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Full name | Kirsten Elizabeth Pike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 153) | 5 February 2008 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 103) | 21 August 2005 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 8 November 2008 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut | 2 September 2005 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 25 June 2009 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2001/02-2013/14 | Queensland Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,30 June 2014 |
Kirsten Elizabeth Pike (born 12 November 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. [1]
Pike,a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler and right-hand batter,played 86 Women's National Cricket League matches for the Queensland Fire, [2] retiring following the 2013–14 season after helping to win the team's first Twenty20 title. [3] She finished her career as Queensland's all-time leading wicket-taker. [4]
Pike also played one Women's Test,26 Women's One-day Internationals and ten Women's Twenty20 Internationals for the Australian women's cricket team. [1] She is the 153rd woman to play Test cricket for Australia, [5] and the 103rd woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia. [5] [6]
Pike studied law at the Queensland University of Technology,and as of 2019 [update] was working as a partner in the Brisbane real estate team of Dentons,an international law firm. [7] [8] In September 2017 she became the second woman ever elected to the board of directors of Queensland Cricket, [9] and in June 2019 she was appointed the deputy chair. [10] Since retiring from cricket,Pike has participated regularly in the Chain Reaction Challenge Foundation's charity cycling events,which she described as "a fantastic substitute for not playing cricket anymore." [11]
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Ms Pike was elected to the Board in September 2017 and has a Bachelor of Laws and a Diploma of Legal Practice from Queensland University of Technology.
Kirsten Pike is a partner in our Brisbane Real Estate team.
Former Australian Women's and Konica Minolta Queensland Fire pace bowler Kirsten Pike was elected to the Board, with the 32-year-old partner at Dibbs Barker to serve a two-year term.
QC Director and former Queensland and Australian fast-bowler Kirsten Pike has been appointed Deputy Chair.
Post retirement, former Australian cricketer Kirsten Pike has raised over $50,000 for charity, jumping on the bike for the Chain Reaction Challenge Foundation. In March this year, Pike completed her sixth Chain Reaction Challenge...