Amelia Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for the national women’s team (White Ferns). She plays for Wellington Blaze in domestic cricket. In 2018, Kerr made the highest individual score in a women’s ODI match when she scored 232 not out against Ireland, becoming the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket.
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Wiki/Biography
Amelia Charlotte Kerr was born on Friday, 13 October 2000 (age 22 years; as in 2022) in Wellington, New Zealand. His zodiac sign is Libra.
Childhood photo of Amelia Kerr (right)
Athletic since childhood, she grew up playing multiple sports and took up cricket at the age of 6. He decided to play for the White Ferns at the age of 9. Hailing from a family of cricketers, he spent his childhood playing countless matches in the backyard. At his home in the Wellington suburb of Tawa, with his father and sister, Jess. The Kerr sisters attended the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Camp every summer. He attended Tawa College, Wellington. She started her cricket journey as a leg spinner, often opening the batting in school cricket.
Amelia Kerr (aged 13) representing the Tawa College 1st XI girls cricket team in her first T20 century at the Basin Reserve.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Moss Green
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
parents and siblings
Kerr’s mother, Jo Murray, and father, Robbie Kerr, are both first-class cricketers who played for Wellington at domestic level. Her elder sister, Jess Kerr, a cricketer who plays for Wellington, was named in the New Zealand national cricket team against South Africa Women in January 2020. Jess is also a teacher at Tawa Intermediate School in Wellington, New Zealand.
Amelia Kerr (left), Robbie Kerr (middle), and Jess Kerr (right)
Amelia Kerr (left), Joe Murray (middle), and Jess Kerr (right)
Husband
He is unmarried.
Other
Kerr’s maternal grandfather, Bruce Murray, was a Test cricketer who played for New Zealand between 1968 and 1971.
Amelia Kerr (left) and Jess Kerr with their maternal grandfather Bruce Murray and father Robbie Kerr at the NZ U18 Indoor Championships
His cousin, Silla Duncan, is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level as a central midfielder.
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relationships/affairs
She is rumored to be dating New Zealand cricketer Nathan Smith.
Amelia Kerr and Nathan Smith
livelihood
domestic
She made her debut for Wellington Blaze in the Women’s Super Smash (formerly known as the New Zealand Women’s Twenty20 competition). She emerged as the leading wicket-taker in the 2014–15 and 2018–19 seasons of the New Zealand Women’s Twenty20 competition. Highlights of his career include taking a hat-trick against Canterbury Magicians in the final match of the 2020-21 Super Smash.
Amelia Kerr in action for Wellington Blaze
international
He made his ODI debut against Pakistan on 9 November 2016 at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. On 21 November 2016, he made his T20I debut against Pakistan at the Saxton Oval, Nelson. Following tours of Ireland and England in the previous months, he was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket in August 2018. She was named in New Zealand’s squads for the 2018 ICC Women’s World T20 tournament in the West Indies, the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia and the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Amelia Kerr in action for New Zealand Women
At the age of 17, Kerr made the highest individual score in a WODI match when she scored 232 not out against Ireland on 13 June 2018. With this feat, she also became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in a One Day International. Cricket. This was the third highest individual score by a New Zealander, male or female, in an ODI and the second highest by a New Zealander, male or female, in an ODI. In the same match, she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs, her first five-wicket haul in Women’s ODI.
Amelia Kerr and Suzie Bates celebrating wickets
She was part of the New Zealand team that won the bronze medal in the cricket tournament by defeating England by 8 wickets at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Women’s Cricket Super League (WCSL)
She played for Southern Vipers in the 2018 Women’s Cricket Super League.
Amelia Kerr in action for Southern Vipers
Women’s T20 Challenge
She played for IPL Velocity in the 2019 Women’s T20 Challenge. IPL Supernovas won the tournament by defeating IPL Velocity by 4 wickets in the final.
Amelia Kerr is playing for Velocity in IPL
Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL)
She played for the Brisbane Heat in the 2019 WBBL; Brisbane Heat won the tournament by defeating Adelaide Strikers by 6 wickets. His impeccable performances led to him being named Player of the Match twice in the season. Following this, he was named in Brisbane Heat’s squad for the 2020 and 2022 seasons of the WBBL. The Brisbane Heat named him the Most Valuable Player at the end of the 2020 and 2022 seasons. She was named player of the match five times during the 2022–23 season of the WBBL.
Amelia Kerr playing for Brisbane Heat
Hundred
She played for London Spirit in the 2022 season of The Hundred.
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In 2023, Kerr was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League. Mumbai Indians became the first champion of WPL by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final.
Amelia Kerr (left) and Harmanpreet Kaur (right) playing for Mumbai Indians
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Dominion Post and Weltec 2016 Premier College Sportsperson of the Year Award
Dominion Post and Weltec 2016 Premier College Sportsperson of the Year Award, Amelia Kerr (left), Tawa College, and Daniel Hillier, Aotea College
- ANZ International Women’s ODI Player of the Year (2019) at the annual New Zealand Cricket Awards.
- Phil Blackler Cup (2019) for women’s domestic bowling at the annual New Zealand cricket awards.
Favorite
- Food: Peanut butter, sushi, smoothies, bao buns, and salads and protein pancakes by Two Raw Sisters
- Cricketers: Katie Martin, Sophie Devine, Kane Williamson, Ish Sodhi
- Holiday destination: Coolangatta
- Film series: The Lion King
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is also known as Meli Ker, Melos and Melux.
- Amelia has worked as a teacher aide for autistic students at Tawa Intermediate.
- Her jersey number for New Zealand Women is #48.
- His batting style is right-handed batting and his bowling style is legbreak.
- She has suffered from mental health problems since childhood. However, it was in 2020, that things turned sour. She started having panic attacks, anxiety and then depression. The depth of her experience with mental health became common knowledge when she gave a raw and honest interview to NZ website Newsroom in December 2021. Later, he actively involved himself in mental health advocacy and initiatives. He founded a website, Out of the Rough, to talk about mental health issues. In 2022, he launched a project called “Trading Water”, produced in partnership with youth mental health charity I Am Hope. Trading Waters was a collection of videos that provide insight, advice and support to people struggling with mental health. Trading Waters also included an interview and monologue with Kerr.
- She loves photography and spends her free time traveling outdoors with her camera. He also likes to play guitar and sing.
- He is tattooed on the back of his right bicep, on the side of his right wrist, and on the inside of his left elbow.
Amelia Kerr’s tattoos
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