Barbara Bevege

Barbara Bevege a.k.a. Barb Bevege was a Right handed batsman and an occasional Right arm medium bowler with the New Zealand Women’s Cricket team. She also played cricket for the Wellington Women’s Cricket team.

Barb Bevege debuted in International cricket in a One day International match against the Trinidad & Tobago Women’s team at St Albans in 1973. She scored 10 runs and was bowled out by Joyce Demmin after coming to bat at the fifth position. New Zealand women went on to win the match by 136 runs. In 1975, Bevege played her first test match against the Australian Women’s team at Wellington. In the first innings, she scored 46 runs and was caught behind the wicket by Margaret Jennings off a ball by Raelee Thompson. In the second innings, Bevege scored 96 runs and was bowled by Patsy May four runs short of her century. However the match ended in a draw. In 1976, she went on to score her first test century in a match against India. Bevege was the first women’s cricketer in New Zealand to score a century in test and One day matches.

In a total of 16 One day International’s, Bevege has scored 488 runs with a high score of 101 runs and an average of 32.53. She also has a total of 400 runs with a high score of 100 runs not out and an average of 44.44 in the 5 test matches that she has played.

Career Highlights

First New Zealand Women’s cricketer to score 100 runs in One day and Test cricket.