Amy Hunter is a professional cricketer who plays for the Ireland women’s national cricket team. He also plays for several of Ireland’s domestic teams, including the Dragons and Typhoons. He is known for his bowling and innings skills.
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Amy Hunter was born on Tuesday 11 October 2005 (age 16 years; as of 2021) in Malahide, Dublin, Ireland. His hometown is North Belfast, Ireland. He started playing cricket at the age of seven with his two older brothers. He once revealed that the best thing he liked about cricket was hitting sixes. A year later, his training began at the Northern Cricket Union (NCU) and then at the Shapoorji Pallonji Cricket Academy in Ireland.
Amy Hunter in her home game for NCA
Soon after playing for domestic teams at various age groups, she came under the radar of the national selectors and was selected in the Ireland Women’s T20 squad for 2020. It was in October 2021 when she made her international debut in the Women’s One Day International against Zimbabwe.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 1″
Weight (approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Dark Copper Brown
Eye color: light brown
family
parents and siblings
Amy Hunter belongs to an Irish family. His father’s name is Jim Hunter and his mother’s name is Sarah Hunter. He has two older brothers named James Hunter and Andrew Hunter.
Career
He first played with his father for Instonians VI (Junior League). Two years later, her cricketing journey began playing for Instonians Under 11 (Boys), NCU Under 11 (Boys), NCU Under 15 and Under 17 Girls, Ireland Under 15 Girls, NCU Women and The Dragons Super 3 team. Her first highlight in cricket was a match between NCU Women and North Western Women in which she took three wickets and four balls.
Amy Hunter was beaten
In 2016, he scored his highest knock of 63 not out against the Society of Irish Youth (CIYMS) while playing for the NCU Under 11 team in the Quoile Cup. He then scored 48 against Waring in the semi-final. In the final, he scored a valuable 27 runs and successfully chased down the target to help his team win the match by eight wickets. In 2017, Ireland received the status of a full member. This opened his door to more opportunities in Irish cricket. Three years later, in 2020, he made 91 to help his team win the match by 53 runs using the Duckworth–Lewis (DLS) method against Hills on 24 July.
Amy Hunter with 91 runs against Hills
This innings includes nine fours and one six. He remained unbeaten with 132 runs throughout the series. That same year, on 6 September, he scored a valuable 54 runs for the Typhoons and helped his team defeat the Scorchers by 53 runs.
Amy Hunter with gloves during the Typhoons vs Scorchers match
It was the fifth match of the Super 50 series at Oak Hill Cricket Club in Wicklow in South Dublin (Ireland).
Amy Hunter bats during her innings at Wicklow (Dublin).
With his consistent performances in the past, he was called up to the national team several times, but he failed to make the starting eleven. He made his international debut on 24 May 2020 against Scotland at the Stormont Cricket Ground in Belfast, Ireland. Later in November 2020 at La Manga, Spain, she replaced Shauna Kavanagh (suspended due to her negative COVID report). On 5 October 2021, she made her Women’s One Day International debut against Zimbabwe in her home country, Harare Sports Club. In an interview with Sportsound Extra Time, he said:
“I wasn’t expecting to be in the squad, just an outside chance. It’s a great opportunity and I’m just excited to be there.”
Amy Hunter (third from right) with her Ireland team after the Zimbabwe series
He did not perform well in the first three matches and scored only seven runs in those games. She batted at number seven in the first match and scored just two runs before being bowled by Zimbabwe’s Josephine Nkomo, but in the fourth game she etched her name into the history books, becoming the youngest cricketer to score an international century (both male and female). The fourth match was on October 11 and coincidentally, October 11 is her birthday and the day is also celebrated as International Girl Child Day.
The moment of making history! 🙌
Amy Hunter hits a four to become the youngest centurion in women’s one-day international cricket. 🏏☘️
Just listen to what it means.👏@HanleyEnergy | #BackingGreen☘️🏏 pic.twitter.com/Ht16kpyYnO
— Irish Women’s Cricket (@IrishWomensCric) October 11, 2021
Ireland was leading the series 2-1 until the fourth ODI. Zimbabwe gave Ireland a chance to look down the field first. Ireland lost their first wicket for 40 runs. With one down, Amy came out to bat. He took the score to 144 before his partner Gabby Lewis (highest scorer in the series) was dismissed for 78. Their captain Laura Delaney came in at No.4 and put on 147 runs before being dismissed in the 68th over. Amy played the leading role and remained undefeated till the end with 121 points.
Amy Hunter after scoring a W-ODI century against Zimbabwe on her 16th birthday
His team scored 312 runs in 50 overs. On the other hand, Zimbabwe lost wickets at constant intervals and could only score 227 for the loss of eight wickets. Amy Hunter was awarded “Player of the Match”. Interestingly, only 40 runs were scored in boundaries and yet he could almost run the ball. The score posted by his team is Ireland’s highest one-day international total for both men and women. Their previous best was 309 against the Netherlands in 2009.
Prior to this series, he participated in the Super 50 series in which he scored 104 runs at an average of 26 and reached his maiden half-century for the Typhoons team. After this meeting, Kerry Archer, the chairman of the women’s national selector, said in an interview that
“2020 has been a breakthrough for several players, especially some new names that have appeared on the national coach’s radar. Amy Hunter has been a prospect for several years now, and you could see her performances with the bats and gloves she’s starting to come into her own.
His statement was backed up by Cricket Ireland senior director Richard Holdsworth, who added:
2021 will be a pivotal year for Irish women’s cricket – with over 50 World Cup qualifiers ahead and the ICC Women’s Championship looming, it is important that we prepare the squad for the challenges ahead and give them the best chance of success.
Amy Hunter with the gloves against the Typhoons
Basic records
- Youngest cricketer to score an ODI century on 11 October 2021 at the age of 16, beating India’s Mithali Raj (16 years and 205 days)
- First player to score a hundred on her birthday in any format of women’s international cricket
- Highest score by an Irish woman in a One Day International
- Fourth player to score an ODI hundred for Ireland and first since 2000.
- His partnership of 143 runs for the third wicket is the second best for Ireland.
the chosen ones
- Sports: Hockey, Netball, Squash, Swimming, Athletics
Facts/Trivia
- In the early days, she played with the boys and later admitted that playing with her brothers made her strong enough to compete fiercely with the boys. In fact, he also said that some boys were afraid to hit him.
Photo by Amy Hunter College
- After 121 HISTORICAL INN did not run out, he told that
“It feels really good, it’s a bit surreal now, when I got to my hundred I had no idea what to do. I didn’t know if I should take off my helmet or wear it. It was unbelievable. “
He further adds,
“I was more nervous about my fifties. I didn’t play that well in the first three games, so I was just happy to be there and go the first four and it kind of took off from there. Fifty to a hundred felt like it went a lot faster than zero to fifty.”
- Apart from cricket, he is also a talented polo player and has won several gold medals in swimming for his Irish junior school. Also, she represented her Ulster U13 Girls Squash team as a child.
Young Amy Hunter
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