Anaru Kyle Kitchen (born 21 February 1984) is a
New Zealand
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cricketer who plays for the
Otago cricket team. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a
slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for North East Valley Cricket Club. In February 2022, Kitchen announced his retirement from domestic cricket at the end of the 2021/22 season in New Zealand.
Domestic career
He made his debut for Auckland in their
list A
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match against
Canterbury
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in December 2008, top scoring with 69 from 104 balls.
In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.
International career
In December 2017, he was named in New Zealand's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for their series
against the West Indies.
He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.
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1984 births
Living people
New Zealand cricketers
New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers
Auckland cricketers
Otago cricketers