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Lea Tahuhu

New Zealand cricketer


Summary

New Zealand cricketer

FieldValue
nameLea Tahuhu
femaletrue
image2020 ICC W T20 WC NZ v SL 02-22 Tahuhu (01).jpg
captionTahuhu at the 2020 T20 World Cup
countryNew Zealand
fullnameLea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu
birth_date
birth_placeChristchurch, New Zealand
battingRight-handed
bowlingRight-arm medium fast
roleBowler
familyAmy Satterthwaite (wife)
internationaltrue
internationalspan2011–present
club1Canterbury
year12008/09–present
club2Australian Capital Territory
year22015/16
club3Surrey Stars
year32016
club4Melbourne Renegades
year42016/17–2020/21
club5Surrey
year52017
club6Lancashire Thunder
year62017
club7Trailblazers
year72018
club8Supernovas
year82019
club9Manchester Originals
year92022
club10Sydney Thunder
year102022/23
odidebutdate14 June
odidebutyear2011
odidebutagainstAustralia
odicap122
lastodidate29 October
lastodiyear2024
lastodiagainstIndia
odishirt6
T20Idebutdate25 June
T20Idebutyear2011
T20IdebutagainstIndia
T20Icap34
lastT20Idate20 October
lastT20Iyear2024
lastT20IagainstSouth Africa
T20Ishirt6
columns2
column1WODI
matches1103
runs1422
bat avg19.81
100s/50s10/0
top score126
deliveries14,628
wickets1125
bowl avg128.02
fivefor11
tenfor10
best bowling15/37
catches/stumpings127/–
column2WT20I
matches298
runs2245
bat avg211.13
100s/50s20/0
top score227
deliveries21,773
wickets295
bowl avg219.97
fivefor20
tenfor20
best bowling24/6
catches/stumpings219/–
date29 October 2024
sourcehttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/380929.html ESPNcricinfo
medaltemplates

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | catches/stumpings1 = 27/– | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | catches/stumpings2 = 19/– Lea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu (born 23 September 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler. She made her international debut for the New Zealand women's cricket team in June 2011.

Career

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

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

In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Renegades' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In August 2021, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the limited overs series against England which also marked her comeback return to the national side after 18 months since being diagnosed with a mole on her left foot. On 21 September 2021, in the third match against England, Tahuhu took her first five-wicket haul in WODI cricket.

In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In July 2022, Tahuhu was added to New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Her personal tournament highlight was taking 3/15 from four overs in the group stage win over India.

Tahuhu was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.

Personal life

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

References

References

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  2. "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "Rachel Priest left out of New Zealand women contracts". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "Four new players included in White Ferns contract list". International Cricket Council.
  5. "New Zealand women pick spin-heavy squads for Australia T20Is, World T20". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "White Ferns turn to spin in big summer ahead". New Zealand Cricket.
  7. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council.
  8. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia.
  9. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. "Lea Tahuhu returns to New Zealand squad for T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council.
  11. (18 August 2021). "White Fern Lea Tahuhu back at the crease after cancer scare".
  12. "Lea Tahuhu overcomes cancer scare to make England tour". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. "England v New Zealand ODI: Lea Tahutu claims five England wickets". BBC Sport.
  14. "Leigh Kasperek left out of New Zealand's ODI World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. "Down, Kerr out of New Zealand's CWG squad; Tahuhu, Green named replacements". ESPNcricinfo.
  16. "Devine and Bates set for ninth consecutive T20 World Cup". New Zealand Cricket.
  17. "New Zealand consign India to heavy loss in Dubai demolition". Intercontinental Cricket Council.
  18. (4 October 2024). "New Zealand shoot India out for 102 amid high drama to script big win". ESPNCricinfo.
  19. (August 2025). "Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up - Down continues ODI return". New Zealand Cricket.
  20. (8 February 2022). "The special game Lea Tahuhu's dad got to see her play for White Ferns". Stuff.
  21. "Contributions – Peter Hooton Memorial Scholarship". QSCC.
  22. (25 May 2011). "Hawke's Bay cricket star puts school on scoreboard". APN News & Media.
  23. (20 May 2018). "Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu – a cricketing partnership worthy of attention". [[Stuff.co.nz]].
  24. (16 January 2020). "White Ferns couple Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu welcome baby Grace Marie".
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