilia Drumm
Born (1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 49)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium, Right-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 100)12 February 1992 v England
Last Test12 July 1996 v England
ODI debut (cap 55)19 January 1992 v Australia
Last ODI13 March 2006 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988/89–2004/05Auckland
2005/06Northern Districts
2006–2010Kent
2015/16–2016/17Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 5 101 29 265
Runs scored 433 2,844 1,286 8,127
Batting average 144.33 35.11 37.82 39.07
100s/50s 2/2 2/19 2/6 9/53
Top score 161* 116 161* 118
Balls bowled 528 1,542 3,220 3,636
Wickets 2 37 62 115
Bowling average 87.50 21.02 17.38 19.06
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/24 4/31 7/17 5/24
Catches/stumpings 0/– 24/– 6/– 67/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2021

Drumm captained New Zealand in 41 women's one-day internationals, winning 28 of them, losing 12 and with one no result. She captained New Zealand to their greatest ODI success - winning the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup in 2000/2001.

Drumm's 815 runs at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln is the second-highest amount of runs on a single ground in Women's ODI history.[3]

Drumm holds the record for the highest individual score in Women's Test cricket history when batting at number 5 position or lower (161*).[4]

In the 2006 New Year Honours, Drumm was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to women's cricket.[5] Following her playing career, Drumm worked for Canon and has also been a radio commentator.[6]

International centuries edit

Test centuries edit

Emily Drumm's Test centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 161* 3   Australia Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 1995[7]
2 112* 5   England Guildford, England Woodbridge Road 1996[8]

One Day International centuries edit

Emily Drumm's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 116 57   England Oamaru, New Zealand Whitestone Contracting Stadium[9] 2000[10]
2 108* 63   South Africa Lincoln, New Zealand Lincoln Green 2000[11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Emily Drumm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Emily Drumm". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most runs on a single ground | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "New Year honours list 2006". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Where are they now? The White Ferns of 2000". Newsroom. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Only Test: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Christchurch, Feb 28-Mar 3, 1995 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. ^ "3rd Test: England Women v New Zealand Women at Guildford, Jul 12-15, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Whitestone Contracting Stadium | New Zealand | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. ^ "1st ODI: New Zealand Women v England Women at Oamaru, Nov 19, 2000 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  11. ^ "21st Match: New Zealand Women v South Africa Women at Lincoln, Dec 11, 2000 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

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