Rachel Priest
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Full name | Rachel Holly Priest | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand | 13 June 1985|||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Priesty | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 158) | 15 July 2007 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 January 2020 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 17) | 19 July 2007 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 2 March 2020 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2003/04–2012/13 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14–2019/20 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–2016/17 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18–2019/20 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21–present | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2020 |
Rachel Holly Priest (born 13 June 1985 in New Plymouth, Taranaki) is a cricketer who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League. She played in 87 ODIs and 75 T20Is for New Zealand before retiring from international cricket in 2020. She previously played for the Wellington Blaze in the State League.
Rachel Priest holds the record for the highest individual score by a better in an Women's ODI innings as wicketkeeper (157) and is the only wicketkeeper in Women's ODI history to score 150 in an innings.[1]
In May 2018, she was signed by the Wales women's national cricket team, their first overseas signing.[2] In November 2018, she was named in Sydney Thunder's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[3][4] In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[5]
In June 2020, Priest announced her retirement from international cricket.[6][7] At the same time, Priest joined the Tasmanian Roar in Australia's Women's National Cricket League.[8]
References
- ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Wales sign up Rachel Priest for 2018 County season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Lea Tahuhu returns to New Zealand squad for T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Rachel Priest announces international retirement and joins Tasmania". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Rachel Priest draws curtains on international career". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Johnson returns home as Kiwi veteran joins Tassie". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Rachel Priest at Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Priest at ESPNcricinfo
- Rachel Priest at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1985 births
- Central Districts Hinds cricketers
- Living people
- Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers
- New Zealand women cricketers
- New Zealand women One Day International cricketers
- New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Cricketers from New Plymouth
- Staffordshire women cricketers
- Wellington Blaze cricketers
- Western Storm cricketers
- Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) cricketers
- Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
- New Zealand cricket biography, 1980s birth stubs