Anaru Kitchen


Anaru Kyle Kitchen 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 squad for their series West [Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18|against the West Indies]. He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.