Eugenie van Leeuwen

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Eugenie van Leeuwen
Personal information
Born (1970-08-01) 1 August 1970 (age 53)
The Hague, Netherlands
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  52)29 March 1999 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI26 July 2003 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition WODI
Matches17
Runs scored103
Batting average 14.71
100s/50s0/0
Top score18
Balls bowled678
Wickets 17
Bowling average 23.17
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling2/11
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2017

Eugenie van Leeuwen (born 1 August 1970) is a former Dutch cricketer who represented the Netherlands women's national cricket team. [1]

A bowler, Van Leeuwen played in 17 women's One Day Internationals (WODI) between 1999 and 2003. [2] She made her international debut for the Netherlands in their fourth WODI against Sri Lanka in 1999, taking the wicket of opener Hiruka Fernando. [3] She played in six games of the seven-match WODI tour of Pakistan in 2001, taking five wickets at an average of 30. [4] Four month later, she played in all three Dutch matches of the Women's European Cricket Championship in England. [5] She took just one wicket in the tournament – that of Linda Spence, the Scottish captain in the Netherlands' sole match victory. [6] [7]

In June 2002, she played her first WODI series at home against the touring New Zealand side. Playing in the opening and last games, she took two wickets in the three match series that was swept by the White Ferns. [8] [9] Van Leeuwen played in her final WODIs during the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. [8] Playing five matches in six days, she took eight wickets at an average of 12.62, including career best figures of 2/11 against Japan. [10]

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References

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