Izzy Gaze

Izzy Gaze
Personal information
Full name
Isabella Charli Gaze
Born (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20)
Haarlem, Netherlands
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 144)19 September 2022 v West Indies
Last ODI18 December 2023 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 59)30 July 2022 v South Africa
Last T20I11 July 2024 v England
T20I shirt no.13
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019/20–presentAuckland
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 3 10 17 28
Runs scored 7 35 107 165
Batting average 3.50 11.66 8.91 11.78
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 16 26 26
Catches/stumpings 5/0 7/1 9/1 11/4
Source: CricketArchive, 6 March 2023
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 UAE
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team

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

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]

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12]

Gaze was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Isabella Gaze". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Izzy Gaze". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Isabella Gaze, the girl who always knew she would be a wicketkeeper". ESPNcricinfo. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Young keeper Gaze's into future of White Ferns". Newsroom. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Auckland Women v Wellington Women, 30 December 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ "New Zealand ring the changes with new-look contracts list". ICC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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. ^ "White Ferns Spearhead First-Ever NZ Under-19 World Cup Squad". New Zealand Cricket. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - New Zealand Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Devine and Bates set for ninth consecutive T20 World Cup". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up - Down continues ODI return". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 9 November 2024.