Izzy Gaze
New Zealand cricketer
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Isabella Charli Gaze (born 8 May 2004) is a Dutch-born New Zealand cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Auckland Hearts and the New Zealand women's cricket team.[1][2]
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| Full name | Isabella Charli Gaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 2004 Haarlem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 144) | 19 September 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 December 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 59) | 30 July 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 July 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019/20–present | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Gaze was born on 8 May 2004 in Haarlem in the Netherlands.[2] She lived in the Netherlands for 18 months before moving to Hong Kong, then Singapore, and finally to Auckland, New Zealand.[3] At the age of 18, Gaze went to university and worked part-time after the domestic cricket season in New Zealand had ended.[4]
Domestic career
Gaze made her debut for Auckland in 2019, against Wellington in the 2019–20 Super Smash.[5] She missed much of the 2020–21 season due to a collarbone fracture.[3]
International career
Gaze was part of a New Zealand camp ahead of the side's series against India and the 2022 World Cup.[3] Following the retirement of New Zealand wicket-keeper Katey Martin after the World Cup, Gaze was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket.[3][6]
Gaze earned her first call-up to the full New Zealand side in June 2022, when she was selected in the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] She made her Twenty20 International debut on 30 July 2022, against South Africa in New Zealand's first match at the Commonwealth Games.[8] She made her One Day International debut on 19 September 2022, on New Zealand's tour of the West Indies.[9]
In December 2022, Gaze was selected in the New Zealand Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[10] She scored 47 runs in her three innings at the tournament.[11]
In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12]
Gaze was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.[13]