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Izzy Gaze

Izzy Gaze

New Zealand cricketer

Isabella Charli Gaze (born 8 May 2004) is a Dutch-born New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Auckland Hearts and New Zealand. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.[1][2]

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Early life

Gaze was born on 8 May 2004 in Haarlem in the Netherlands.[2] She lived in the Netherlands for 18 months before moving to Hong Kong, then Singapore, and finally to Auckland, New Zealand.[3] At the age of 18, Gaze went to university and worked part-time after the domestic cricket season in New Zealand had ended.[4]

Domestic career

Gaze made her debut for Auckland in 2019, against Wellington in the 2019–20 Super Smash.[5] She missed much of the 2020–21 season due to a collarbone fracture.[3]

International career

Gaze was part of a New Zealand camp ahead of the side's series against India and the 2022 World Cup.[3] Following the retirement of New Zealand wicket-keeper Katey Martin after the World Cup, Gaze was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket.[3][6]

Gaze earned her first call-up to the full New Zealand side in June 2022, when she was selected in the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] She made her Twenty20 International debut on 30 July 2022, against South Africa in New Zealand's first match at the Commonwealth Games.[8] She made her One Day International debut on 19 September 2022, on New Zealand's tour of the West Indies.[9]

In December 2022, Gaze was selected in the New Zealand Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[10] She scored 47 runs in her three innings at the tournament.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Player Profile: Isabella Gaze". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Player Profile: Izzy Gaze". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Isabella Gaze, the girl who always knew she would be a wicketkeeper". ESPNcricinfo. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Young keeper Gaze's into future of White Ferns". Newsroom. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Auckland Women v Wellington Women, 30 December 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "New Zealand ring the changes with new-look contracts list". ICC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "3rd Match, Group B, Birmingham, July 30 2022, Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition: New Zealand Women v South Africa Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "1st ODI, North Sound, September 19 2022, New Zealand Women tour of West Indies: West Indies Women v New Zealand Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  10. [10]
    "White Ferns Spearhead First-Ever NZ Under-19 World Cup Squad". New Zealand Cricket. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - New Zealand Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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