English/German cricketer
Anna Healey
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Full name
| Anna Margarete Healey
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Born
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1995-12-06
)
6 December 1995
(age 28)
Maidstone
,
England
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Batting
| Right-handed
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Bowling
| Right-arm
medium
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Role
| All-rounder
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National side
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T20I debut (cap
6
)
| 26 June 2019 v
Scotland
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Last T20I
| 29 August 2021 v
Scotland
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T20I shirt no.
| 37
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Anna Margarete Healey
(born 6 December 1995) is an English-born cricketer who plays for the
Germany women's national cricket team
as an
all-rounder
. On several occasions, she has been
player of the match
in a
Twenty20 International
.
Early life and career
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Healey was born in
Maidstone
,
Kent
.
[1]
She attended
Beechwood Sacred Heart School
in nearby
Royal Tunbridge Wells
,
[2]
and
Invicta Grammar School
in Maidstone.
[3]
As a child, she was a member of
Kent Young Cricketers
and Kent Cricket Performance Squads teams, in which her team mates included future
England
cricketer
Tash Farrant
. In 2009, she was the leading wicket taker for the Kent Girls Under 13 team, and in 2013 she won the batting award for the Girls Under 17 team. She has also played at club level for the St Lawrence & Highland Court club based in
Bekesbourne
, near Canterbury.
[2]
[4]
In early 2015, Healey spent four months as lead coach of the first XI at
Woodford House
Anglican girls school in
Havelock North
,
Hawke's Bay
, New Zealand. Between 2015 and 2018, she completed a Bachelors degree in Sport and Exercise Science with first class honours at the
University of Chichester
.
[3]
International career
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On 26 June 2019, Healey made her
WT20I
debut for Germany against
Scotland
at the
La Manga Club Ground
,
Murcia
, Spain, in the first match of the
2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe
, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.
[1]
[5]
In February 2020, in the
second WT20I match of a bilateral series
between Germany and
Oman
at the
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium
,
Muscat
, Healey took 1 for 5 in three overs with one maiden, scored 33
*
, and was chosen as player of the match, which Germany won by six wickets.
[6]
On 8 July 2021, in the
first match of another bilateral series
, between Germany and
France
at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground,
Krefeld
, Healey was again awarded player of the match, for combining a score of 29 in 27 balls with two catches and the initiation of a run out. Germany won that match by 9 wickets.
[7]
[8]
[9]
The following month, Healey played in all four of Germany's matches in the
2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
.
[10]
Personal life
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Off the field, Healey works as an
ecommerce
and distribution manager in
East Peckham
, Kent.
[3]
See also
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References
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External links
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