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New Zealand women's national cricket team


The New Zealand women's national cricket team, nicknamed the White Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by New Zealand Cricket, a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). New Zealand made its Test debut in 1935, against England, becoming the third team to play at that level. With Australia and England, New Zealand is one of only three
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List of New Zealand national cricket captains


series. This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. New Zealand's greatest ODI success was under Emily Drumm when they won the 2000/1 World Cup. This is a list
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New Zealand women's cricket team in Ireland in 2018


The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Ireland women's cricket team in June 2018. The tour consisted of one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) matches. New Zealand won the one-off WT20I match by ten wickets. In the first WODI match of the series, New Zealand set a new record for the highest innings total, scoring 490/4 in their 50 overs. It was the highest score in either a men's or women's ODI match. This
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Regina Lili'i


Regina Lili'i (born 3 October 1986) is a Samoan cricketer and the current captain of the Samoa women's cricket team. She is also the captain of the New Zealand Women's Indoor Cricket Team, and was the first Pacific woman to lead the New Zealand side. She also plays for Auckland in New Zealand. In May 2014, she was named as the player of the tournament in the East Asia Pacific Women's Cricket Trophy, and was part of Samoa's gold-winning team in the cricket tournament at the
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New Zealand women's cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2017–18


The New Zealand women's cricket team played the Pakistan women's cricket team in the United Arab Emirates from 31 October to 14 November 2017. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and four Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. It was the first time that New Zealand Women played an away series against Pakistan. Ahead of the series, Bismah Maroof was made captain of Pakistan women's ODI team, after Sana Mir was
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Losi Harford


Losalini Ravucake Vuetibau Stephi Harford (born 25 March 1973) is a New Zealand cricketer. Harford was born in Fiji and her family emigrated to New Zealand when she was five years old. She has played for and captained the Fijian national women's cricket team, and played for club teams in Wellington and Auckland as well as for the New Zealand national women's team. From 1985 to 1987 she played for the New Zealand national women's indoor cricket team. In 2011 Harford suffered a stroke, which left her paralysed on
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Sophie Devine


Sophie Frances Monique Devine (born 1 September 1989) is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team (the "White Ferns"), and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the "Black Sticks Women"). She had since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21-century cricket. In December 2017, she was named as one
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Australian women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2016–17


The Australia women's national cricket team toured New Zealand in the last week of February 2017. The tour took place immediately after the completion of the Australia-New Zealand WT20I series in Australia. The two teams competed in a series of three Women's One Day International cricket (WODIs) for the Rose Bowl. Australia women won the series 2–1. Ahead of the tour, Sophie Devine was ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to injury and was replaced by Samantha Curtis. Leigh Kasperek was ruled out of the series
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List of New Zealand Women's One Day International cricket records


This is a List of New Zealand Women's One Day International cricket records, that is record team and individual performances in by the New Zealand women's national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. This list is based on the List of women's One Day International cricket records The top ten records are listed for each category. Tied records for the tenth place are listed as well. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category
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New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 2018–19


The New Zealand women's cricket team toured to play against Australia women's cricket team between September 2018 and October 2018, and again between February 2019 and March 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20I). Prior to the tour, Suzie Bates stepped down as captain of New Zealand Women and was replaced by Amy Satterthwaite. Australia Women won the WT20I series 3–0. They also won
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Samoa women's national cricket team


The Samoan women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Nafanua, represents the Independent State of Samoa in international women's cricket. It is organised by the game's governing body in the country, the Samoa International Cricket Association (SICA). Although women's cricket has a long history in Samoa, the national team was only formally organised in 2010, with assistance from a New Zealand association, Auckland Cricket. The team has often included Samoan expatriate players based in Australia and New Zealand (including some who have played for state
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India women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19


The India women's cricket team toured New Zealand to play the New Zealand women's cricket team in January and February 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. The WT20I matches took place on the same day as the corresponding men's fixtures at the same venues. In the third WODI of the series, India's captain Mithali Raj became the first woman to play in
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Central Districts Hinds


The Central Hinds are the representative women's cricket team of the Central Districts Cricket Association, based in central New Zealand. The team competes in New Zealand's national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Burger King Super Smash Twenty20 competition as one of New Zealand's six women's domestic cricket teams. The team comprises players from Central Districts Cricket Association's eight individual member District associations: Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wanganui. Central Districts Cricket Association is
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Suzie Bates


