The full name of Sterre Kallis is Sterre Laurian Kallis. Kallis was born on 30 August 1999. He is a Dutch cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman for the national cricket team. Domestically, she plays for English teams Northern Diamonds, Birmingham Phoenix and North East Warriors, and has previously played for Essex and Northern Superchargers. She has also appeared for other domestic teams in the Netherlands and Australia.
Kallis played for the Netherlands in the 2015 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in November 2015. In June 2018, Kallis was named in the Netherlands squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She made her Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut against the United Arab Emirates in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018. She was the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 231 runs in five matches. Following the conclusion of the tournament, he was named as the rising star of the Netherlands team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women’s Global Development Squad.
In November 2018, she was again named in the Women’s Global Development Squad to play matches against Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) clubs.
In May 2019, she was named in the Netherlands’ squad for the 2019 ICC Women’s Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.
On 27 June 2019, in the match against Germany, Kallis scored his first century in WT20Is.
She equaled the record for the highest score in WT20Is with 126 not out. She was the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 158 runs in four matches.
In August 2019, she was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.
She was the leading run-scorer for the Netherlands in the tournament, with 117 runs in five matches.
In November 2020, Kallis was nominated for the ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.
In October 2021, she was named in the Dutch squad for the 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.
In April 2022, he was bought by Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.
Later that month, she was announced in the North East Warriors squad for the 2022 Women’s Twenty20 Cup.
In May 2022, Kallis played seven matches for the tournament-winning Tornadoes team at the 2022 Fairbreak Invitational T20 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
During the Invitational, he scored a total of 225 runs, the fifth highest score by any player, which included two fifties and two other scores of over 40.
He was also given the Player of the Match award for top-scoring with 32 runs in his team’s first match against the Sapphires.
