# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rona-mckenzie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:06.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rona-mckenzie"
name: "Rona McKenzie"
slug: "rona-mckenzie"
description: "Rona Una McKenzie was a New Zealand cricketer, and was the first Maori to captain the New Zealand women's cricket team. She played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in seven Test matches for New Zealand between 1954 and 1961, captaining in them all. McKenzie's highest score was 61 as she scored 295 runs at an average of 22.69, and she took 8 wickets at 26.75, with a best bowling of 4 for 18. She played domestic cricket for Auckland."
tagline: "New Zealand cricketer (1922-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rona_McKenzie_1957_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1922-08-20"
deathDate: "1999-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.95
  momentum:             10.90909090909091
  historical:           4.20144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "رونا مكينزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rona_McKenzie"
    title: "Rona McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9D%E0%A5%80"
    title: "रोना मॅककेंझी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80"
    title: "రోనా మెకెంజీ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C"
    title: "رونا میکنزی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump