Kirsten Zorab (born 1974) is a former Dutch

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er whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1997 to 2002. She played in five

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(ODI) matches, including a single game at the 1997 World Cup. Zorab made her senior debut for the Netherlands in November 1997, playing a single ODI against

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.Women's ODI matches played by Kirsten Zorab
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2015. That tour of Sri Lanka was part of the Dutch team's preparation for the World Cup, which was held in India the following month. At the World Cup, Zorab was selected in only one match, the quarter-final against

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, where she conceded 23 runs from three overs without taking a wicket. She did not appear in another fixture for the national team until June 2002, when

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toured the Netherlands for a three-match ODI series. Zorab opened the bowling in the first two matches, partnering first with

Eugenie van Leeuwen Eugenie van Leeuwen (born 1 August 1970) is a former Dutch cricketer who represented the Netherlands women's national cricket team. A bowler, Van Leeuwen played in 17 women's One Day Internationals (WODI) between 1999 and 2003. She made her ...

and then with

Jolet Hartenhof Jolet Caroline Hartenhof (born 23 September 1979) is a Dutch former cricketer who played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 28 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for the Netherlands ) , ...

, but went wicketless as her team twice slumped to heavy defeats. In the third match, the last of her career, she took 0/31 from seven overs, consequently finishing her international career without a single wicket.Kirsten Zorab
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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