Frederique Overdijk (born 12 April 2000) is a Dutch

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er. Overdijk made her international debut for the Netherlands' women's cricket team in August 2019.

Career

In August 2019, Overdijk was named in the Dutch

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(WT20I) squad for the

2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series The 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Deventer, Netherlands, from 8 to 14 August 2019. It took place ahead of the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifie ...

. Overdijk made her WT20I debut for

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, against

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, on 8 August 2019. Later the same month, Overdijk was named in the Dutch squad for the

2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier The 2019 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in August and September 2019 in Scotland. It was the fourth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and was the qualification tour ...

tournament in Scotland. In August 2021, Overdijk was named in the Dutch squad for the

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played in August 2021 in Spain. The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 ...

. In the Netherlands' second match of the tournament, against

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, Overdijk became the first bowler, male or female, to take seven wickets in a T20I match, taking seven wickets for three runs in the four overs she bowled. Her record breaking figures were equalled in October 2022, by Alison Stocks for

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against

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. In October 2021, she was named in the Dutch team for the

2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November and December 2021. The tournament was the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket Wor ...

tournament in Zimbabwe.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Overdijk, Frederique 2000 births Living people Dutch women cricketers Netherlands women One Day International cricketers Netherlands women Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Dutch women