Penny Kinsella

Penelope Dale Kinsella (born 14 August 1963) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 6 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1988 and 1995. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Wellington.^[1][2]

Penny Kinsella

Personal information
Full name	Penelope Dale Kinsella
Born	(1963-08-14) 14 August 1963 (age 61) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batter
Relations	David Kinsella (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1988–1995)
Test debut (cap 91)	18 January 1990 v Australia
Last Test	7 February 1995 v India
ODI debut (cap 47)	20 January 1988 v Australia
Last ODI	20 February 1995 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981/82–1987/88	Central Districts
1988/89–1996/97	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA Matches 6 20 46 76 Runs scored 131 443 1,927 1,637 Batting average 16.37 26.05 29.19 23.05 100s/50s 0/1 0/2 0/15 0/8 Top score 53 57 90 93 Balls bowled – – 170 12 Wickets – – 11 1 Bowling average – – 11.45 9.00 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 4/35 1/9 Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 33/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 April 2021

In 1992–93 she scored the highest aggregate ever made by a Wellington club cricketer in one season, 1259 runs.^[3] The Penny Kinsella Trophy is awarded to the Wellington U19 Women's Most Valuable Player.^[4]

She is a teacher at Onslow College in Wellington.^[5] Her father is former cricket umpire David Kinsella.^[6]