Anaru Kitchen to retire from New Zealand domestic cricket
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The 38-year old, with 10,841 runs and 130 wickets across formats, will walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season
“Cricket started for me the same as it does for most New Zealand kids, with plenty of backyard cricket and beach cricket on family holidays,” he said in an Otago Cricket press release. “Once I got a hold of the game, I remember the old man making me bat with a stump instead of a bat which was a good challenge.”
In December 2008, Kitchen announced his arrival on the domestic scene with a half-century on debut for Auckland against Canterbury in the State Shield, playing against the likes of Shane Bond and Chris Harris in one of the Eden Park Ovals.
A solid left-arm spinner as well, Kitchen picked up 130 wickets across formats and was part of Auckland’s Plunket Shield winning side in 2008-09. Four more titles came his way – the Ford Trophy in 2010-11 and 2012-13 and the Super Smash in 2010-11 & 2011-12 – before he eventually moved to Otago in search of a new challenge.
“It was a pleasure to have Anaru at Otago,” their CEO Mike Coggan said. “He was an important signing back in 2015-16, a great team man and a consistent performer with bat and ball ever since his arrival from Auckland.
Kitchen paid thanks to his supporters as he prepared to step aside and spend more time with his two boys and partner, before returning to work as an electrician for Aotea Electric.
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