Suzannah Wilson "Suzie" Bates (born 16 September 1987 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. She plays for the Otago Sparks in the State League, the Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League as well as for her national team, the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's
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New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 2016–17


The New Zealand women cricket team toured Australia in February 2017. The tour consisted of a series of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20Is). Immediately after completion of the T20 series both teams faced each other for the Rose bowl in New Zealand in a 3-match WODI series. New Zealand Women won the WT20I series by 2–1. Ahead of the tour, Sophie Devine was ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to injury and was replaced by Anna Peterson. Sarah Aley was added to Australia's squad as cover for Lauren
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List of New Zealand women ODI cricketers


A One Day International (ODI) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. The women's variant of the game is similar to the men's version, with minor modifications to umpiring and pitch requirements. The first women's ODI was played in 1973, between England and Australia. The New Zealand women's national cricket team played their first ODI during the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, when they faced Trinidad and Tobago. In total, New
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Lincoln Green (New Zealand)


Lincoln Green is a cricket ground in Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand. The ground is located directly next to the Bert Sutcliffe Oval and forms part of the New Zealand Cricket Academy. The first recorded match on the ground came when New Zealand Women played New Zealand A Women team in February 1997. Later that year the ground held its first first-class match when the New Zealand Academy cricket team played Bangladesh, which the academy won against their opponents who had yet to gain Test status by an innings and 115 runs.
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Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries


the 2004 Athens Olympics. Australasia's National Basketball League has included the New Zealand Breakers as its sole non-Australian team since 2003. They are the two best-performing nations in FIBA Oceania. Teams from New Zealand's Women's Basketball Championship have no history of playing against those of Australia's Women's NBL. The Australian cricket team first toured New Zealand in 1878 and recognised first class Test cricket between the respective national teams commenced in 1945–46. The underarm incident of 1981 stands as memorable for bringing Australian cricket into infamy
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Lorna Thomas


Lorna Thomas (1 December 1917 – 17 September 2014) was an Australian cricket player and team manager from 1963 to 1978. Thomas was first selected to play for the New South Wales women's cricket team in 1937. In the 1940s, she represented NSW against New Zealand and England. After her playing career, Thomas managed the NSW and Australian women's cricket teams. She was the manager of the Australian women's tour of New Zealand in 1960–61, the Australian women's tour of England in 1963, the Australian women
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Jess Watkin


Jess Watkin (born 7 May 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for New Zealand against Ireland Women on 6 June 2018. On debut, she and Suzie Bates made the highest partnership for New Zealand Women and the fifth-largest partnership for any team in W2T0Is, scoring an unbeaten 142 runs. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for New Zealand, also against Ireland Women, on 8 June 2018. In August 2018
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Katie Perkins


Katie Teresa Perkins (born 7 July 1988) is a New Zealand cricketer. In 2013, she graduated as a police constable from the Royal New Zealand Police College. Perkins made her Women's T20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for New Zealand Women against Australia on 20 January 2012. Five days later, she made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against the same team. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in
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Viv Stephens


Vivian Sherill "Viv" Stephens (née Sexton; born 8 November 1953) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played two matches for the New Zealand national team at the 1978 Women's World Cup. Stephens was born in Foxton, on New Zealand's Manawatu-Wanganui region. While studying teaching, she played for a men's team, as there was no organised women's cricket in her area at the time. She later began to play club cricket in Wellington, and eventually for the Wellington representative team.
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New Zealand women's national rugby union team


test matches. The team's nickname combines the colour black and the silver fern, which are iconic New Zealand sporting symbols. For example, the All Blacks is New Zealand's famous men's rugby team, the Black Caps is the men's cricket team, the White Ferns is the women's cricket team, while the Silver Ferns is the national women's netball team. Starting with the inaugural International Rugby Board (IRB)-sponsored Cup in 1998, the Black Ferns won four consecutive World Cups, including the 2002 World Cup in
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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls on New Zealand cricket grounds


