Anne Bierwisch
{{Short description|German toxicologist and cricketer (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anne Bierwisch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sondershausen, Bezirk Halle, East Germany
| female = true
| fullname = Anne Bierwisch
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Batter
| country = Germany
| internationalspan = 2017–present
| club1 = Munich
| year1 = 2016–2018
| club2 = Frankfurt
| year2 = 2019–
| international = true
| T20Idebutdate = 26 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| T20Idebutagainst = Scotland
| T20Icap = 3
| lastT20Idate = 28 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2024
| lastT20Iagainst = Italy
| columns = 2
| column1 =
| column2 = WT20I
| matches1 =
| matches2 = 30
| runs1 =
| runs2 = 158
| bat avg1 =
| bat avg2 = 12.15
| 100s/50s1 =
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score1 =
| top score2 = 26
| deliveries1 =
| deliveries2 = 104
| wickets1 =
| wickets2 = 8
| bowl avg1 =
| bowl avg2 = 9.50
| fivefor1 =
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor1 =
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling1 =
| best bowling2 = 4/7
| catches/stumpings1 =
| catches/stumpings2 = 12/–
| date = 7 October 2024
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1190581.html Cricinfo
}}
Anne Bierwisch (born 26 December 1987) is a German toxicologist and cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter. She was the first player, male or female, to take a hat-trick for Germany in a Twenty20 International.
Early life and career
Bierwisch was born in Sondershausen, East Germany,{{cite web |title=Anne Bierwisch |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1190581.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Inc. |access-date=19 February 2021}} in the then East Germany. In 2012, she completed a master's degree in toxicology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.{{cite web |title=Masterstudiengang Toxikologie: Completed master's theses |trans-title=Master's degree in Toxicology: Completed Master's theses |url=https://master-toxikologie.charite.de/studium/abgeschlossene_masterarbeiten/ |website=Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=de |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118035140/https://master-toxikologie.charite.de/studium/abgeschlossene_masterarbeiten/ |url-status=dead }} Between 2013 and 2016, she was a research associate at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.{{cite web |title=Anne Bierwisch |url=https://www.dasoertliche.de/Themen/Anne-Bierwisch/XING/Anne_Bierwisch |website=Das Örtliche |access-date=19 February 2021}} Since 2017, she has worked as a toxicologist at Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe (FoBiG), which is based in Freiburg im Breisgau.{{cite web |title=Unser Team |trans-title=Our Team |url=https://www.fobig.de/kontakt/unser-team |website=Forschungs- und Beratungsinstitut Gefahrstoffe (FoBiG) |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=de}}
In 2016, Bierwisch started playing cricket, after the then Germany women's captain, Stephanie Frohnmayer, asked her to join her cricket club in Bavaria. At the time, Bierwisch was a scholar at a research institute in Munich. In 2020, Bierwisch told ESPNcricinfo:
{{Quote|text="I love what I'm doing, so it's fine ... I picked [cricket] up only as I started playing. Watching a lot of matches on YouTube helped me understand the game."{{cite web |last1=Ravindranath |first1=Sruthi |title=The German women's team are enjoying new-found fame after breaking several T20I records |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-german-women-s-team-are-enjoying-new-found-fame-after-breaking-several-t20i-records-1230305 |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Inc. |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=25 August 2020}}}}
Domestic career
Since 2019, Bierwisch has been playing her domestic level cricket for the Frankfurt Cricket Club.{{cite web |title=Viva Espana – deutsche Frauennationalmannschaft debütiert bei ICC Women's T20 World Cup |trans-title=Viva Espana – the German women's national team debuts at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup |url=https://www.cricket.de/viva-espana-deutsche-frauennationalmannschaft-debuetiert-bei-icc-womens-t20-world-cup/ |website=German Cricket Federation (DCB) |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=de |date=23 May 2019}} Her main playing role is as a batter.{{cite web |title=Cricket Frauen Nationalteam |trans-title=Cricket Women National Team |url=https://www.cricket.de/nationalmannschaften/frauen/ |website=German Cricket Federation (DCB) |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=de}}
In the final of the 2021 Women's Bundesliga, Bierwisch scored 112* from 67 deliveries to lead Frankfurt to a total of 223 for two against SV Damshagen. Frankfurt later won the match by 194 runs, with Bierwisch being awarded Player of the Match,{{cite web |last1=Lyall |first1=Rod |title=Eurowrap: Frankfurt sides rule the roost in Germany |url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/eurowrap-frankfurt-sides-rule-the-roost-in-germany/ |website=Emerging Cricket |access-date=5 December 2021 |date=20 September 2021}} and, later still, Player of the Season.
