Munokoa Fellesite Tunupopo (born 23 February 1984) is a New Zealand former

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er who played as a right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in 3 One Day Internationals for

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in 2000, becoming, at age 15, the youngest player to represent New Zealand. She played domestic cricket for

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, and was the youngest domestic cricketer on record when she began playing.

Early life and career

Tunupopo was born in 1984 in Tokoroa, Waikato, in the North Island of New Zealand, and attended

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and

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. In 1998 she began playing cricket for

in the State Insurance Cup. At 14 years and nine months she was the youngest domestic cricketer in the history of the tournament, and was the leading wicket-taker, with 21 wickets, in the 1999/00 season. In February 2000, she played for New Zealand A against Australia Under-21s before, later that month, making her

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debut against England, becoming the youngest ever New Zealand international cricketer, at age 15. She went on to play three matches in the series, but did not take a wicket.

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* * Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Tokoroa New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women One Day International cricketers Auckland Hearts cricketers People educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School People educated at Onehunga High School Cricketers from Waikato {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub