Maria Fahey

Maria Frances Fahey (born 5 March 1984) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 54 One Day Internationals and 8 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2003 and 2010. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.[1][2]

Maria Fahey

Personal information
Full name	Maria Frances Fahey
Born	(1984-03-05) 5 March 1984 Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batter
International information
National side	New Zealand (2003–2010)
Test debut (cap 114)	27 November 2003 v India
Last Test	21 August 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 96)	4 December 2003 v India
Last ODI	20 July 2010 v England
T20I debut (cap 13)	18 October 2006 v Australia
Last T20I	1 July 2010 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000/01–2010/11	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 2 54 8 158 Runs scored 125 1,403 134 3,623 Batting average 41.66 27.50 22.33 26.44 100s/50s 0/1 0/14 0/0 0/31 Top score 60* 91 43 91 Balls bowled – – – 674 Wickets – – – 18 Bowling average – – – 23.83 5 wickets in innings – – – 0 10 wickets in match – – – 0 Best bowling – – – 4/21 Catches/stumpings 1/– 15/– 1/– 43/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 April 2021

Fahey was a member of the highly successful Timaru Girls' High School team during the late 1990s, and was part of the New Zealand Cricket Academy in 2002. Her first international tour, that of India in 2003, saw her average over 50 with the bat, making three half-centuries in the process.[3] She is current coach of ACA Cricket Academy in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.[4]