International cricket has been played in New Zealand since 1930 when the New Zealand national cricket team played their first Test match against England at Christchurch. The New Zealand Women cricket team played its first Test match in 1935 at the same venue and both sides continue to play internationals at a range of venues across new Zealand. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded
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1997 Women's Cricket World Cup


The 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, known also as the Hero Honda Women's World Cup, was that year's World Cup in Women's One-day International cricket, and was held in India. With 32 matches between a record 11 teams across 25 cricket grounds, England, Australia, New Zealand and India reached the semi-finals, with Australia and New Zealand progressing to the final match, which was played on 29 December 1997. Australia defeated New Zealand in front of 80,000 spectators to win their 4th championship
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New Zealand women's cricket team in Ireland in 2018


broke the previous record, also held by New Zealand, of 455/5 against Pakistan in 1997. In the third WODI match, Amelia Kerr of New Zealand made the highest individual score in a WODI match, and became the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket, when she scored 232 not out. New Zealand went on to win the WODI series 3–0, scoring 400 or more runs in three consecutive matches, becoming the first team in men's or women's ODIs to
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English women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1934–35


The English women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in 1934 and 1935. It was on this tour that the first women's Test matches were played: three against Australia, followed by one against New Zealand. England won the first two Tests against the Australians convincingly, and had the better of a drawn third Test, to clinch the Ashes. The game against New Zealand was even more one-sided in England's favour. The tour itself was recorded for posterity in a series of photographs that are now in
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Cricket in New Zealand


played in this era. Although traditionally New Zealand is one of the stronger sides in Cricket, they have only progressed past the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup once as runners up in 2015, but got caught short six times, the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games and the semi-finals of the Pro20 World Championship, however they have won ICC Champions Trophy back in year 2000. Also New Zealand's Woman's Cricket Team has reached the World Cup finals. The New Zealand women's cricket team played
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Aimee Watkins


Aimee Louise Watkins (née Mason, born 11 October 1982) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played two women's test matches and 84 women's one-day internationals for the New Zealand national women's cricket team. She also plays for the Central Districts in the State League. Born in New Plymouth, Watkins is a left-handed batter and right arm off spin bowler. She was New Zealand's leading wicket-taker at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup with 11, including a best performance of 4
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England women's cricket team


those two teams would contest the final, and England and New Zealand would finish 3rd and 4th. The game lost some of its intensity after the news came through, but England posted 266-6, with Taylor scoring 88 and Edwards 54. New Zealand appeared to be well on the way to victory at 145-1, but good spells of bowling from Gunn and Colvin saw New Zealand collapse and England win by 15 runs. The same sides then contested the 3rd/4th place playoff, where the once again impressive Colvin helped
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Amy Satterthwaite


Amy Ella Satterthwaite (born 7 October 1986) is a New Zealand cricketer and current captain of New Zealand's women team, currently plays for the Canterbury Magicians in the New Zealand State League and the Melbourne Renegades in the Australian Women's Big Bash League. She has played internationally for New Zealand in women's One Day Internationals (ODI) and women's Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) since 2007, appearing at the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2013. On 26 February 2017 against Australia she became the first player
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Pakistan women's national cricket team


The Pakistan women's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan made its One Day International (ODI) debut in early 1997, against New Zealand, and later in the year played in the 1997 World Cup in India. The team's inaugural Test match
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New Zealand Cricket


in Australia. "In Sydney there are 20 first grade teams, each club has five grades. To get to first grade you've got to be a friggin' good player and once you get there the competition is very, very fierce. Unfortunately it's not the same standard [in NZ]. Competition is everything and the only way the New Zealand guys are going to get that is to play the world's best players." New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours and One
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New Zealand women's national cricket team


teams to have participated in all ten editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup. The team has made the final of the tournament on four occasions, winning in 2000 and placing second in 1993, 1997, and 2009. At the Women's World Twenty20, New Zealand were runners-up in 2009 and 2010, but are yet to win the event. The ICC Women's Rankings incorporates results from Tests, ODIs and T20Is into a single ranking system. Head Coach: Haidee Tiffenbr Assistant Coach: Matthew Bellbr Team's
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2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series


