Sterre Kalis
Personal information
Full name
Sterre Laurien Kalis
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 24)
The Hague, Netherlands
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 96)20 November 2022 v Thailand
Last ODI3 July 2023 v Thailand
T20I debut (cap 27)7 July 2018 v UAE
Last T20I8 September 2023 v Italy
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2018Essex
2020–presentNorthern Diamonds
2021Northern Superchargers
2022–presentNorth East Warriors
2022–presentBirmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 5 30 64 88
Runs scored 106 973 1,673 1,968
Batting average 21.20 37.42 32.17 28.11
100s/50s 0/1 1/5 0/10 1/8
Top score 54 126* 87 126*
Balls bowled – 66 248 180
Wickets – 4 2 8
Bowling average – 13.75 90.50 21.00
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 2/11 1/20 2/11
Catches/stumpings 2/– 9/– 20/– 35/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2023

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.

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. ^ a b "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, 2nd Match, Group B: Ireland Women v Netherlands Women at Bangkok, Nov 28, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "3rd Match, Group A, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Utrecht, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Report card: Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Second Women's Global Development Squad heads to Rebel Women's Big Bash League". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals: Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Netherlands secure place at ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier on day two of European event". Inside the Games. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Sterre Kallis stars as Netherlands triumph over Germany". Women's Criczone. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  14. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2019: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Double qualification Dutch women". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Netherlands Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  18. ^ "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  19. ^ "Preview: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2021". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  20. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  21. ^ "North East Warriors to start 2022 season at Whitburn CC". Durham Cricket. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Looking back on Fairbreak tournament: "Through our shared passion, we quickly formed a team"". KNCB. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Full Scorecard of Tornadoes vs Sapphires 2nd Match 2022 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

External links

Northern Diamonds – current squad
Birmingham Phoenix – current squad
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