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Sterre Kalis

Sterre Kalis

Dutch cricketer


Sterre Laurien Kalis (born 30 August 1999) is a Dutch cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a right-handed batter.[1][2] At domestic level, she plays for the English teams Northern Diamonds, Birmingham Phoenix and North East Warriors, and has previously played for Essex and Northern Superchargers. She has also taken the field for other domestic teams in the Netherlands and Australia.

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Career

Kalis played for the Netherlands in the 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in November 2015.[3]

In June 2018, Kalis was named in the Netherlands squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[4] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) against United Arab Emirates in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[5] She was the leading run-scorer for the tournament, with 231 runs in five matches.[6] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the rising star of the Netherlands' squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[7]

In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad.[8] In November 2018, she was again named in the Women's Global Development Squad, to play fixtures against Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) clubs.[9]

In May 2019, she was named in Netherlands' squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.[10] On 27 June 2019, in the match against Germany, Kalis scored her first century in WT20Is,[11][12] and equalled the record for the highest score in a WT20I, with 126 not out.[13] She was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 158 runs in four matches.[14][15]

In August 2019, she was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[16] She was the leading run-scorer for the Netherlands in the tournament, with 117 runs in five matches.[17]

In November 2020, Kalis was nominated for the ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.[18] In October 2021, she was named in the Dutch team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[19]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.[20] Later that month, she was announced in the North East Warriors squad for the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[21]

In May 2022, Kalis played seven matches for the tournament-winning Tornadoes team at the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. During the Invitational, she scored a total of 225 runs, the fifth-highest of any player, including two fifties, and two other scores in excess of 40.[1][22] She was also awarded player of the match for top scoring with 32 in her team's first match, against the Sapphires team.[22][23]


References

  1. "Sterre Kalis". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. "Super Over: 6 great women's games with emerging stars". Emerging Cricket. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. "Report card: Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "Second Women's Global Development Squad heads to Rebel Women's Big Bash League". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. "Women's Twenty20 Internationals: Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  9. "Sterre Kallis stars as Netherlands triumph over Germany". Women's Criczone. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. "Double qualification Dutch women". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  11. "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. "Preview: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2021". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  13. "North East Warriors to start 2022 season at Whitburn CC". Durham Cricket. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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