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Full name | Mariko Tabitha Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hong Kong | November 20, 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut(cap 5) | 12 January 2019 v Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 28 October 2022 v Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Northern Diamonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,8 November 2022 |
Mariko Tabitha Hill (born 20 November 1995) is a Hong Kong cricketer who plays for Hong Kong women's national cricket team and is a former captain. [1] She has represented Hong Kong at 2010 Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Games. [2] [3] In May 2021,she was named in the Jade Jets' squad for the 2021 Hong Kong Women's Premier League. [4] [5] In April 2022,it was announced that she would be training with Northern Diamonds for the upcoming season. [6] In May 2022,she was added to the side's full squad,and made her debut for the side on 29 May against North West Thunder. [7] [8]
2023 has been a pivotal year so far in her career,winning Player of the Series in the East Asia Cup victory over Japan,breaking into the Women's Top 100 for both batswomen and all-rounders,being selected again as a stalwart for the Fairbreak XI Invitational to be played in Hong Kong April 2023,to have been picked up by Middlesex for this year's county championship and finally to have been included in the draft for The 100,England's premier short-format competition.[ citation needed ]
In January 2024 Hill was included in the auction list for the upcoming IPL in India.
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