Ann McKenna

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1943–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ann McKenna

| female = true

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1969–1987

| fullname = Ann McKenna

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|01|24|1943|10|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Nelson, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batter

| club1 = Canterbury

| year1 = {{nowrap|1961/62–1987/88}}

| testdebutdate = 28 March

| testdebutyear = 1969

| testdebutagainst = England

| testcap = 58

| lasttestdate = 17 March

| lasttestyear = 1985

| lasttestagainst = India

| odidebutdate = 24 June

| odidebutyear = 1984

| odidebutagainst = England

| odicap = 35

| lastodidate = 21 January

| lastodiyear = 1987

| lastodiagainst = Australia

| columns = 4

| hidedeliveries =

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 465

| bat avg1 = 35.76

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 97*

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 14

| runs2 = 214

| bat avg2 = 16.46

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 39

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = WFC

| matches3 = 79

| runs3 = 3,341

| bat avg3 = 30.37

| 100s/50s3 = 3/16

| top score3 = 194*

| deliveries3 = 927

| wickets3 = 15

| bowl avg3 = 27.80

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/14

| catches/stumpings3 = 25/–

| column4 = WLA

| matches4 = 36

| runs4 = 767

| bat avg4 = 28.40

| 100s/50s4 = 1/4

| top score4 = 113

| deliveries4 = –

| wickets4 = –

| bowl avg4 = –

| fivefor4 = –

| tenfor4 = –

| best bowling4 = –

| catches/stumpings4 = 25/–

| date = 3 November 2021

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17293/17293.html CricketArchive

}}

Ann McKenna ({{nee|Colville}}; 27 October 1943 – 24 January 2025) was a New Zealand cricketer and field hockey player. She first represented New Zealand at hockey, doing so twice in 1967 and 1971.{{Cite web |url=http://www.blacksticks.co.nz/Portals/78/100616%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |title=New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women (As at 9 June 2016) |accessdate=19 February 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127021058/http://www.blacksticks.co.nz/Portals/78/100616%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |url-status=dead }} In cricket, she played in seven Test matches and fourteen One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1969 and 1987.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/54417.html |title=Player Profile: Ann McKenna |access-date=17 April 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17293/17293.html |title=Player Profile: Ann McKenna |access-date=3 November 2021 |work=CricketArchive}}

McKenna played club cricket for St Albans, making a club record partnership of 242* with Vicki Burtt, with McKenna making 88* and Burtt making 148*.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stalbanscricket.co.nz/A%20FLASH/history/centennial_1980s.html |title=Detailed History of the St Albans Cricket Club |access-date=19 February 2019}} In 2005, she held the St Albans record for most appearances for the club, at 330.

She coached New Zealand at the 1993 and 1997 Women's Cricket World Cups, with the team finishing as runners-up on both occasions.{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/players-should-trust-their-skills-and-enjoy-the-game-86857|title=Players should trust their skills and enjoy the game|first=Lynn|last=McConnell|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 September 2023|date=21 December 2000}}

McKenna died in Nelson on 24 January 2025, at the age of 81.{{cite web |title=Obituary: Ann McKenna |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/obituary-ann-mckenna/ |website=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=4 February 2025 |date=31 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://deaths.press.co.nz/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/ann-mckenna-obituary?id=57374971 |title=Ann McKenna obituary |date=27 January 2025 |work=The Press |access-date=6 February 2025}}