Sarah Jane Tsukigawa (born 16 January 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

batting Batting may refer to: *Batting (baseball), the act of attempting to hit a ball thrown by the pitcher with a baseball bat, in order to score runs *Batting (cricket), the act of defending one's wicket with the cricket bat while attempting to score ru ...

right-handed and

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

right-arm

medium Medium may refer to: Science and technology Aviation *Medium bomber, a class of war plane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Communication * Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data * Medium of ...

. She appeared in 42

One Day Internationals A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cu ...

and 19

Twenty20 Internationals A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...

for

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between 2006 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

, as well as spending one season with

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. Tsukigawa captained Otago Sparks in the 2006/07 State League, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83 and taking eleven wickets at an economy rate of 2.66. Tsukigawa played for New Zealand A in the 2003/04 series against Australia Youth, and made her debut for the White Ferns in the 2006 series against India. She was a member of NZC's Live-In Academy in 2003. Tsukigawa was a key performer for the White Ferns in the Quadrangular Series in India in February 2007 scoring 214 runs at an average of 42.8, including her highest ODI score of 78 not out against England and her best ODI bowling figures of 3–33 against India. Notably she jointly with

Nicola Browne Nicola Jane Browne (born 14 September 1983) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 125 One Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 Internat ...

set the record 7th wicket partnership in the history of WODI (104*). She is a descendant of Captain K.K.Tsukigawa, a Japanese captain of the steam boat paddle PS Clutha which plied on the Clutha river.

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* * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Balclutha, New Zealand Cricketers from Otago New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women One Day International cricketers New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers Otago Sparks cricketers Western Australia women cricketers New Zealand people of Japanese descent {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub