Lisa Marie Astle (born 17 May 1973) is a New Zealand former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played as a right-handed

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. She appeared in a single match for

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, at the 1993 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. ...

. Astle was born in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

. Her only international appearance came at the 1993 World Cup in England, aged 20, when she played against

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. She neither batted nor bowled in the match. Astle's brother,

Nathan Astle Nathan John Astle (born 15 September 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches ...

, also played internationally, and she is married to

Robbie Frew Robert Mathew Frew (born 28 December 1970) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played in 35 first-class and 10 List A matches for Canterbury from 1995 to 2003. See also * List of Canterbury representative cricketers This is a list of al ...

, who played

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for

."Canterbury now waits to see where final will be played"
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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