Anne Bierwisch (born 26 December 1987) is a German toxicologist and cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter. She was the first player, male or female, to take a hat-trick for Germany in a Twenty20 International.
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| Full name | Anne Bierwisch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1987 Sondershausen, Bezirk Halle, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sam[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 3) | 26 June 2019 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 July 2024 v Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Munich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and career
editBierwisch was born in Sondershausen, East Germany,[2] in the then East Germany. In 2012, she completed a master's degree in toxicology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.[3] Between 2013 and 2016, she was a research associate at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.[4] Since 2017, she has worked as a toxicologist at Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe (FoBiG), which is based in Freiburg im Breisgau.[4][5]
In 2016, Bierwisch started playing cricket, after the then Germany women's captain, Stephanie Frohnmayer, asked her to join her cricket club in Bavaria. At the time, Bierwisch was a scholar at a research institute in Munich. In 2020, Bierwisch told ESPNcricinfo:
"I love what I'm doing, so it's fine ... I picked [cricket] up only as I started playing. Watching a lot of matches on YouTube helped me understand the game."[6]
Domestic career
editSince 2019, Bierwisch has been playing her domestic level cricket for the Frankfurt Cricket Club.[7] Her main playing role is as a batter.[8]
In the final of the 2021 Women's Bundesliga, Bierwisch scored 112* from 67 deliveries to lead Frankfurt to a total of 223 for two against SV Damshagen. Frankfurt later won the match by 194 runs, with Bierwisch being awarded Player of the Match,[9] and, later still, Player of the Season.[1]
International career
editIn August 2017, Bierwisch played for Germany in three matches of a European Women's T20 tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, but did not bat or bowl.[10]
On 26 June 2019, Bierwisch made her WT20I debut for Germany against Scotland at the La Manga Club Ground, Murcia, Spain, in the first match of the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.[2][11] In February 2020, she played in a bilateral series between Germany and Oman at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.[12]
On 13 August 2020, in the third match of another bilateral series, between Germany and Austria at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in Austria, Bierwisch became the first player, male or female, to take a hat-trick for Germany in a T20I. After coming on to bowl her medium pacers with Austria at 41–4, she dismissed three batters for ducks with her second, third and fourth balls, to leave the Austrians reeling at 41–7. For that achievement, which she kicked off with her first ever WT20I wicket, she was chosen as Player of the Match.[13][14][15][16] Two days later, in the fifth and final match of the bilateral series, Bierwisch was again Germany's most successful bowler. She took four wickets for seven runs from four overs, including two maidens, and was again named player of the match. However, she had a lean series with the bat.[14][16][17]
In Germany's next bilateral series, against France at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld, in July 2021, Bierwisch played in four of the matches, but did not bat,[18] and bowled only 3.2 overs.[19] The following month, Bierwisch played in all four of Germany's matches in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.[20]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Anne Bierwisch". Frankfurt Cricket Club. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Anne Bierwisch". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Masterstudiengang Toxikologie: Completed master's theses" [Master's degree in Toxicology: Completed Master's theses]. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (in German). Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Anne Bierwisch". Das Örtliche. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Unser Team" [Our Team]. Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe (FoBiG) (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Ravindranath, Sruthi (25 August 2020). "The German women's team are enjoying new-found fame after breaking several T20I records". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Viva Espana – deutsche Frauennationalmannschaft debütiert bei ICC Women's T20 World Cup" [Viva Espana – the German women's national team debuts at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup]. German Cricket Federation (DCB) (in German). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Cricket Frauen Nationalteam" [Cricket Women National Team]. German Cricket Federation (DCB) (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Lyall, Rod (20 September 2021). "Eurowrap: Frankfurt sides rule the roost in Germany". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Anne Bierwisch: Matches". cric HQ. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Scotland register massive win over debutant Germany". Women's Criczone. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Kader für die bilaterale Länderspielserie der Frauen NM in Muscat, Oman" [Squad for the women's bilateral international series NM in Muscat, Oman]. German Cricket Board (in German). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Deutsche Frauennationalmannschaft im Rekordfieber!" [German women's national team in record fever!]. Deutscher Cricket Bund (in German). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria". www.icc-cricket.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Mohanan, Shajin (13 August 2020). "Anne Bierwisch's hat-trick headlines Germany's 10-wicket win, unassailable lead". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b Mohanan, Shajin (17 August 2020). "Austria v Germany: A lookback at the record-breaking series". Women’s CricZone. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Paul, Kaushiik (15 August 2020). "Anne Bierwisch stars with the ball as Germany whitewash Austria 5-0". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "RECORDS / FRANCE WOMEN IN GERMANY T20I SERIES, 2021 / MOST RUNS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "RECORDS / FRANCE WOMEN IN GERMANY T20I SERIES, 2021 / MOST WICKETS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
External links
edit- Anne Bierwisch at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Anne Bierwisch at ESPNcricinfo