The 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in England in June and July 2018. It was a tri-nation series between England women, South Africa women and the New Zealand women cricket teams. The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures, with two matches were played each day. The top two teams progressed to the final on 1 July 2018. In the opening fixture of the series, New Zealand set a new record for the highest innings total
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Amy Satterthwaite


into the Australian women's team tour of New Zealand in 2017, Satterthwaite became the first woman to score a century in four consecutive innings in ODIs. Satterthwaite has captained New Zealand twice in One Day International cricket, the first against Ireland in 2010 and the second against Pakistan in 2016. During the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup,she equalled the record of Lydia Greenway for taking the most catches in a single Women's Cricket World Cup series(8) In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand
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List of South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers


Women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match played in a maximum of 150 minutes between any two of the ICC member sides. The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand, six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams. The South Africa national women's cricket team played their first Twenty20 International match at the County Ground, Taunton in 2007, facing New Zealand, as the two teams' tours of England overlapped. Since
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South Africa women's national cricket team


The South Africa women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represents South Africa in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). South Africa made its Test debut in 1960, against England, becoming the fourth team to play at that level (after Australia, England, and New Zealand). Because of
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South Africa women's national cricket team


MCC but of the anti-apartheid movement." A week later, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) called off the tour. South Africa's cricket team toured Australia the following winter, but a tour of England in 1970, and of Australia in 1971–72 were both cancelled after anti-apartheid protests. Despite this growing sporting isolation, a New Zealand women's team toured South Africa in the 1971–72 season. Only three members of the 1960 South Africa team returned to compete against New Zealand: Jennifer Gove, Lorna Ward
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Ann McKenna


out venues, one of the reasons being that the New Zealand women played in culottes which showed the leg between the top of the long sock to just above the knee, whereas this was not acceptable in Indian women's cricket at the time, but was extremely popular with Indian men combining two of their favourite pursuits. In 1995 she was awarded coach of the year across all womens sports in New Zealand for her coaching of the national womens cricket team, and was proud to see many of that team finally win the womens
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Women's Cricket World Cup


Zealand (one title) are the only other teams to have won the event, while India (twice) and the West Indies (once) have each reached the final without going on to win. Women's international cricket was first played in 1934, when a party from England toured Australia and New Zealand. The first Test match was played on 28–31 December 1934, and was won by England. The first Test against New Zealand followed early the following year. These three nations remained the only Test playing teams in women
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South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018


The South Africa women's cricket team played the England women's cricket team in June 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which form part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. It was England's first series at home since they won the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. Following the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with New Zealand women being the third team. England Women won the WODI series 2–1. Kathryn Cross was added to England Women's
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Kate Heffernan


Kate Heffernan (born 7 October 1999) is a New Zealand cricketer and netballer. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for New Zealand Women against the West Indies Women on 16 March 2018. Heffernan is also a member of the ANZ Premiership netball team the Southern Steel. She was promoted into the team in June 2018 as a replacement for injured team member Dani Gray as midcourt cover for the likes of Shannon Francois and Wendy Frew. She was a member of the 2018 ANZ Premiership title winning team
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Lee Germon


Parore. On this tour Germon made his ODI debut for New Zealand on 8 December against Sri Lanka in a rain affected match at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein he kept wickets as Adam Parore played as a specialist batsman. Germon however played very little cricket on the tour. 1994/95 was New Zealand's cricket's centenary season, and it proved a disaster for the New Zealand cricket team. At its conclusion New Zealand broadcater Murray Deaker commented that the only good thing you could say about it from the New Zealand cricket point of view
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List of centuries in women's Test cricket


Test cricket is the longest version of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between international teams of eleven players each over four innings; each team bats twice. In the women's variant, the game is scheduled to last four days of play. The Women's Cricket Association was formed in England in 1926, and the first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934. The English team were on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, arranged by the WCA. The International Women's Cricket Council
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Kerry-Anne Tomlinson


Kerry-Anne Tomlinson (born 19 January 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer. Tomlinson was born in Gisborne. She has played in four women's One Day International matches for the Netherlands women's national cricket team. Batting in the middle order, she played all her matches in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In November 2016, Tomlinson became the first woman to be awarded the New Zealand Māori Cricket Scholarship. The scholarship which recognises Māori talent was award to Tomlinson for launching the first women's Māori domestic
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Anju Jain


