Leigh Kasperek
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Leigh Meghan Kasperek |
| Born |
15 February 1992 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Batting style | Right-handed |
| Bowling style | Right-arm off spin |
| International information | |
| National side |
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| ODI debut | 28 June 2015 New Zealand v India |
| T20I debut | 11 July 2015 New Zealand v India |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2011–2012 | Western Fury |
| 2012–2013 | Essex |
| 2012–2013 | Wellington Blaze |
| 2013–2015 | Otago Sparks |
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2015
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Leigh Meghan Kasperek (born 15 February 1992) is a Scottish cricketer who plays internationally for the New Zealand national team. She previously played for the Scottish national side, but switched to New Zealand in order to play at a higher level.
Born in Edinburgh, Kasperek made her senior national debut at the age of 15, playing for Scotland against English county sides in the 2007 County Challenge Cup. Her international debut came later in the year, when she appeared against Ireland and the Netherlands at the European Championship. Early in 2008, Kasperek was selected in Scotland's squad for the 2008 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa. She went on to play in four out of a possible five matches, but had little success, scoring only four runs and failing to take a wicket from her ten overs, while conceding 57 runs.
Over the next few years, Kasperek firmly established herself as one of Scotland's leading all-rounders. One of her first notable performances came against Hampshire in the 2009 edition of the County Championship, when she took 3/2 from six overs to help bowl the side out for 76. Later in the year, against the Netherlands at the 2009 European Championship, she scored a maiden half-century for Scotland, making 58 from 106 balls (including a 135-run partnership with Kari Anderson). During the 2010 County Championship season, Kasperek scored 218 runs from her ten matches, behind only Kathryn White for Scotland. Her best performance was an innings of 68 against Hampshire, which was her only half-century.
For the 2011–12 season, Kasperek signed for the Western Fury, a team in Australia's Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), also playing club cricket for Midland-Guildford. For the 2012 County Championship season, she switched from Scotland to Essex, although later in the year she did play one final international tournament, the European Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland. Having been named Essex's player of the year, later in the year Kasperek signed for the Wellington Blaze, which plays in the New Zealand State League.
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