Full Name

Amelia Charlotte Kerr

Born

October 13, 2000, Wellington

Age

24y 363d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Allrounder

RELATIONS

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Before June 13, 2018, Amelia Kerr had hosts of firsts already to her name. But on that day, the 17-year-old legspin-bowling allrounder broke former Australia captain Belinda Clark's 21-year-old record of the highest individual score in women's ODIs. En route to her unbeaten 232 as an opener against Ireland, Kerr, at 17 years and 243 days, also became the youngest - male or female - to score a double-century across formats in international cricket. She also went on to claim five wickets in the same match.

Born to former Welington players Robbie and Jo, Kerr's cricketing pedigree goes as far back as her maternal grandfather Bruce Murray, the former New Zealand Test batsman. Egged on to pursue legspin by her father, Kerr also opened the batting for Tawa College Boys 1st XI in Wellington's Premier Youth Grade, before playing for Wellington Blaze alongside Sophie Devine, one of her two cricketing idols besides Kane Williamson. A confident strokemaker, Kerr is the first player - male or female - to score a T20 century at the Basin Reserve, and the only one to have made two on that ground.

Barely a month past her 16th birthday, Kerr graduated from playing boys' grade cricket in school to making international debuts in both limited-overs formats, against Pakistan at home. In June 2017, she became New Zealand women's youngest representative in the World Cup, and three months later, she was the youngest female cricketer to bag a central contract with New Zealand Cricket.

It was her second ODI four-for - against Australia, in the Rose Bowl series - that, in the words of Australia captain Meg Lanning, established Kerr's reputation as "a star of the future". The haul included three of the top four wickets, including that of Lanning, who was bowled by the very first ball she faced against the teenager in international cricket.

With 10 wickets from six matches, Kerr finished as New Zealand's joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2017 World Cup, where New Zealand failed to make the knockouts. Less than a year later, Kerr bagged her maiden overseas league contract to represent the Southern Vipers in the ECB's Kia Super League.
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Amelia Kerr Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
WODIs8069152224232*41.18271981.794102218400
WT20Is887018145370*27.941324109.74051481470

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
WODIs8079403130841045/175/1729.654.5938.7610
WT20Is888619071936954/204/2020.376.0920.0200

Amelia Kerr T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Women's 1002 teams2019332460*20.25280115.7101390110
WPLMI-W2924643745*24.27366119.3900515140
WBBL2 teams6452129696424.22829116.88021141230

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Women's 1002 teams202036043225 4/13 4/1317.287.2014.4100
WPLMI-W292956271640 5/38 5/3817.907.6414.0110
WBBL2 teams64641408152077 4/20 4/2019.746.4718.2200
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Photos of Amelia Kerr

Amelia Kerr is cleaned up by Rabeya Khan
Amelia Kerr loses her stumps
Amelia Kerr celebrates with her team-mates after removing Phoebe Litchfield
Amelia Kerr warms up ahead of the Women's World Cup
Amelia Kerr had frugal figures of 2 for 20
Amelia Kerr celebrates with Maddy Green after bringing up her fifty