Angela Venturini
Angela Venturini (married name Batenburg-Venturini; born 19 November 1964) is a former Dutch cricketer whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1988 to 1996. A right-arm medium-pacer, she finished her career with 24 One Day International (ODI) matches, including games at both the 1988 and 1993 World Cups. Her club cricket was played for Schiedam's Excelsior '20.
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| Full name | Angela Venturini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 12) | 29 November 1988 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 July 1995 v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venturini appeared for a Young Netherlands team at the 1983 Centenary Tournament in Utrecht, which also featured the senior teams of Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands.[1] She made her ODI debut at the 1988 World Cup in Australia, but took only three wickets from her seven matches (with a best of 2/59 against New Zealand). However, only Ingrid Dulfer-Keijzer and Dorine Loman managed more, with four apiece.[2] Venturini's next ODIs were played at the 1989, 1990, and 1991 editions of the European Championship.[3] Against Ireland in Haarlem at the 1991 edition, she took 4/17 from 7.3 overs, at the time the second-best ODI figures by a Dutchwoman, behind Ingrid Dulfer-Keijzer's 4/14 against Denmark the previous year. Cheraldine Oudolf and Annemarie Tanke have since surpassed both Dulfer-Keijzer and Venturini.[4]
At the 1993 World Cup in England, Venturini was one of only five players to feature in all seven matches for the Netherlands.[5] However, she took only a single wicket, finishing with 1/23 against Ireland.[6] Her bowling average at the tournament was consequently 149.00, the worst of any player.[7] Venturini went on to play two further ODIs, against Ireland and Denmark at the 1995 European Championship.[3] She finished her career with 15 wickets from 24 ODIs, and having bowled more overs than any other Dutchwoman (a record since broken by Sandra Kottman and Carolien Salomons).[8]
References
- Women's miscellaneous matches played by Angela Batenberg-Venturini – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Bowling for Netherlands Women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Women's ODI matches played by Angela Batenberg-Venturini – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Netherlands Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best bowling figures in an innings – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Batting and fielding for Netherlands Women, Women's World Cup 1993 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Ireland Women v Netherlands Women, Women's World Cup 1993 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Bowling in Women's World Cup 1993 (ordered by average) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- Netherlands Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most wickets Archived 19 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2015.