Anaru Kitchen

Anaru Kyle Kitchen (born 21 February 1984) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who most recently played for the Otago cricket team as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for North East Valley Cricket Club. In February 2022, Kitchen announced his retirement from domestic cricket at the end of the 2021/22 season in New Zealand.[1]

Anaru Kitchen
Personal information
Full name
Anaru Kyle Kitchen
Born (1984-02-21) 21 February 1984
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 75)29 December 2017 v West Indies
Last T20I28 January 2018 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.41
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2014/15Auckland (squad no. 6)
2015/16–2021/22Otago
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 92 119 137
Runs scored 38 5,194 3,303 2,344
Batting average 12.66 33.72 32.06 21.11
100s/50s 0/0 10/26 5/16 0/7
Top score 16 207 143* 66
Balls bowled 36 3,039 2,450 1,230
Wickets 2 36 57 38
Bowling average 23.00 49.91 37.92 41.73
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/3 3/19 4/23 4/11
Catches/stumpings 3/– 75/– 50/– 62/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2022

Domestic career

He made his debut for Auckland in their list A match against Canterbury in December 2008, top scoring with 69 from 104 balls.[2]

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[3] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[4][5]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[6] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.[7]

References
  1. "Anaru Kitchen to retire from New Zealand domestic cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. "Auckland v Canterbury, at Auckland, 27 December 2008". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. "Kitchen called up for WI T20s, Guptill returns". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. "1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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