Charlotte Anne Anneveld (born 30 December 1982, in
Sydney,
New South Wales
)
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) is an
Australian
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cricket
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player.
Charlotte made her NSW Breakers debut in 2002 against a strong South Australia side down in Adelaide. One of her greatest performances with the ball came in the 2005 final against QLD at North Sydney Oval, QLD were cruising to victory when Charlotte was thrown the ball and quickly picked up 4 wickets before her team-mate finished off the job at the other end to give NSW the title by 2 runs. She went on to win numerous titles with NSW before relocating to ACT for a new opportunity. Charlotte was selected in the Australian Squad in 2007 before a knee injury ended her season. In addition, she was also selected in the wider T20 World Cup Squad for the 2014 tournament.
In her overseas career, Charlotte played
one day cricket
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for English teams
Hampshire Women,
Lancashire Women and
Kent Women.
This was an opportunity to play cricket almost every day, with incredible athletes including Charlotte Edwards, Tammy Beaumont and Kate Cross.
Charlotte played for Gordon Women's Cricket Club in Australia for 23 years while also holding various committee positions and is currently the Head Coach.
One of Charlotte's passions is to work with a variety of associate cricketing countries. Charlotte has spent time in Singapore coaching the national team running coaching camps and facilitating guest
specialised coaches. Charlotte visited Papua New Guinea to work with the men's and women's teams as well as in local communities.
Charlotte is a fun, passionate and easy-going person who wants to give back to the game that gave her so much. Charlotte currently works in professional sport looking after athletes off the field as the Player Development Manager, is Head Coach of Gordon and commentates women's cricket.
Charlotte is a Representative Coach - Level 2
References
Living people
1982 births
Australian women cricketers
Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney
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