Amy Ella Satterthwaite (born 7 October 1986) is a New Zealand former

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er who played as an

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left-handed and

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either right-arm

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. She appeared in 145

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and 111

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for

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between 2007 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for

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and Manchester Originals. On 26 February 2017, against Australia, she became the first player in WODIs and second overall after

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in ODIs to score four consecutive hundreds. In December 2017, she won the inaugural ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year award. In September 2018, Suzie Bates stepped down as captain of New Zealand and was replaced by Satterthwaite. In July 2020, Satterthwaite was appointed as the vice-captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team, with

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appointed as the team's captain on a full-time basis. In September 2020, in the first match of New Zealand's series against Australia, Satterthwaite played in her 100th WT20I. In May 2022, Satterthwaite announced her retirement from international cricket, and from all cricket in February 2023.

Playing career

Domestic and franchise career

Satterthwaite made her debut for

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at limited overs level in 2003. In 2007, Satterthwaite became

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of the Magicians, initially on a temporary basis due to regular captain Haidee Tiffen having a virus. In 2016, Satterthwaite was appointed captain of the

in the

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. She played in five matches for the Thunder in July and August 2016. During the 2014–15 season, Satterthwaite played nine matches for the

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; four times in the

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and five in the

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. Satterthwaite signed for the

ahead of the 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season. In 2016, she resigned for the Hurricanes for the 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season. In November 2018, she was named in the

' squad for the

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. In April 2022, she was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England. She announced her retirement from all forms of cricket in February 2023. In her final season with Canterbury, she captained them to victory in the 2022–23 Super Smash.

International career

Satterthwaite made her international debut for

against

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on 19 July 2007 in a

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. She made her

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debut two days later, also against Australia. In August 2007, she took six

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for seventeen runs against

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; this remained the only six-wicket haul in a women's T20I match until 20 August 2018 when

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took 6/8. Starting during the Pakistan's tour to New Zealand in November 2016, and then into the Australian women's team tour of New Zealand in 2017, Satterthwaite became the first woman to score a

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in four consecutive

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in ODIs. Satterthwaite has captained New Zealand twice in One Day International cricket, the first against

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in 2010 and the second against

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in 2016. During the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, she equalled the record of

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for taking the most catches in a single

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series(8) In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by

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, following the tours of

and

in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named as captain of New Zealand's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In February 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of New Zealand's team for the

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in New Zealand.

International centuries

One Day International centuries

Personal life

Satterthwaite was born in

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and grew up in

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in north

. Her father, Michael Satterthwaite, represented Canterbury Country in cricket and is a former chairman of Canterbury Cricket. She states that she grew up with cricket and "had a love for the game from when hecould walk!" Satterthwaite was for many years office manager for a veterinary practice, and since 2015 has been employed by Canterbury Cricket. In March 2017, she married fellow international cricketer

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. In August 2019, Satterthwaite announced that she and Tahuhu were expecting their first child, and was taking a break from cricket. She missed the

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in Australia, but hoped to be in the team's squad for the

in New Zealand. On 13 January 2020, Satterthwaite gave birth to a daughter, Grace Marie Satterthwaite.

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