Kerry Walmsley

Kerry Peter Walmsley (born 23 August 1973) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the national side between 1995 and 2003 as a fast bowler. In domestic cricket Walmsley played for Auckland from the 1994–95 season until 1999–2000, Otago from 2000–01 to 2002–03, and Auckland again from 2003–04 to 2005–06.

Early career Walmsley was born at Dunedin in 1973. He played age-group cricket for Auckland from the 1991–92 season before making his debut for the representative side in November 1994, playing in a one-day match against Northern Districts. He made his first-class debut the following month, and after taking six wickets against Otago in February and another six, including his first five-wicket haul, playing for a New Zealand Academy side against the touring South Africans at the end of the month, he was called into the New Zealand national side for the Test series against the touring Sri Lankans. The New Zealand team was short of bowlers following a number of injuries and the suspension of players following the team's tour of South Africa earlier during the season.

At and described as "a strong, fast-medium bowler" who swung the ball away from right-handed batsmen at the start of his career, He took another two during the Sri Lankan first innings, although his bowling was described by Wisden as "erratic". but in the fallout which followed the loss of the series and the South African tour, he fell out of contention for the national side. He played in two first-class tour matches and was selected for the second Test match; in what was to be his final Test appearance he took two wickets. A further 37 first-class wickets the following season saw him move back to Auckland ahead of the 2003–04 season. He took two wickets but was expensive and did not play for New Zealand during Pakistan's tour which immediately followed the series.

Walmsley's daughter, Amelia, plays top-level netball in the ANZ Premiership for Central Pulse. In September 2023 she made her international debut for the New Zealand national netball team against England in the 2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.