Sarah Tsukigawa

Sarah Tsukigawa
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Jane Tsukigawa
Born	16 January 1982 (age 42); Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand (2006–2011);
ODI debut (cap 101)	6 March 2006 v India
Last ODI	22 March 2009 v England
T20I debut (cap 15)	18 October 2006 v Australia
Last T20I	20 February 2011 v Australia
Domestic team information
1998/99–2013/14	Otago
2013/14	Western Australia
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 13 April 2021

Sarah Jane Tsukigawa (born 16 January 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 42 One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2006 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Otago, as well as spending one season with Western Australia.^[1]^[2]

Tsukigawa captained Otago Sparks in the 2006/07 State League, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83 and taking eleven wickets at an economy rate of 2.66.

Tsukigawa played for New Zealand A in the 2003/04 series against Australia Youth, and made her debut for the White Ferns in the 2006 series against India. She was a member of NZC's Live-In Academy in 2003. Tsukigawa was a key performer for the White Ferns in the Quadrangular Series in India in February 2007 scoring 214 runs at an average of 42.8, including her highest ODI score of 78 not out against England and her best ODI bowling figures of 3–33 against India.

Notably she jointly with Nicola Browne set the record 7th wicket partnership in the history of WODI (104*).^[3]^[4]

She is a descendant of Captain K. K. Tsukigawa, a Japanese captain of the steam paddle boat PS Clutha which plied the Clutha River from 1909 to 1939.^[5]