Marguerite Burke (born 29 December 1965) is a former Irish international cricketer whose career for the Irish national team spanned from 1993 to 2000.
Burke was born in Dublin, and played her club cricket for Clontarf.Ireland / Players / Marguerite Burke – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2015. Her international debut came at the 1993 World Cup in England, although she played in only a single match (against Australia), and neither batted nor bowled.Women's World Cup, 13th Match: Australia Women v Ireland Women at Roehampton, Jul 25, 1993 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2015. Burke did not return to the national team until July 2000, when she played the first three matches of a five-match One Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan.Women's ODI matches played by Marguerite Burke – CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2015. She batted only in the second of those matches, scoring 24 runs from 36 balls,Ireland Women v Pakistan Women, Pakistan Women in British Isles 2000 (2nd ODI) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2015. and did not again play at international level. There was a gap of six years and 364 days between Burke's first and second ODI appearances, the longest between ODIs for an Irishwoman.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Longest intervals between appearances – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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