Ingrid van der Elst (born 4 May 1955) is a Dutch former sportswoman who represented her country in both cricket and field hockey.
[1][2] Born in Bilthoven, Utrecht Province, van der Elst is first recorded as playing cricket for her country in 1977, when the Dutch team toured England.
All of her early matches for the Netherlands were played against regional and underage English teams, as the side was not yet judged competitive enough for full internationals.
[5][6] Van der Elst was the team's number-three batter for the first five matches, but after a run of three consecutive ducks (against England, Australia, and New Zealand),[7][8][9] she was pushed down the order for the rest of the tournament.
[1][3] Van der Elst later returned to the Netherlands from New Zealand and continued to play club cricket and hockey for several more decades.