Caroline H. Rambaldo (born 7 January 1971) is a former Dutch international
cricket
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er whose career for the
Dutch national side spanned from 1997 to 2001. She played a total of 23
One Day International
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(ODI) matches, and appeared at the
1997 World Cup.
Rambaldo made her international debut at the relatively late age of 26, appearing in the second match of a two-ODI series against
Denmark
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, which was played in Germany in July 1997. Later in the year, she played another three ODIs against
Sri Lanka
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, as part of the Netherlands' preparation for the 1997 World Cup in India.
[Women's ODI matches played by Caroline Rambaldo](_blank)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 October 2015. A right-arm medium-pacer, Rambaldo played only three of a possible five matches at the World Cup, but saved her best performance for her team's last match, taking 2/28 in the quarter-final loss to
Australia
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.
One of the older players in the squad, Rambaldo was a regular for the Netherlands throughout the rest of the decade (and into the first years of the 2000s), playing series against
Pakistan
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, Sri Lanka, and Denmark, as well as the 1999
European Championship.
She never took more than two wickets in a match, with her best figures being 2/10 from 10 overs against Denmark in July 1998. Despite this, Rambaldo finished her international career with 19 wickets from her 23 ODI matches. Her last international appearance came against Pakistan in April 2001, at
Karachi
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's
National Stadium
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.
Rambaldo's younger sister,
Helmien Rambaldo
Helmien Willie Rambaldo (born 13 November 1980) is a Dutch former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 46 One Day Internationals and 10 Twenty20 Internationals ...
, also played internationally, and went on to captain the national team. Both sisters played their club cricket for Quick Haag (
nl).
Netherlands / Players / Helmien Rambaldo
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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1971 births
Dutch women cricketers
Living people
Netherlands women One Day International cricketers
20th-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch women