Emily Cecilia Drumm (born 15 September 1974) is a New Zealand former

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er who played as a right-handed batter and could

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both right-arm

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and right-arm leg break. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 101

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for

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between 1992 and 2006. She played domestic cricket for

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and

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. Drumm captained New Zealand in 41

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s, winning 28 of them, losing 12 and with one no result. She captained

to their greatest ODI success - winning the

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in 2000/2001. Drumm's 815 runs at

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is the second-highest amount of runs on a single ground in Women's ODI history. Drumm holds the record for the highest individual score in Women's Test cricket history when batting at number 5 position or lower (161 *). In the 2006 New Year Honours, Drumm was appointed a

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, for services to women's cricket. Following her playing career, Drumm worked for

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and has also been a radio commentator.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drumm, Emily 1974 births Living people Cricketers from Auckland Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand women cricket captains New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women One Day International cricketers New Zealand women Test cricketers New Zealand women's One Day International captains Auckland Hearts cricketers Northern Districts women cricketers Kent women cricketers People educated at Avondale College Women's One Day International cricket hat-trick takers

International centuries

Test centuries

One Day International centuries

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