Kristen Beams

Kristen Beams (born 6 November 1984) is an Australian former cricket player.[1] Beams played one Test, thirty One Day Internationals and eighteen Twenty20 Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team.[2]

Kristen Beams

Personal information
Full name	Kristen Maree Beams
Born	(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984 Launceston, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 168)	11 August 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 128)	26 August 2014 v Pakistan
Last ODI	26 October 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.	14
T20I debut (cap 39)	3 September 2014 v Pakistan
Last T20I	22 February 2017 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I Matches 1 30 18 Runs scored 26 34 6 Batting average 26 6.80 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 26* 11* 4* Balls bowled 66 1490 378 Wickets – 42 20 Bowling average – 22.45 16.60 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 Best bowling – 4/15 3/11 Catches/stumpings 0/– 10/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 November 2017

In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[3]

In March 2018, following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Women's National Cricket League season, Cricket Victoria named her the player of the season, winning the Sharon Tredrea Award.[4]

In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Stars' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[5][6]

On 1 December 2019, Beams announced her retirement from cricket.[7]

References

1. "Kristen Beams – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
2. "Kristen Beams – Australia". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
3. "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debututants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
4. "Tremain crowned Victoria's best". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
5. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
6. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
7. "Kristen Beams calls stumps on playing career". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 December 2019.