Heather Siegers

Heather Diantha Jan Siegers (born 10 October 1996) is a Dutch cricketer,^[1] who is the current captain of the Netherlands women's national cricket team.^[2]

Heather Siegers

Personal information
Full name	Heather Diantha Jan Siegers
Born	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28) Haarlem, Netherlands
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Silver Siegers (sister)
International information
National side	Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 98)	20 November 2022 v Thailand
Last ODI	7 July 2023 v Thailand
T20I debut (cap 30)	7 July 2018 v UAE
Last T20I	3 May 2024 v Ireland
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WODI Matches 49 5 Runs scored 794 105 Batting average 18.90 21.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 Top score 88 35 Balls bowled 351 – Wickets 18 – Bowling average 20.22 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 3/27 – Catches/stumpings 15/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 October 2024

Career

She played for the Netherlands women's national cricket team in the 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in November 2015.^[3]

In June 2018, she was named the captain of the Netherlands for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[4] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her as the player to watch in the Dutch squad.^[5] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for the Netherlands against United Arab Emirates in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.^[6] In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad.^[7]

In May 2019, she was named in Netherlands' squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.^[8] She was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with seven dismissals in four matches.^[9][10] In August 2019, she was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[11] She was the leading wicket-taker for the Netherlands in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.^[12]

In October 2021, she was named as the captain of the Dutch team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[13]

References

1. "Heather Siegers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
2. "Preview: Orange women play four T20I matches in Ireland". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
3. "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2nd Match, Group B: Ireland Women v Netherlands Women at Bangkok, Nov 28, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
4. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
5. "WWT20Q team preview: Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
6. "3rd Match, Group A, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Utrecht, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
7. "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
8. "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
9. "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
10. "Double qualification Dutch women". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
11. "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
12. "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Netherlands Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
13. "Preview: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2021". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

Further reading

• Corlett, Aaron (22 February 2017). "Women's Cricket: Midland-Guildford too good for South Perth in T20 grand final". Southern Gazette. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• Cricket Netherlands (4 November 2022). "Cricket Netherlands: Dutch women's cricket team plays eight games in and against Thailand". cricexec. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• Lyall, Rod (28 April 2017). "Heather Siegers to captain the Netherlands". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• ————— (1 December 2022). "Siegers and Kalis spearhead Dutch victory". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• waca.com.au (13 March 2017). "Female A-Grade 50-Over Round Nine Wrap". Western Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• —————— (15 November 2016). "WA Female Premier Cricket Review - Round 6 Sunday 13th November". Western Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• —————— (5 April 2017). "The Contenders For The 2016-17 Karen Read Medal". Western Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• —————— (6 April 2017). "Chappell Wins 2016-17 Karen Read Medal". Western Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• Women's CricZone Staff (22 July 2021). "Heather Siegers to lead 14-member Netherlands squad against Ireland". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• Yadav, Vishal (3 July 2018). "Interview with Heather Siegers - Captain of Netherlands women's national cricket team". Female Cricket. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
• "Scotland and Netherlands through to global qualifier after double win for the Dutch". International Cricket Council (Press release). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

External links

• Heather Siegers at ESPNcricinfo
• Heather Siegers at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Heather Siegers on LinkedIn
• Heather siegers on Twitter