Nicki Turner
Personal information
Full name
Nichola Joan Turner
Born (1959-12-25) 25 December 1959
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 81)6 July 1984 v England
Last Test1 February 1990 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 30)10 January 1982 v England
Last ODI20 January 1991 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1977/78–1990/91Canterbury
1991/92–1992/93Auckland
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 6 28 56 61
Runs scored 208 624 2,328 1,657
Batting average 29.71 26.00 34.23 31.26
100s/50s 0/2 1/2 2/14 1/10
Top score 65* 114 165 114
Balls bowled – – 96 –
Wickets – – 2 –
Bowling average – – 16.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 2/19 –
Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 15/– 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 May 2021

Nichola Joan Turner (born 25 December 1959) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 6Test matches (Test Cap 82) and 28 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1982 and 1991. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury and Auckland.[1][2]

She coached the New Zealand Under 23 team in an Internal series and in a match against a Touring England Team in 1992.English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1991–92#3-day match: New Zealand Under-23s v England{http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991-92/OTHERS+ICC/ENG-WOMEN_IN_NZ/ENG-WOMEN_NZ-U23-WOMEN_01-03FEB1992.html%7Cdate=June 2021}}

Having previously held cricket's highest coaching qualification (MCC), when New Zealand Cricket altered its qualifications to bring in a Tier 3 qualification system, Turner was the first woman to receive the highest qualification and was amongst the first (of men and women) to receive it.

In 1993, she applied for the role of Head Coach of the Auckland Aces (Mens cricket), losing out to John Bracewell despite holding the same level 3 qualification and having more experience as a coach of male cricketers. A controversy erupted, most notably with Gavin Larsen and Adam Parore stating they had concerns about a woman in their changing room and how could a woman, who has never faced the fastest bowler, tell him anything about how to bat.[3]

Turner commentated the Black Caps matches against England (Test series) and ODIs versus Zimbabwe for TVNZ in the 1996/1997 season.

In 1997, Turner joined the Board of Coaching New Zealand and served as its president until it was merged into SPARC.

In 2007, Turner became a board member of SPARC (now SportNZ) serving a three-year term during which, on behalf of SPARC, she launched 'the Active Communities Strategy which aims to encourage people to live healthy lifestyles and increase participation in, and strengthen the delivery of, sport and recreation in Hamilton'.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Nicki Turner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Nicki Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Challenge for Smith's job". New Zealand Herald. 7 May 1993. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Active Communities Strategy launched – Australasian Leisure Management". ausleisure.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2021.


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