Elsa Hunter (born 15 February 2005), also known as Elsa Siow Tzin Yee, is an Australian–Malaysian cricketer who plays for the
Malaysian women's national cricket team. She made her T20I debut at the age of 13, against Nepal in the
2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash.
Hunter moved to
Australia in 2015. She resides at
Western Sydney
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and trains at
Penrith. Along with playing club cricket at
Sydney, she also played for
New South Wales
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Under-19 women's team.
On a trip to Malaysia, Hunter's father contacted the CEO of
Malaysian Cricket Association
The Malaysian Cricket Association ( ms, Persatuan Kriket Malaysia) is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Malaysia. Its current headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Malaysian Cricket Association is Malaysia's repres ...
to suggest training for her daughter. After showing a video of how her daughter played the game, Hunter was immediately selected in the national team. She made her debut in the
2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash at the age of thirteen, holding the record for the youngest international cricketer at that time, male or female.
She scored her maiden
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twenty ...
fifty against
Singapore
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in the
2022 Saudari Cup. She represented Malaysia in the
2022 Women's Asia Cup.
References
External links
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Grassroots Greats: International Cricket at 14 - Elsa Hunter plays professionally for Malaysia– video profile by
ABC Australia
2005 births
Living people
Cricketers from Sydney
Australian women cricketers
Malaysian women cricketers
Malaysia women Twenty20 International cricketers
Australian people of Malaysian descent
Australian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
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