Carlijn Marjolijn de Groot (born 10 September 1986) is a former Dutch international

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er whose career for the Dutch national side spanned from 2007 to 2012. De Groot was born in

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, and played her club cricket for Hermes-DVS, which is based in the city.Players / Netherlands / Carlijn de Groot
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2015. She made her international debut for the Netherlands in August 2007, playing two

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(ODI) matches against the touring South Africans. Her

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debut came the following year, against the

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. In total, de Groot played fifteen ODIs and eight Twenty20 Internationals before the Netherlands lost its status in those formats in late 2011. Her final international match to date came against

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at the 2012 ICC Europe T20 Qualifier.Women's miscellaneous matches played by Carlijn de Groot
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

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