| Caroline de Fouw | |
| Fullname: | Margaretha Everdine Caroline de Fouw |
| Female: | true |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1966 |
| Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off spin |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1986–2018 |
| Onetest: | true |
| Testdebutdate: | 28 July |
| Testdebutyear: | 2007 |
| Testdebutagainst: | South Africa |
| Testcap: | 2 |
| Odidebutdate: | 16 July |
| Odidebutyear: | 1991 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Denmark |
| Odicap: | 27 |
| Lastodidate: | 9 July |
| Lastodiyear: | 2008 |
| Lastodiagainst: | West Indies |
| T20idebutdate: | 1 July |
| T20idebutyear: | 2008 |
| T20idebutagainst: | West Indies |
| T20icap: | 2 |
| Lastt20idate: | 12 July |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2018 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Uganda |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | WTest |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 2 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 2 |
| Deliveries1: | 120 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 17.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | WODI |
| Matches2: | 35 |
| Runs2: | 163 |
| Bat Avg2: | 6.79 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 23 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,099 |
| Wickets2: | 26 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 25.30 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/23 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/0 |
| Column3: | WT20I |
| Matches3: | 6 |
| Runs3: | 14 |
| Bat Avg3: | 4.66 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 8 |
| Deliveries3: | 106 |
| Wickets3: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 19.66 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 3/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 0/– |
| Column4: | WLA |
| Matches4: | 42 |
| Runs4: | 196 |
| Bat Avg4: | 7.53 |
| 100S/50S4: | 0/0 |
| Top Score4: | 23 |
| Deliveries4: | 1,471 |
| Wickets4: | 40 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 19.77 |
| Fivefor4: | 0 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 4/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 9/– |
| Date: | 3 December |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15364/15364.html CricketArchive |
Margaretha Everdine Caroline de Fouw (born 12 May 1966) is a Dutch former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 35 One Day Internationals and 6 Twenty20 Internationals for the Netherlands between 1991 and 2018.[1] [2] Her tally of 26 ODI wickets has only been surpassed by Carolien Salomons and Sandra Kottman for the Netherlands.[3]
Born in The Hague, de Fouw played club cricket for KZKC (Klein Zwitserland de Krekels Combinatie).[4] Her Dutch national team debut came in the 1986 Women's Quadrangular Tournament in Ireland, where she played against Ireland and Denmark.[5] De Fouw made her ODI debut aged 25, at the 1991 European Championship, which was being held in the Netherlands for the first time.[6]
Aged 42 at the time of her last ODI, de Fouw is the oldest woman to appear in an ODI for the Netherlands,[7] and her ODI career span of almost 17 years has only been surpassed by fourteen women worldwide.[8]
In April 2008, de Fouw served as a coach for the ICC European Women's Academy in La Manga Club, Spain.[9] She later gained a Level-3 coaching diploma from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),[10] and has worked in various development roles with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB), the governing body for Dutch cricket.[11]
In June 2018, she returned to international cricket for the first time since 2008, playing for the Netherlands at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[12] She was at the time the oldest woman from any country to appear in a Twenty20 International.[13]