Nicola Browne

For those of a similar name, see Nicola Brown (disambiguation).

Nicola Jane Browne (born 14 September 1983) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 125 One Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2002 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Northern Districts and Australian Capital Territory.^[1][2]

Nicola Browne

Personal information
Full name	Nicola Jane Browne
Born	(1983-09-14) 14 September 1983 (age 40) Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand (2002–2014)
Test debut (cap 113)	27 November 2003 v India
Last Test	21 August 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 85)	20 February 2002 v Australia
Last ODI	26 February 2014 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 1)	5 August 2004 v England
Last T20I	2 April 2014 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2014/15	Northern Districts
2013/14–2014/15	Australian Capital Territory
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 2 125 54 278 Runs scored 24 2,002 552 6,128 Batting average 12.00 27.05 16.23 32.77 100s/50s 0/0 0/10 0/0 4/38 Top score 23 63 34* 115 Balls bowled 210 4,571 876 11,446 Wickets 1 88 47 246 Bowling average 83.00 34.14 17.31 31.45 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/43 4/20 4/15 5/31 Catches/stumpings 2/– 33/– 24/– 89/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2021

She played in the 2005 and 2009 Women's Cricket World Cups, and was player of the series in the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. In 2007, Browne and Sarah Tsukigawa set the highest 7th wicket partnership in WODI history, 104*.^[3] She also set the record 6th wicket partnership in Women's World Cup history, 139*, with Sara McGlashan in 2009.^[4] In January 2015, Browne announced her retirement from all forms of cricket.

Browne was included in the 2007 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic netball squad.^[5]

References

1. "Player Profile: Nicola Browne". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
2. "Player Profile: Nicola Browne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
3. "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "Cricket Records | Women's World Cup | Records | Highest partnerships by wicket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
5. . www.netballnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

• Nicola Browne at ESPNcricinfo
• Nicola Browne at CricketArchive (subscription required)

 

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