Rebecca Steele (cricketer)

Rebecca Jayne Steele (born 2 January 1985) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 32 One Day Internationals and 1 Women's Twenty20 International for New Zealand between 2003 and 2005.[1] She is one of thirteen cricketers to have taken a five-wicket haul on their debut in women's Test cricket, taking 5/79 against India.[2] She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.[3]

Rebecca Steele
Personal information
Full name
Rebecca Jayne Steele
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox, Left-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 120)27 November 2003 v India
Last Test21 August 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 94)28 January 2003 v India
Last ODI7 April 2005 v India
Only T20I (cap 8)5 August 2004 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01–2005/06Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 2 32 1 81
Runs scored 16 41 100
Batting average 5.33 6.83 7.14
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 –/– 0/0
Top score 12 8* 13*
Balls bowled 426 1,758 24 4,271
Wickets 8 34 0 101
Bowling average 17.62 24.44 18.54
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/79 3/10 6/8
Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/– 2/– 26/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 April 2021

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Rebecca Steele". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Records/Women's Test Matches/Bowling Records/Best Figures in an Innings on Debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Rebecca Steele". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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