Angela Venturini (married name Batenburg-Venturini; born 19 November 1964) is a former Dutch

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er whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1988 to 1996. A right-arm medium-pacer, she finished her career with 24

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(ODI) matches, including games at both the

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and 1993 World Cups. Her club cricket was played for

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's Excelsior '20. Venturini appeared for a Young Netherlands team at the 1983 Centenary Tournament in

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, which also featured the senior teams of

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, and the Netherlands. 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

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). However, only

Ingrid Dulfer-Keijzer Ingrid Keijzer (married name Dulfer-Keijzer; born 22 July 1964) is a former Dutch sportswoman who played both handball and cricket at international level. She represented the Netherlands women's national cricket team between 1983 and 1993, includ ...

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Dorine Loman Dorine Liliane Loman (born 30 September 1960) is a former Dutch cricketer whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1984 to 1991. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, she played eleven One Day International (ODI) matches, i ...

managed more, with four apiece. Venturini's next ODIs were played at the 1989, 1990, and 1991 editions of the European Championship.Women's ODI matches played by Angela Batenberg-Venturini
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2015. Against

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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.

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and

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have since surpassed both Dulfer-Keijzer and Venturini. At the 1993 World Cup in England, Venturini was one of only five players to feature in all seven matches for the Netherlands. However, she took only a single wicket, finishing with 1/23 against Ireland. Her

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at the tournament was consequently 149.00, the worst of any player. Venturini went on to play two further ODIs, against Ireland and Denmark at the 1995 European Championship. 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 Sandra Kottman (born 20 May 1967) is a Dutch former cricketer. She played 32 Women's One Day International matches for the Netherlands women's national cricket team. She was part of the Netherlands squad for the 1997 and 2000 Women's Cricket Wor ...

and

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).Netherlands Women / Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most wickets
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