Kirsten Elizabeth Pike (born 12 November 1984) is an Australian former

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. Pike, a right-arm fast-medium

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and right-hand

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, played 86

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matches for the

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, retiring following the 2013–14 season after helping to win the team's first Twenty20 title. She finished her career as Queensland's all-time leading wicket-taker. Pike also played one

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, 26

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s and ten

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s for the

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. She is the 153rd woman to play Test cricket for Australia, and the 103rd woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia. Pike studied

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at the

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, and was working as a

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in the Brisbane

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team of

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, an international

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. In September 2017 she became the second woman ever elected to the

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, and in June 2019 she was appointed the deputy chair. Since retiring from cricket, Pike has participated regularly in the Chain Reaction Challenge Foundation's charity

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events, which she described as "a fantastic substitute for not playing cricket anymore."

References

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