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- ↑ "Birgit Viguurs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ↑ "Women's Cricket : Netherlands Squad". www.womenscricket.net. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ↑ "Birgit Viguurs". womenscricket.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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