Holly Huddleston

Summary

Holly Rachael Huddleston (born 11 October 1987) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 36 One Day Internationals and 16 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2014 and 2020. She played domestic cricket for Northern Districts, Auckland, Middlesex and Western Storm.[1][2]

Holly Huddleston
Personal information
Full name
Holly Rachael Huddleston
Born (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36)
Springs, Gauteng South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 127)22 February 2014 v West Indies
Last ODI7 October 2020 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 41)2 March 2014 v West Indies
Last T20I30 September 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2008/09Northern Districts
2009/10–2022/23Auckland
2016–2017Middlesex
2017Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 36 16 190 132
Runs scored 67 15 1,716 1,036
Batting average 6.09 7.50 18.25 17.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/2
Top score 16* 10 64 55*
Balls bowled 1527 238 7,438 2,242
Wickets 46 13 198 96
Bowling average 24.30 18.30 24.85 22.23
5 wickets in innings 3 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/25 2/9 5/25 4/21
Catches/stumpings 2/– 5/– 35/– 34/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 March 2023

In April 2018, she won the Phyl Blackler Cup for her domestic bowling at the New Zealand Cricket Awards.[3] In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months.[4][5] In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[6][7] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[8]

Huddleston retired from all forms of cricket in February 2023.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Holly Huddleston". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Holly Huddleston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Trent Boult wins Sir Richard Hadlee Medal". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Rachel Priest left out of New Zealand women contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Four new players included in White Ferns contract list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "New Zealand women pick spin-heavy squads for Australia T20Is, World T20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. ^ "White Ferns turn to spin in big summer ahead". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Lea Tahuhu returns to New Zealand squad for T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Perkins & Huddleston bow out with HEARTS as an outside chance to reach finals". Auckland Cricket. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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