Lea Tahuhu

Lea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu (born 23 September 1990) in Christchurch, is a New Zealand cricketer. She is a right arm fast bowler. She made her international debut for the New Zealand women's cricket team in June 2011.[1]

Lea Tahuhu
Tahuhu bowling for New Zealand during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameLea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu
Born (1990-09-23) 23 September 1990
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 122)14 June 2011 v Australia
Last ODI3 March 2019 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 34)25 June 2011 v India
Last T20I2 March 2020 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 48 30
Runs scored 148 38
Batting average 7.78 6.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 16
Balls bowled 2186 555
Wickets 48 28
Bowling average 32.04 17.85
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/27 3/17
Catches/stumpings 12/- 7/-
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 2 March 2020

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[2]

In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months.[3][4] In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5][6] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[7]

In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Renegades' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[8][9] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[10]

Personal life

Tahuhu attended Aranui High School,[11] and won the Peter Hooton Memorial Scholarship in 2008.[12] She is married to fellow international cricketer Amy Satterthwaite.[13] On 13 January 2020, Satterthwaite gave birth to a child and took an extended paid maternity leave.[14]

References
  1. "Lea Tahuhu". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "Rachel Priest left out of New Zealand women contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. "Four new players included in White Ferns contract list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. "New Zealand women pick spin-heavy squads for Australia T20Is, World T20". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. "White Ferns turn to spin in big summer ahead". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  8. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  9. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  10. "Lea Tahuhu returns to New Zealand squad for T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. "Contributions - Peter Hooton Memorial Scholarship". The Eccentrics. QSCC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  12. "Hawke's Bay cricket star puts school on scoreboard". Hawke's Bay Today. APN News & Media. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  13. Johannsen, Dana (20 May 2018). "Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu - a cricketing partnership worthy of attention". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  14. "White Ferns couple Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu welcome baby Grace Marie". Stuff. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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