Debbie Kooij

{{Short description|Dutch cricketer (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

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| birth_place = Nijmegen, Netherlands

| batting = Right-handed

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| country = Netherlands

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| internationalspan = 1999–2003

| odidebutdate = 19 July

| odidebutyear = 1999

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| odicap = 53

| lastodidate = 26 July

| lastodiyear = 2003

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

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| date = 18 October

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Debbie Kooij (born 27 December 1968) is a former Dutch cricketer whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1999 to 2003. A right-handed batsman, she played in seven One Day International (ODI) matches.

Born in Nijmegen, Kooij made her ODI debut aged 21, appearing in three matches at the 1999 edition of the European Championship in Denmark.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17203/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Debbie Kooij] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015. She scored a duck on debut against England,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/68/68124.html England Women v Netherlands Women], Women's European Championship 1999 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015. and also performed poorly in her two other matches, scoring five runs against Ireland and three against Denmark.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/68/68131.html Ireland Women v Netherlands Women], Women's European Championship 1999 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/68/68144.html Denmark Women v Netherlands Women], Women's European Championship 1999 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015. Kooij did not play another international until 2003, when she was selected in the Dutch squad for the 2003 IWCC Trophy (the qualifier for the 2005 World Cup). At that tournament, she scored 115 runs from her four matches, placing her behind only Pauline te Beest and Carolien Salomons both for the Netherlands and for overall runs.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/International_Womens_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2003/Batting_by_Runs.html Batting and fielding in International Women's Cricket Council Trophy 2003 (ordered by runs)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015. Kooij's best innings, 78 from 138 balls, came in the opening match against Scotland, where she opened the batting with Eugenie van Leeuwen.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/77/77511.html Netherlands Women v Scotland Women], International Women's Cricket Council Trophy 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2015. Her innings included a 224-run stand with Pauline te Beest, which set a new record for the highest second-wicket partnership in ODIs (broken in 2009), and at the time was also the third-highest partnership overall (for any wicket).[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283599.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Partnership records / Highest partnership for the second wicket] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2015.[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283619.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Partnership records / Highest partnerships for any wicket] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2015. The IWCC Trophy was Kooij's final tournament for the Netherlands, with her last ODI coming in the final match, against Pakistan.