Izzy Gaze
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| Full name | Isabella Charli Gaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 2004 Haarlem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 144) | 19 September 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 December 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 59) | 30 July 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 July 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–present | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 6 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isabella Charli Gaze (born 8 May 2004) is a Dutch-born New Zealand cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Auckland Hearts and the New Zealand women's cricket team.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Gaze was born on 8 May 2004 in Haarlem in the Netherlands.[2] She lived in the Netherlands for 18 months before moving to Hong Kong, then Singapore, and finally to Auckland, New Zealand.[3] At the age of 18, Gaze went to university and worked part-time after the domestic cricket season in New Zealand had ended.[4]
Domestic career
[edit]Gaze made her debut for Auckland in 2019, against Wellington in the 2019–20 Super Smash.[5] She missed much of the 2020–21 season due to a collarbone fracture.[3]
International career
[edit]Gaze was part of a New Zealand camp ahead of the side's series against India and the 2022 World Cup.[3] Following the retirement of New Zealand wicket-keeper Katey Martin after the World Cup, Gaze was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket.[3][6]
Gaze earned her first call-up to the full New Zealand side in June 2022, when she was selected in the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] She made her Twenty20 International debut on 30 July 2022, against South Africa in New Zealand's first match at the Commonwealth Games.[8] She made her One Day International debut on 19 September 2022, on New Zealand's tour of the West Indies.[9]
In December 2022, Gaze was selected in the New Zealand Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[10] She scored 47 runs in her three innings at the tournament.[11]
In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12]
Gaze was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Isabella Gaze". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Izzy Gaze". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Isabella Gaze, the girl who always knew she would be a wicketkeeper". ESPNcricinfo. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Young keeper Gaze's into future of White Ferns". Newsroom. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Auckland Women v Wellington Women, 30 December 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand ring the changes with new-look contracts list". ICC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "3rd Match, Group B, Birmingham, July 30 2022, Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition: New Zealand Women v South Africa Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "1st ODI, North Sound, September 19 2022, New Zealand Women tour of West Indies: West Indies Women v New Zealand Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "White Ferns Spearhead First-Ever NZ Under-19 World Cup Squad". New Zealand Cricket. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - New Zealand Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Devine and Bates set for ninth consecutive T20 World Cup". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up - Down continues ODI return". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Izzy Gaze at ESPNcricinfo
- Izzy Gaze at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- New Zealand women cricketers
- New Zealand women One Day International cricketers
- New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Auckland Hearts cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Dutch emigrants to New Zealand