Wendy Gerritsen (born 6 October 1972) is a former Dutch international

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er whose career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1992 to 1995. A right-arm medium-pacer, she played seven

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(ODI) matches, including games at the 1993 World Cup. Gerritsen made her senior debut for the Netherlands at the age of 19, on a tour of England in July 1992. Selected in the Dutch squad for the 1993 World Cup in England, she played in four of a possible seven matches.Women's ODI matches played by Wendy Gerritsen
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2015. Although primarily in the team as a bowler, Gerritsen was given only 20 overs across her matches. In the last match of the tournament, against

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, she took 3/38 from 12 overs, which were her only wickets of the competition. Gerritsen's only other ODIs came at the 1995

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in Ireland. She opened the bowling with Jet van Noortwijk in the first match against England, but was unable to repeat her earlier performance against that team, going wicketless. She improved against

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, taking 1/40 from nine overs, but saved her best performance for the last match against

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, taking 3/21 from ten overs in what was to be her final ODI. Gerritsen finished with an ODI career

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of 24.85.Wendy Gerritsen
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerritsen, Wendy 1972 births Dutch women cricketers Living people Netherlands women One Day International cricketers 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch sportswomen