Anju Jain (born 11 August 1974, in New Delhi) is a former Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket (8 matches between 1995 and 2003) and ODI cricket (65 matches between 1993 and 2005) for India. She was the team wicket-keeper. She captained the Indian team in 8 ODI matches, all during the 2000 Cricinfo Women's Cricket World Cup where India advanced to the semi-finals before losing to New Zealand. She played for Air India women's cricket team in the Indian
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Cricket in Australia


The Australia national women's cricket team competes internationally and has won the Women's Cricket World Cup 5 times, more than any other team. As in men's cricket, Australia and England were the first two women's Test nations, playing in the inaugural women's Test in Brisbane in 1934. Australia compete with England for the Women's Ashes, a cricket bat symbolically burned prior to the 1998 test series. The Australian team also compete in the Rose Bowl series, a series of one-day internationals against New Zealand
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History of women's cricket


teams to several milestones in one day cricket. They were the first to play an international Twenty/20 match, England taking on New Zealand at Hove in 2004. The first tie in a one-day international was also between Women's teams, hosts New Zealand tying the first match of the World Cup in 1982 against England, who went on to record another tie against Australia in the same competition. Female wicket keepers were the first to record 6 dismissals in a one-day international, New Zealand's Sarah Illingworth and India
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List of New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers


Since their first match in 2004, 52 women have represented the New Zealand national women's cricket team in Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). A Twenty20 International is a cricketmatch between two international representative teams, each having WT20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). This list includes all players who have played at least one Twenty20 International match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed alphabetically by
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Jill Cruwys


Jill Elizabeth Cruwys (5 December 1943 - 30 December 1990) was an English cricketer who played for the Kent women's team, the East women's team, the West Midlands women's team and the English women's cricket team. She made her test debut in 1969 when she was a member of the England women's team who played against New Zealand in Wellington. Cruwys was a member of the successful England team who beat Australia at Edgbaston to win the first Women's Cricket World Cup in July 1973. She made
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Lauren Ebsary


final match as New Zealand took a clean sweep. She was overlooked for the three ODIs in New Zealand, which the tourists swept. From October 2010 until November 2015, Ebsary played domestic cricket in the South Australia Women's team. She also played in the New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition in the 2013/14 season for the Wellington Women's team. Ebsary played in the Women's Big Bash League in the 2015/2016 season for the Adelaide Strikers Women's team. In November 2018, she was named in the Perth
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Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19


The India cricket team toured New Zealand in January and February 2019 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, with India winning the series 4–1. The T20I matches took place on the same day as the corresponding women's fixtures at the same venues. New Zealand won the T20I series 2–1, and ended India's run of ten T20I series without defeat. It was the first time that
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2018 English cricket season


the first time in an ODI. The South African women's team also toured England to play three One Day International matches against the England women's cricket team in June and to compete in the 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series Twenty20 competition against England and New Zealand. New Zealand then played three One Day Internationals against England in July. In addition the West Indies men's side played a single Twenty20 International against a Rest of the World XI team at Lord's in May 2018 to raise funds for stadiums damaged by
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2002 Indoor Cricket World Cup


The 2002 Indoor Cricket World Cup was an Indoor Cricket tournament that took place in Wellington, New Zealand from 30 September to 6 October 2002 involving both a men's and a women's division. There were a total of 17 matches played in the men's division and 14 matches played in the women's division. In the men's division a round robin tournament was played with each team playing the other once in order to rank the sides. All five teams then competed in the finals, with Australia eventually defeating New Zealand
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Bernadine Bezuidenhout


Bernadine Bezuidenhout (born 14 September 1993 in Kimberley, Northern Cape) is an international cricketer who has played 4 One Day Internationals and 7 Twenty20 International for South Africa national women's cricket team between 2014 and 2015. Since 2018, she has represented New Zealand. On 6 May 2018, she made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for New Zealand against Ireland. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In
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Sport in New Zealand


Trophy and reached the 2009 final, and won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. The New Zealand team again reached the final of 2019 Cricket World Cup and lost to England in an extremely close match. In twenty20 cricket, New Zealand has twiced reached the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup, doing so in 2007 and 2016. New Zealand's Women's Team, the White Ferns have reached the final of their World Cup four times, winning the 2000 edition of the tournament. There is also
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Sri Lankan women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2015–16


