Anaru Kitchen

Anaru Kitchen
Personal information
Full name
Anaru Kyle Kitchen
Born 21 February 1984
Auckland, New Zealand
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Top-order batsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 75) 29 December 2017 v West Indies
Last T20I 28 January 2018 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no. 41
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008/09–2014/15 Auckland (squad no. 6)
2015/16–2021/22 Otago
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 92 119 137
Runs scored 38 5,194 3,303 2,344
Batting average 12.66 33.72 32.06 21.11
100s/50s 0/0 10/26 5/16 0/7
Top score 16 207 143* 66
Balls bowled 36 3,039 2,450 1,230
Wickets 2 36 57 38
Bowling average 23.00 49.91 37.92 41.73
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/3 3/19 4/23 4/11
Catches/stumpings 3/– 75/– 50/– 62/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 May 2022

Anaru Kyle Kitchen (born 21 February 1984) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who most recently played for the Otago cricket team as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He plays for North East Valley Cricket Club. In February 2022, Kitchen announced his retirement from domestic cricket at the end of the 2021/22 season in New Zealand.

Domestic career

He made his debut for Auckland in their list A match against Canterbury in December 2008, top scoring with 69 from 104 balls.

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.

International career

In December 2017, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.