Kim Garth

Kim Garth
Personal information
Full name Kimberley Jennifer Garth
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996
Dublin, Ireland
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm
Relations Jonathan Garth (father)
Anne-Marie McDonald (mother)
International information
National side
ODI debut 4 July 2010 v New Zealand women
Last ODI 19 July 2013 v Pakistan women
T20I debut 16 October 2010 v Pakistan women
Last T20I 22 August 2015 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 22 20
Runs scored 268 259
Batting average 15.76 19.92
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 39 38*
Balls bowled 588 398
Wickets 12 20
Bowling average 34.33 18.30
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/11 3/6
Catches/stumpings 8/1 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 October 2015

Kimberley Jennifer "Kim" Garth (born 25 April 1996) is an Irish international cricketer who made her senior debut for the Irish national team in 2010. She is a right-handed all-rounder who plays her club cricket for Pembroke Cricket Club.[1]

Born in Dublin, Garth is the daughter of Jonathan Garth and Anne-Marie McDonald, both of whom also played for Ireland.[2] Her father was born in South Africa.[3] Garth herself made her international debut in July 2010, in a one-off ODI against New Zealand. On debut, she was 14 years and 70 days old, making her the youngest Irishwoman to debut and the third-youngest overall (behind Pakistan's Sajjida Shah and Scotland's Fiona Urquhart). Several others have since debuted at younger ages.[4]

Garth went on to play six more ODIs in 2010, including at the 2010 ICC Women's Challenge in South Africa.[5] That competition featured both 50-over and 20-over components, with Garth making her Twenty20 International debut in the latter, against Pakistan.[6] Aged 14 years and 174 days, she became the youngest player of any country to appear in that format, beating the record set by the Netherlands' Miranda Veringmeier. Three of her Irish teammates – Elena Tice, Lucy O'Reilly, and Gaby Lewis – have since debuted at younger ages.[7]

Since making her debut, Garth has been a regular for Ireland at both ODI and T20I level. In ODIs, her most outstanding performance to date came in August 2012, when she took 4/11 from five overs against Bangladesh (including the first four wickets to fall).[8] Her highest score at that level was made during the same month, an innings of 39 runs against Pakistan.[9] In Twenty20 Internationals, Garth has taken two three-wicket hauls – 3/6 against the Netherlands in August 2011,[10] and 3/17 against Australia in August 2015.[11]

In November 2015, Garth was named International Women's Player of the Year at the Cricket Ireland Awards.[12]

References

  1. (6 October 2010). "Kim Garth relishing ICC Cricket Challenge" – Cricket Europe. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. Ireland / Players / Kim Garth – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. Ireland / Players / Jonathan Garth – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. Women's ODI matches played by Kim Garth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. Women's Int Twenty20 matches played by Kim Garth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women, Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  9. Ireland Women v Pakistan Women, Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. Netherlands Women v Ireland Women, Ireland Women in Netherlands 2011 (1st Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. Ireland Women v Australia Women, Australia Women in England and Ireland 2015 (2nd Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  12. (9 November 2015). "Ed Joyce and Kim Garth named Players of Year" – RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

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