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Sarah Tsukigawa
Personal information
Full name
Sarah Jane Tsukigawa
Born (1982-01-16) 16 January 1982 (age 42)
Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 101)6 March 2006 v India
Last ODI22 March 2009 v England
T20I debut (cap 15)18 October 2006 v Australia
Last T20I20 February 2011 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99–2013/14Otago
2013/14Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 42 19 173 60
Runs scored 730 129 3,176 860
Batting average 22.12 9.21 22.84 16.53
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 2/14 0/3
Top score 78* 22 117* 70
Balls bowled 1,535 150 6,197 887
Wickets 35 5 145 44
Bowling average 32.02 34.00 28.46 21.27
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/43 2/19 5/13 4/18
Catches/stumpings 9/– 2/– 44/– 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 April 2021

Sarah Jane Tsukigawa (born 16 January 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 42 One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2006 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Otago, as well as spending one season with Western Australia.[1][2]

Tsukigawa captained Otago Sparks in the 2006/07 State League, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83 and taking eleven wickets at an economy rate of 2.66.

Tsukigawa played for New Zealand A in the 2003/04 series against Australia Youth, and made her debut for the White Ferns in the 2006 series against India. She was a member of NZC's Live-In Academy in 2003. Tsukigawa was a key performer for the White Ferns in the Quadrangular Series in India in February 2007 scoring 214 runs at an average of 42.8, including her highest ODI score of 78 not out against England and her best ODI bowling figures of 3–33 against India.

Notably she jointly with Nicola Browne set the record 7th wicket partnership in the history of WODI (104*).[3][4]

She is a descendant of Captain K.K.Tsukigawa, a Japanese captain of the steam boat paddle PS Clutha which plied on the Clutha river.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Sarah Tsukigawa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Sarah Tsukigawa". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "4th Match: England Women v New Zealand Women at Chennai, Feb 23, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Legacy of river captain marked". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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