{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago cricketer}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Lee-Ann Kirby | image = Lee-Ann Kirby, 2020 (cropped).jpg | alt = Kirby batting for the West Indies during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | caption = Kirby batting for the West Indies during the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] | fullname = Lee-Ann Giselle Laureel Kirby | female = true | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|04|7}} | birth_place = [[Arima]], [[Trinidad]] | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] | role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]] | international = true | country = West Indies | internationalspan = 2008–present
| odidebutdate = 2 July | odidebutyear = 2008 | odidebutagainst = Netherlands | odicap = 64 | lastodidate = 9 July | lastodiyear = 2008 | lastodiagainst = Netherlands | odishirt =
| T20Idebutdate = 1 July | T20Idebutyear = 2008 | T20Idebutagainst = Netherlands | T20Icap = 13 | lastT20Idate = 28 September | lastT20Iyear = 2020 | lastT20Iagainst = England
| club1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]] | year1 = 2003–present | club2 = [[Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL)|Trinbago Knight Riders]] | year2 = {{nowrap|2022–present}}
| columns = 2 | column1 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]] | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 40 | bat avg1 = 20.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 21[[not out|*]] | deliveries1 = 66 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 14.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/12 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]] | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 59 | bat avg2 = 7.37 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 20 | deliveries2 = 18 | wickets2 = 1 | bowl avg2 = 8.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/8 | catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/355354.html ESPNcricinfo | date = 21 May 2021 }} '''Lee-Ann Giselle Laureel Kirby''' (born 7 April 1987) is a Trinidadian [[cricket]]er who plays for [[Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL)|Trinbago Knight Riders]] and the [[West Indies women's cricket team|West Indies]] as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]]. After playing six times for the West Indies in 2008 against the [[Netherlands women's national cricket team|Netherlands]], Kirby was recalled to the side after nearly 12 years for the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref name="ciprof">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/355354.html |title=Player profile: Lee-Ann Kirby |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="recall"/><ref name="caprof">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/320/320910/320910.html |title=Player profile: Lee-Ann Kirby |website=CricketArchive |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>
Kirby made her debut for the West Indies in early July 2008, when she travelled to the Netherlands with the squad. Her debut came on 1 July, in a [[Women's Twenty20 International cricket|Twenty20 International]],<ref name="ciprof"/> but Kirby did not bat or bowl during a seven wicket win for her side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13974/scorecard/351438/Netherlands-Women-vs-West-Indies-Women-1st-T20I-west-indies-women-in-netherlands-t20i-series/ |title=1st T20I, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 1 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> The next day, she made her [[Women's One Day International cricket|One Day International]] debut, at the same ground in Utrecht. She batted at number eight, scoring 21[[not out|*]] from 24 balls to help her side reach 239/6. She then bowled two overs without taking a wicket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13974/scorecard/351434/Netherlands-Women-vs-West-Indies-Women-1st-ODI-west-indies-women-in-netherlands-odi-series/ |title=1st ODI, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 2 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> The following day, the teams played another ODI in Utrecht. Kirby was the seventh bowler used by the West Indies, but eventually bowled five overs, taking two wickets and conceding twelve runs, to help guide her side to a 20 run victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13974/scorecard/351435/Netherlands-Women-vs-West-Indies-Women-2nd-ODI-west-indies-women-in-netherlands-odi-series/ |title=2nd ODI, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jul 3 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> The tour then moved to Deventer; in the Twenty20 International match she scored five runs and took a wicket,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13974/scorecard/351439/Netherlands-Women-vs-West-Indies-Women-2nd-T20I-west-indies-women-in-netherlands-t20i-series/ |title=2nd T20I, West Indies Women tour of Netherlands at Deventer, Jul 6 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> but she struggled to impress in either of the final two ODIs, and was dropped from the side.<ref name="ciprof"/>
In January 2020, she was named in West Indies' squad for the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/west-indies-squad-named-icc-womens-t20-world-cup/ |title=West Indies Squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup |work=Cricket West Indies |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> after a gap of nearly twelve years since her last international match.<ref name="recall">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28538432/lee-ann-kirby-ends-12-year-break-join-west-indies-t20-world-cup-squad |title=Lee-Ann Kirby ends 12-year break to join West Indies' T20 World Cup squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} *{{cricinfo|id=355354}} *{{cricketarchive|id=320910}}
{{West Indies Squad 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}
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