Laura Brouwers (born 30 August 1988) is a Dutch

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er who debuted for the Dutch national side in August 2009. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, she has so far played twelve

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(ODI) matches and eight

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games. Born in

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, Brouwers represented the Netherlands at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship, aged 17.Women's miscellaneous matches played by Laura Brouwers
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2015. Her senior debut came three years later, in a Twenty20 International against

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at the 2009 European Twenty20 Championship. Brouwers made her ODI debut at the 2010 ICC Women's Challenge in South Africa, playing in all five of her team's matches.Women's ODI matches played by Laura Brouwers
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2015. The following year, against Ireland in a four-team ODI series in Sri Lanka, Brouwers took career-best figures of 2/18 from six overs. She was part of the Dutch team that won the Women's European Championship, in Aug 2011. The only time the Dutch team won this Championship. At the 2011 World Cup Qualifier, where Brouwers featured in three out of her team's five matches, the Netherlands placed seventh, losing its ODI and T20I status. The team has continued to participate in minor international tournaments, with Brouwers' last international match to date coming against

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at the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier. Because she only took a single wicket in eight T20I fixtures, her T20I career

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stands at 137.00, which has been exceeded only by her teammate

Annemarie Tanke Anne-Maria Suzanne Tanke (born 27 February 1978) is a Dutch former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 39 One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for the Netherlands ...

.Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records / Worst career bowling average (without qualification)
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brouwers, Laura 1988 births Living people Dutch women cricketers Netherlands women One Day International cricketers Netherlands women Twenty20 International cricketers Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)