Kayleen Green

{{Short description|Namibian cricketer (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Kayleen Green

| female = true

| image =

| country = Namibia

| fullname = Kayleen Green

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Windhoek, Namibia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| international = true

| T20Idebutdate = 20 August

| T20Idebutyear = 2018

| T20Idebutagainst = Malawi

| T20Icap = 3

| lastT20Idate = 10 March

| lastT20Iyear = 2024

| lastT20Iagainst = Tanzania

| columns = 1

| column1 = WT20I

| matches1 = 72

| runs1 = 737

| bat avg1 = 15.35

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 1,327

| wickets1 = 69

| bowl avg1 = 13.43

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/8

| catches/stumpings1 = 19/4

| date = 7 October 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1119573.html Cricinfo

}}

Kayleen Green (born 3 June 1998) is a Namibian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1119573.html |title=Kayleen Green |accessdate=27 August 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Namibia women's cricket team on 20 August 2018, against Malawi, in the 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1158345.html |title=2nd Match, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone (Oval 2), Aug 20 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=27 August 2019}} It was the first WT20I match to be played by Namibia.{{cite web |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/botswana-7s-tournament-a-complete-round-up/ |title=Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up |work=Women's Criczone |accessdate=27 August 2019 |archive-date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104110756/https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/botswana-7s-tournament-a-complete-round-up/ |url-status=dead }}

In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1319297 |title=Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=21 August 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/21/c_138326975.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822080340/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/21/c_138326975.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2019 |title=Namibia announces women's cricket World Cup qualifier squad |work=Xinhua News |accessdate=22 August 2019}} She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1197050.html |title=4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Arbroath, Aug 31 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=27 August 2019}} In May 2021, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/irene-van-zyl-backs-namibia-batting-to-come-good-in-kwibuka-t20-tournament |title=Irene van Zyl backs Namibia batting to come good in Kwibuka T20 Tournament |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=2 June 2021}} Following the conclusion of the tournament, Green was named in the team of the tournament,{{cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/cricket/kenya-win-fourth-kwibuka-women-s-twenty20-title-in-kigali-3435780 |title=Kenya win fourth Kwibuka Women's Twenty20 title in Kigali |work=Daily Nation |access-date=14 June 2021}} selected by the Rwanda Cricket Association.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2171251 |title=Global Game: Kenya win the Kwibuka T20 Women Tournament, beat Namibia in Finals |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 June 2021}}