Geeske Ludwig (born 5 December 1967) is a former Dutch

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er who played five

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(ODI) matches for the Dutch national side between 1989 and 1993, including at the 1993 World Cup. Born in

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, Ludwig played her club cricket for Groen Geel and Rood en Wit.Netherlands / Players / Geeshe Ludwig
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2015. Her senior debut for the Netherlands came at the 1989 European Championship in Denmark.Women's ODI matches played by Geeshe Ludwig
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2015. On debut against

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, she opened the batting with

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, making two runs from 39 balls. However, she was shifted lower down the order for the next match against

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, to number eight, and was at the crease when the winning runs were scored. Ludwig's next ODI came at the 1991 European Championship, against

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. She was selected in the Dutch squad for the 1993 World Cup in England, but played in only two of a possible seven matches, against

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and England.Batting and fielding for Netherlands women
Women's World Cup 1993 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2015. Ludwig finished her ODI career with only nine runs from five matches, a

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of 2.25, although she scored at least one run in every innings she played.

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