Georgia Plimmer

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Georgia Plimmer
Personal information
Full name
Georgia Ellen Plimmer
Born (2004-02-08) 8 February 2004 (age 20)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Batter
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  146)25 September 2022 v  West Indies
Last ODI29 October 2024 v  India
T20I debut(cap  61)6 August 2022 v  Australia
Last T20I20 October 2024 v  South Africa
T20I shirt no.58
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 UAE
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Georgia Ellen Plimmer (born 8 February 2004) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Wellington Blaze and the New Zealand women's cricket team as a right-handed batter. [1]

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Early life

Plimmer went to Tawa College, along with four other NZ Women's cricket players (Amelia and Jess Kerr, Sophie Devine, and Rebecca Burns). [2]

Career

In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup as a replacement for injured Lauren Down. [3] In May 2022, she was named in New Zealand Women's central contract list for the 2022–23 season. [4] [5]

Plimmer made her List A debut for Wellington in the 2019–20 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield. [6] She made her T20 debut for Wellington in the 2020–21 Super Smash. [7]

In June 2022, Plimmer was named in New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [8] Plimmer made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for New Zealand against Australia on 6 August 2022 at the Commonwealth Games. [9] [10] She made her One Day International debut against the West Indies on 25 September 2022. [11]

In December 2022, Plimmer was selected in the New Zealand Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [12] She was New Zealand's leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 155 runs at an average of 51.66. [13] In January 2023, Plimmer was selected in New Zealand's squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, in which she made three appearances. [14] [15]

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [16]

Plimmer was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024. [17]

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