Full name Leonie Martine Hoitink Bowling style Fast bowling Role Cricket Player | Name Leonie Hoitink Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 20 January 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-01-20 ) Enschede, Netherlands National side Netherlands (1999–2008) Only Test 28 July 2007 v South Africa women ODI debut 21 March 1999 v Sri Lanka women Last ODI 24 February 2008 v Ireland women | ||
Leonie Martine Hoitink (born 20 January 1973) is a former Dutch international cricketer whose career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1999 to 2008. A right-handed batsman, she played in 14 One Day International (ODI) matches, including at the 2000 World Cup, and also represented the Netherlands in its inaugural Test match.
Hoitink was born in Enschede, Overijssel, and played her club cricket for KZKC (Klein Zwitserland de Krekels Combinatie) and VOC Rotterdam. Her senior debut for the Netherlands came in March 1999, when she was selected in the squad for an ODI tour of Sri Lanka. The following year, Hoitink was selected for the World Cup in New Zealand, and played in three of a possible seven matches. She had little success, however, scoring only nine runs overall. Hoitink did not appear again at ODI level until August 2006, when the Netherlands toured Ireland. In the second ODI, she opened the batting with Cheraldine Oudolf, and made what was to be her highest ODI score, 18 runs from 35 balls. In July and August 2007, South Africa went on a tour of the Netherlands, playing three ODIs and a Test – the first (and so far only) Test match played by any Dutch team, men or women. Selected in the Test squad, Hoitink scored only a single run across her two innings, and did not bowl. Her final ODIs came the following year, at the 2008 World Cup Qualifier. Hoitink finished with an ODI career batting average of only 6.57.