Anna Michelle Peterson (born 12 September 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Auckland and New Zealand.[1] She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.[2][3][4] She was the first cricketer for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.[5] In October 2021, Peterson retired from international cricket but hinted that she would continue playing domestic cricket for Auckland Hearts.[6][7]
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Full name | Anna Michelle Peterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990 (age 32) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
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ODI debut (cap 125) | 1 March 2012 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 24 February 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 44) | 24 February 2015 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 2 March 2020 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007/08–2013/14 | Northern Districts (squad no. 52) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15–present | Auckland (squad no. 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Typhoons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 May 2021 |
She made her WODI debut on 1 March 2012 against England and scored crucial 33 runs on debut by batting down the order.[8] She made her WT20I debut on 24 February 2015 against England.[9]
On 19 February 2017, she took a hat-trick during the second Women's Twenty20 International match against Australia.[10] She completed her hat-trick by claiming the wickets on first three balls of her spell in the match and her bowling figures were read at 0.3-0-0-3.[11] Her bowling spell of 3/2 against Australia also propelled an unlikely victory for New Zealand in a low scoring affair after bowling out Australia cheaply for just 61 runs and New Zealand successfully defended 101 runs.[12] Anna's hat-trick was also the first hat-trick for a New Zealand women's bowler in international cricket since 1996.[10]
She was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in India.[13] She was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup tournament in England.[14]
In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[15][16] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[17]
She also currently works at North Harbour Rugby as the rugby manager for both girls and women.[6]
New Zealand squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 semi-finalists | ||
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New Zealand squad – 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup | ||
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New Zealand squad – 2018 Women's World Twenty20 | ||
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New Zealand squad – 2020 Women's T20 World Cup | ||
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