Are you looking for useful runs? Amelia's there no. Do you want to get those crucial breakthroughs? Again, Amelia's there no. At just 22 years of age, Amelia Kerr, the star all-rounder from New Zealand, has pulled off some miracles on those, sometimes tricky and sometimes innocuous, 22 yards.  

Cricket runs in her blood as Amelia was born to a proud set of parents who played the sport for Wellington, and she had her maternal grandfather, Bruce Murray, who represented New Zealand in Test cricket. Isn't that a fabulous lineage to be born into? Amelia seems to have gleefully embraced the cricketing culture as she carried the legacy forward. 

Like grandfather, like granddaughter, Amelia started her journey as an opening batter for Tawa College Boys 1st XI in Wellington's Premier Youth Grade. Gradually, she made her way into the Wellington Blaze side, where she got the opportunity to rub shoulders with one of her role models, Sophie Devine, who, of course, captains Amelia now in the White Ferns.

Kerr made her international debut at sweet 16. A year later, in 2017, she became the youngest woman player in New Zealand to represent the country at the World Cup. While she received plenty of opportunities to showcase her wily leg-spin skills, there were seldom a few when she could express herself with the bat in hand. However, when she got one right at the top of the order, she made the most of it.

It was June 13, 2018, when Amelia etched her name in the record books. The unfortunate victims who suffered the wrath of her blitzkrieg were Ireland. At just 17 years and 243 days, Amelia became the youngest cricketer to score a double century in ODIs across men's and women's games. She holds the record for the highest individual score (232*) in WODIs going past Australia's Belinda Clark, who has 229*, coincidentally against the same opposition.

Amelia opened the batting for the first time in her international career. After waiting for quite some time to get her chance to showcase her abilities with the bat, she grabbed it with both hands when she got one. Her batting was a splendid spectacle as she peppered the boundary rope 31 times and cleared it twice. Surprisingly, she has never opened the batting again for the White Ferns!

Going back to the day, she was not yet done. While she would have liked to just stand in the slips and reminisce about her wonderful innings, her captain, Suzie Bates, had other plans. Bates threw the ball at Kerr. Oh and she did not disappoint at all with the ball in hand as she picked up her maiden fifer for fun. It was as if she went out on the field that day with a Midas touch as whatever she touched turned to gold.

While 13 may be considered an unlucky number in some cultures, it may perhaps be the luckiest number for Amelia. Not to forget, she was also born on the 13th of October.

So Paltan, are you excited to see this "Kerr"ismatic Amelia in our Mumbai Indians? Which record will you reckon she would break in this much-awaited inaugural edition of the WPL? 

P.S.: We all love sweet Kiwis, don't we? But let's expect this Kiwi to add spice to the Mumbai Indians' dish of flavours.