Sri Lankan women's cricket team toured New Zealand in November 2015. The tour included a series of 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The first 3 of the 5 ODIs matches were also part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship. The Sri Lanka team was announced on 8 October 2015 and the captaincy was given back to all-rounder Shashikala Siriwardene. However, on the third WODI, Siriwardene suffered a thumb fracture injury which forced her to retire from the tour and the captaincy for the remaining matches was given back to the
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England women's cricket team record by opponent


The England women's cricket team represents England in international women's cricket. They first competed in international cricket in 1934–35, when they played against Australia, contesting three Test matches. Their next officially recognised series was against New Zealand in 1971–72. They received their first Test defeat when they lost to Australia in 1937, and their first Test series lost was in 1949; the team lost the women's Ashes to Australia with one loss and two draws. The team played its first One Day International (ODI) match against the
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Munokoa Tunupopo


Munokoa Fellesite Tunupopo (born 23 February 1984) is a cricketer from New Zealand. When she began playing provincial cricket in 1998 she was the youngest domestic cricketer on record; in 2000, she also became the youngest cricket player to represent New Zealand in an international match. Tunupopo was born in 1984 in Tokoroa, Waikato, in the North Island of New Zealand, and attended Onehunga High School and Auckland Girls' Grammar School. In 1998 she began playing cricket for the Auckland women's team, Auckland Hearts, in the
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Laura Delany


Laura Delany (born 23 December 1992) is an Irish cricketer. She is a right-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler. Delany made her debut for Ireland in a Women's One-Day International (WODI) against New Zealand women's national cricket team at Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground in July 2010. In April 2016, she was named as captain of Ireland women's cricket team replacing Isobel Joyce who stepped down after the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in India. In May 2017, she
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1982 Women's Cricket World Cup


The 1982 Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 10 January to 7 February 1982. Hosted by New Zealand for the first time, it was the third edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, coming four years after the previous 1978 World Cup in India. The tournament, which featured a triple round-robin, was at the time the longest World Cup in both duration and in the number of matches played. Six teams were originally invited, but the Netherlands were
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Gary Stead


come after eight years of first-class cricket with Canterbury, and he led them for five seasons from 1998-99 in a period when they struggled. After he finished playing, he took up coaching and became coach of the successful New Zealand women's team. In August 2018, New Zealand Cricket appointed Stead coach of the New Zealand men's team, succeeding Mike Hesson. After New Zealand's loss in a Super over against England in the 2019 World Cup, Stead criticised the decision of the ICC to go to
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Debbie Ford (cricketer)


Deborah Lee "Debbie" Ford (born 5 February 1965) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who represented the New Zealand national team in three matches at the 1988 Women's World Cup. Ford was born in Christchurch. In New Zealand's domestic competitions, she played for Southern Districts and Canterbury. Ford made her international debut at the 1988 World Cup in Australia, appearing in three of her team's nine matches. She debuted against England in New Zealand's second match of the tournament, coming in sixth in the
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2017–20 ICC Women's Championship


The 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship is the second edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) competition currently being contested by eight teams, to determine qualification for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup. The top four teams, along with hosts New Zealand, will qualify directly for the World Cup. The remaining three teams will progress to the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. In the previous tournament, the first three WODIs counted towards qualification. However, for this
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2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads


The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads consisted of 119 players from eight national women's cricket teams. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, held in Australia, was the ninth edition of the competition. England won the tournament for the second time, defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final. Each team selected a squad of up to 15 players, and any changes to that squad due to illness or injury had to be requested in writing and approved by
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Australia women's national softball team


Cricket Ground. 10,000 people watched the game live. The first international for Australian women took place in 1951 when the Australians toured New Zealand. Australia won both games against the New Zealanders. In 1960, Australia hosted its first international tournament with national teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa competing. At the tournament, Australia beat South Africa by a score of 2-1. Australia hosted the event again in 1962, where they beat the New Zealanders in the final 2-1. At the ISF Women's
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History of women's cricket


obituary, from her death a few years later in 1897, states that her team was almost certainly the first to be formed in the colonies . Following this, the Victoria Women's Cricket Association was founded in 1905 and the Australian Women's Cricket Association in 1931. The current competition is run by the Women's National Cricket League. The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 to coordinate women's cricket which was now being played regularly in Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies,
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South Africa women's national cricket team record by opponent


