Anika Reddy Kolan (born 18 August 2006) is an American
cricket
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er who plays for the
United States women's national cricket team
The United States women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United States in international women's cricket matches. Although the United States has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) si ...
.
In October 2021, Kolan was named in the American
Women's Twenty20 International
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(WT20I) team for the
2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Mexico. She made her WT20I debut on 18 October 2021, in the opening match of the tournament against
Brazil
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. The following month, she was also named in the USA squad for the
2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November and December 2021. The tournament was the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket Worl ...
tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe. On 25 November 2021, she played in the USA's second match of the tournament, against
Zimbabwe
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.
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2006 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tracy, California
American women cricketers
United States women Twenty20 International cricketers
United States women One Day International cricketers
Cricketers from California
American people of Telugu descent
American sportspeople of Indian descent
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