Haidee Maree Tiffen MNZM (born 4 September 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricket player.[1] She played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 117 One Day Internationals and 9 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 1999 and 2009. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury, as well as playing two seasons for Sussex.[2][3]
Tiffen was born in Timaru on 4 September 1979 and attended Timaru Girls' High School, where she was head girl in 1997.[4]
Once acknowledged as one of the best all-rounders in the game, Tiffen announced her retirement after leading her side to the final of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.[2] At that time, her 2,919 career ODI runs were surpassed by only six other women, and for New Zealand only Debbie Hockley exceeded her.[5] She was short-listed for the ICC Women's Player of the Year Award in 2006, eventually losing out to Karen Rolton.[2]
Tiffen was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2011 New Year Honours, for services to women's cricket.[6]
She was head coach for New Zealand women's team from April 2015 to March 2019.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Where are they now? The White Ferns of 2000". Newsroom. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Player Profile: Haidee Tiffin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Player Profile: Haidee Tiffen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Haidee Tiffen inspires in visit to old school Timaru Girls' High School". Stuff. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Statsguru Women's One-day International Batting Records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Tiffen named New Zealand women's coach". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Haidee Tiffen won't reapply for New Zealand coach position". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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