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Full name | Michaela Louise Kirk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 30 June 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder; occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2019/20 | Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | The Blaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 |
Michaela Louise Kirk (born 30 June 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for The Blaze. She plays as a right-handed batter,right-arm off break bowler and occasional wicket-keeper. Having played for Northerns in South Africa between 2012/13 and 2019/20,in 2021 she moved to England to play cricket there,with ambitions to qualify for the national side. [1] [2] [3]
Kirk was born on 30 June 1999 in Johannesburg. [2] Her grandparents are from Edinburgh,which contributed to her family's decision to move back to England in 2021. [3]
Kirk made her debut for Northerns in 2012,against Easterns. [4] In her second season with the side,2013/14,she took 6 wickets at an average of 7.00 in the Provincial T20 Competition. [5] In 2015/16,she was her side's second-leading run-scorer and second-leading wicket-taker,with 146 runs and 9 wickets (including a best bowling of 4/29). [6] [7] In the 2016/17 season,Kirk made her maiden half-century,scoring 52* against Easterns. [8] The following season she achieved her List A best bowling figures,taking 4 wickets for 0 runs in 1.3 overs against Easterns. [9] In 2019/20 she was her side's leading run scorer in both the Provincial League and the Provincial T20,with 140 runs and 127 runs,respectively. [10] [11] She has also appeared in the Women's T20 Super League for Duchesses. [2]
In 2021,Kirk moved to England,moving in with her grandparents and aiming to qualify to play for the national side. [3] For the 2021 season,she signed to play for Nottinghamshire in the Twenty20 Cup,Lightning in the regional competitions and Trent Rockets in The Hundred. [3]
For Nottinghamshire,she helped them win the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup and scored 122 runs at an average of 61.00,including hitting 61* on debut against Northamptonshire. [12] [13] She made her debut for Lightning on 29 May,against Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [14] She went on to play four matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring one half-century,57 made against Sunrisers. [15] [16] She also played three matches for the side in the Charlotte Edwards Cup,and three matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred. [17] [18] During The Hundred in 2021,Kirk injured her anterior cruciate ligament,meaning that she missed the rest of the season,and most of the following season. [19] In 2022,therefore,she only appeared in two matches for Lightning,both in September in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [20]
In 2023,she played one match for Nottinghamshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 49. [21] She played seven matches for The Blaze (the new name for Lightning) that season,with a top score of 40. [22] [23] In 2024,she played nine matches for The Blaze,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,with a high score of 36. [24] [25]
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