Karen Marsh

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Karen Ann Marsh (married name Hadlee; born 26 December 1951) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler. She played a single match for New Zealand, at the 1978 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.

Karen Marsh
Personal information
Full name
Karen Ann Marsh
Born (1951-12-26) 26 December 1951 (age 72)
Whangārei, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsRichard Hadlee (ex-husband)
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 25)8 January 1978 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1981/82Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WODI WFC WLA
Matches 1 24 15
Runs scored 14 258 85
Batting average 14.00 10.32 8.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 14 73 46
Balls bowled 1,254 616
Wickets 24 6
Bowling average 17.45 52.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/8 2/14
Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 November 2021

Marsh was born in Whangārei, in New Zealand's North Island.[1] A pace-bowling all-rounder, her sole One Day International (ODI) appearance for New Zealand came at the 1978 World Cup in India, against England.[2] Coming in sixth in the batting order, she scored 14 runs from 17 balls, but was not called upon to bowl.[3] Marsh was married to Richard Hadlee, who also played international cricket for New Zealand (both at Test and ODI level). The pair later divorced. They have two sons together. [4]

References

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  1. ^ Karen Marsh – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ Women's ODI matches played by Karen Marsh – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. ^ England Women v New Zealand Women, Women's World Cup 1977/78 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ Aroha Awarau (15 July 2015). "Sir Richard Hadlee’s look of love"Women's Weekly (New Zealand). Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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