Amelia Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer and all-rounder for the national women’s team (White Ferns). She plays for Wellington Flames in domestic cricket. In 2018, Kerr achieved her highest personal score in a WODI match when she scored 232 runs against Ireland, becoming the youngest male or female cricketer to score a double century in one-day international cricket.
Wiki/Biography
Amelia Charlotte Kerr was born on Friday, October 13, 2000, in Wellington, New Zealand (age 22; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Libra.
Photos of Amelia Kerr as a child (right)
She has been fond of sports since she was a child and has been interested in many sports since she was a child. She started playing cricket when she was 6 years old. At the age of 9, she decided to play for the White Ferns. She comes from a cricketing family and played countless games in the backyard during her childhood. She lives with her father and sister Jess at home in the Wellington suburb of Tawa. Sister Kerr attends a Hawke’s Bay cricket camp every summer. She attended Tawa College in Wellington. She started her cricket journey as a leg-spinner and often played as a batsman in school cricket matches.
Amelia Kerr (13) represents Tawa College 1st XI Women’s Cricket Team in Basin Reserve’s inaugural T20 Hundred
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′5″
Hair color: moss green
Eye color: dark gold
family
Parents and siblings
Cole’s mother, Joe Murray, and father, Robbie Cole, were both first-class cricketers who played domestically for Wellington. Her sister Jess Kerr is a Wellington cricket player and was selected for the New Zealand national cricket team to play against the South African women’s cricket team in January 2020. Jess is also a teacher at Tawa Secondary School in Wellington, New Zealand.
Amelia Kerr (left), Robbie Kerr (center) and Jesse Kerr (right)
Amelia Kerr (left), Joe Murray (center) and Jesse Kerr (right)
husband
She is unmarried.
other relatives
Cole’s maternal grandfather, Bruce Murray, was a Test cricketer who played for New Zealand from 1968 to 1971.
Amelia Cole (left) and Jesse Cole with their grandfather Bruce Murray and father Robbie Cole at the New Zealand U18 Indoor Championships
Her cousin Cilla Duncan is a former footballer who represented New Zealand internationally as a midfielder.
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Relationships/Affairs
She is rumored to be dating New Zealand cricketer Nathan Smith.
Amelia Kerr and Nathan Smith
Profession
Domestic
Amelia Kerr began her domestic cricket career as a player for the Wellington Blaze, who competed in the Women’s Super Smash (formerly known as the New Zealand Women’s Twenty20 competition). She was the highest-scoring player in the New Zealand Women’s Twenty20 competition in 2014-15 and 2018-19. Her career highlights include scoring a hat-trick against Canterbury Magic in the 2020-21 Super Smash final.
Amelia Kerr plays for Wellington Flames
international
She made her ODI debut against Pakistan on 9 November 2016 at Lincoln’s Burt Sutcliffe Oval. She made her debut in a T20I match against Pakistan on 21 November 2016 at Saxton Oval, Nelson. She was offered a central contract by New Zealand Cricket in August 2018, following tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. She was selected for the New Zealand team for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championship in West Indies in 2018, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020 and the Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in 2022.
Amelia Kerr plays for New Zealand Women’s Football Team
On June 13, 2018, the 17-year-old Kerr scored 232 points in a WODI match against Ireland, setting a personal high. With this feat, she also became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in one-day international cricket. It was also the third-highest individual score by a male or female in an ODI and the second-highest individual score by a New Zealand male or female in an ODI. In the same match, she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs, which was her first 5-wicket haul in WODI.
Amelia Kerr and Suzie Bates celebrate wickets
She was part of the New Zealand team that won the bronze medal by beating England by 8 wickets at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Championship in Birmingham.
Women’s Cricket Super League (WCSL)
She played for the Southern Vipers in the 2018 Women’s Cricket Premier League.
Amelia Kerr plays for Southern Vipers
Women’s T20 Challenge
She represented IPL Velocity in the 2019 Women’s T20 Challenge. IPL Supernovas won the match by defeating IPL Velocity by 4 wickets in the final.
Amelia Kerr plays for IPL Velocity
Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL)
She represented Brisbane Heat in the 2019 WBBL; Brisbane Heat won the tournament by 6 wickets over Adelaide Strikers. Her impeccable performances saw her named Player of the Match twice this season. She has since been named to the Brisbane Heat squad for the 2020 and 2022 WBBL seasons. The Brisbane Heat named her Most Valuable Player at the end of the 2020 and 2022 seasons. She was the Man of the Match five times during the WBBL 2022-23 season.
Amelia Kerr plays for Brisbane Heat
Hundreds of people
She plays for London Spirit in the 100 during the 2022 season.
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In 2023, Cole was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore to participate in the inaugural season of the Women’s Super League. Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals in the final to become the inaugural champions of the WPL.
Amelia Ker (left) and Harmanpreet Kaur (right) play for Mumbai Indians
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Dominion Post & Weltec 2016 College Athlete of the Year Award
Dominion Post & Weltec 2016 College Athlete of the Year Award, Tawa College’s Amelia Kerr (left) and Aotea College’s Daniel Hillier
- ANZ International Women’s ODI Player of the Year (2019) at the New Zealand Cricket Annual Awards Ceremony
- Phil Blackler Trophy Women’s Domestic Bowling Competition at New Zealand Cricket Annual Awards Ceremony (2019)
Favorites
- Cricketers: Katey Martin, Sophie Devine, Kane Williamson, Ish Sodhi
- Food: Peanut butter, sushi, smoothies, buns, salads and protein pancakes (made by two sisters)
- Holiday destination: Coolangatta
- Movie Series: The Lion King
tattoo
She has tattoos on the back of her right bicep, the side of her right wrist and the inside of her left elbow.
amelia kerr tattoos
Facts/Trivia
- She is also known as Melie Kerr, Melos and Melux.
- Amelia worked as a teaching assistant for students with autism at Tawa Secondary School.
- Her jersey number for the New Zealand women’s team is #48.
- Her batting style is right-handed and her bowling style is leg-break.
- She has suffered from mental health issues since childhood. However, in 2020, things started to go downhill. She developed panic attacks, anxiety, and then depression. Her profound experiences with mental health became public knowledge when she gave a raw and honest interview to New Zealand website Newsroom in December 2021. Later, she became active in mental health advocacy and advocacy. She set up a website, Out of The Rough, to discuss mental health issues. In 2022, she launched a project called Treading Water, produced in partnership with youth mental health charity I Am Hope. Treading Water is a collection of videos providing insight, advice and support to anyone struggling with mental health. “Treading Water” also features interviews and monologues from Kerr.
- She loves photography and spends her free time exploring the outdoors with her camera. She also enjoys playing guitar and singing.
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