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Anaru Kitchen

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Anaru Kitchen
Personal information
Full name
Anaru Kyle Kitchen
Born (1984-02-21) 21 February 1984 (age 40)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 75)29 December 2017 v West Indies
Last T20I28 January 2018 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.41
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2014/15Auckland (squad no. 6)
2015/16–2021/22Otago
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 92 119 137
Runs scored 38 5,194 3,303 2,344
Batting average 12.66 33.72 32.06 21.11
100s/50s 0/0 10/26 5/16 0/7
Top score 16 207 143* 66
Balls bowled 36 3,039 2,450 1,230
Wickets 2 36 57 38
Bowling average 23.00 49.91 37.92 41.73
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/3 3/19 4/23 4/11
Catches/stumpings 3/– 75/– 50/– 62/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2022

Anaru Kyle Kitchen (born 21 February 1984) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who most recently played for the Otago cricket team as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for North East Valley Cricket Club. In February 2022, Kitchen announced his retirement from domestic cricket at the end of the 2021/22 season in New Zealand.[1]

Domestic career

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He made his debut for Auckland in their list A match against Canterbury in December 2008, top scoring with 69 from 104 balls.[2]

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[3] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[4][5]

International career

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In December 2017, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[6] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Anaru Kitchen to retire from New Zealand domestic cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Auckland v Canterbury, at Auckland, 27 December 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Kitchen called up for WI T20s, Guptill returns". ESPNcricinfo. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. ^ "1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017". ESPNcricinfo. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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