International career
In August 2017, Bierwisch played for Germany in three matches of a European Women's T20 tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, but did not bat or bowl.{{cite web |title=Anne Bierwisch: Matches |url=https://www.crichq.com/players/2192084/matches/results |website=cric HQ |access-date=16 July 2021}}
On 26 June 2019, Bierwisch made her WT20I debut for Germany against Scotland at the La Manga Club Ground, Murcia, Spain, in the first match of the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.{{cite web |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/scotland-register-massive-win-over-debutant-germany/ |title=Scotland register massive win over debutant Germany |work=Women's Criczone |access-date=27 June 2019 |archive-date=27 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627081858/https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/scotland-register-massive-win-over-debutant-germany/ |url-status=dead }} In February 2020, she played in a bilateral series between Germany and Oman at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.de/kader-fuer-die-bilaterale-laenderspielserie-der-frauen-nm-in-muscat-oman/ |title=Kader für die bilaterale Länderspielserie der Frauen NM in Muscat, Oman |work=German Cricket Board |language=de |trans-title=Squad for the women's bilateral international series NM in Muscat, Oman |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=16 January 2020 }}
On 13 August 2020, in the third match of another bilateral series, between Germany and Austria at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in Austria, Bierwisch became the first player, male or female, to take a hat-trick for Germany in a T20I. After coming on to bowl her medium pacers with Austria at 41–4, she dismissed three batters for ducks with her second, third and fourth balls, to leave the Austrians reeling at 41–7. For that achievement, which she kicked off with her first ever WT20I wicket, she was chosen as Player of the Match.{{cite web |title=Deutsche Frauennationalmannschaft im Rekordfieber! |trans-title=German women's national team in record fever! |url=https://www.cricket.de/deutsche-frauennationalmannschaft-im-rekordfieber/ |website=Deutscher Cricket Bund |language=de |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=14 August 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1753846|date=25 August 2020 |access-date=14 February 2021|website=www.icc-cricket.com}}{{cite web |last1=Mohanan |first1=Shajin |title=Anne Bierwisch's hat-trick headlines Germany's 10-wicket win, unassailable lead |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/anne-bierwischs-hat-trick-headlines-germanys-10-wicket-win-unassailable-lead |website=Women's Criczone |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=13 August 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Mohanan |first1=Shajin |title=Austria v Germany: A lookback at the record-breaking series |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/austria-v-germany-series-lookback |website=Women’s CricZone |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=17 August 2020}} Two days later, in the fifth and final match of the bilateral series, Bierwisch was again Germany's most successful bowler. She took four wickets for seven runs from four overs, including two maidens, and was again named player of the match. However, she had a lean series with the bat.{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Kaushiik |title=Anne Bierwisch stars with the ball as Germany whitewash Austria 5-0 |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/anne-bierwisch-stars-with-the-ball-as-germany-whitewash-austria-5-0 |website=Women's Criczone |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=15 August 2020}}
In Germany's next bilateral series, against France at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld, in July 2021, Bierwisch played in four of the matches, but did not bat,{{cite web |title=RECORDS / FRANCE WOMEN IN GERMANY T20I SERIES, 2021 / MOST RUNS |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=14030;type=series |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 July 2021}} and bowled only 3.2 overs.{{cite web |title=RECORDS / FRANCE WOMEN IN GERMANY T20I SERIES, 2021 / MOST WICKETS |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=14030;type=series |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 July 2021}} The following month, Bierwisch played in all four of Germany's matches in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.{{cite web |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=14092;type=tournament |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 December 2021}}
See also
References
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