The South Africa women's national cricket team has represented South Africa in international women's cricket since 1960, when they hosted England, contesting four Test matches. Their next officially recognised series was against New Zealand, more than eleven years later. In 1977, they were excluded from competing in international sporting events, when the Commonwealth of Nations signed the Gleneagles Agreement as part of the international campaign against apartheid. Although the men's national team returned to international cricket in 1991, the women's team did not compete again until 1997
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Sport in New Zealand


a London New Zealand Cricket Club based in London, England, for New Zealanders living in or based in the United Kingdom. Netball is the most popular women's sport, both in terms of participation and public interest in New Zealand. As in many netball-playing countries, netball is considered primarily a women's sport, with men's netball largely ancillary to women's competition. The sport maintains a high profile in New Zealand, due in large part to its national team, the Silver Ferns, which with Australia,
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Frances King


Frances Sarah King (28 November 1980 – 11 September 2003) was an international cricketer from New Zealand. She was a seam bowler and took 21 wickets in 15 one-day internationals for the national women's team, the White Ferns. King played for the Wellington women's cricket team before joining the New Zealand team. In 2001, she was awarded the Trish McKelvey Trophy for the most outstanding player of the national under-21 tournament. In February 2001, she made her international debut against Australia. King died suddenly of meningococcal
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Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd


Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd is a cricket ground in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1967 when the Netherlands Women's Cricket Board XI played the Women's Cricket Association. The ground is somewhat a "de facto" home ground for the Netherlands Women's team, having played host to numerous Dutch women's teams since 1967. It held two Women's One Day Internationals in 2002 between the Netherlands Women and New Zealand Women. Further matches in that format were held, with South Africa Women visiting in
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New Zealand women's cricket team in India in 2015


The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured India from 28 June to 15 July playing a series of five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). All the tour matches (five ODIs, three T20I and one tour match against India A Women) were hosted at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Initially Alur (North Bangalore) was selected to host the three T20I, but eventually the matches were moved to M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The first three of five ODIs matches were part of the
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Hiroshi Abeysinghe


the fourth match made what was to be the highest score of her ODI career, 71 not out from 103 balls. Also in 2002, she toured New Zealand in 2002 for the Indoor Cricket World Cup Tournament. In 2003, she toured West Indies for the International Women's Cricket Tournament. Abeysinghe was Vice Captain for the Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team when they played the touring England Team in Sri Lanka in 2005. She was also part of the national team that toured Pakistan for the Women's Cricket Asia Cup in
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South Africa women's national cricket team


After a 1998 season without any international cricket for South Africa women, they toured Australia and New Zealand in 1998–99. A three match ODI series against the world champions, Australia, resulted in a 2–0 defeat; the third match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. South Africa struggled to compete in either match, suffering a 92-run loss followed by a 100-run loss. The subsequent series in New Zealand brought further defeat; after losing both 50-over warm-up matches to New Zealand women's 'A' sides, South Africa
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List of Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers


A women's Twenty20 International (T20I) is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match played between two representative side, each with WT20I status as approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The first women's T20I match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand. The Pakistan national women's cricket team played its first T20I match at the Vineyard, Dublin in 2009, losing to Ireland by 9 wickets. Since the team made its first appearance in 2009, 44 women have represented Pakistan in T20I
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2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier


The 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an upcoming international women's cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka 2020. It will be the qualification process for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup. The tournament will be the fifth edition of the World Cup Qualifier. The tournament will be played as 50 overs matches. All the regional qualification tournaments used the Women's Twenty20 International format. The top three teams from the qualifier tournament will progress to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
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Cook Islands women's national cricket team


The Cook Islands women's national cricket team represents the Cook Islands, an associated state of New Zealand, in international women's cricket. It is organised by the sport's governing body in the country, the Cook Islands Cricket Association (CICA), which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2000. The Cook Islands made its international debut at the 2012 ICC East Asia-Pacific regional qualifiers for the World Twenty20, but lost every match, finishing last. They improved slightly at the
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2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final


The 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Australia played on 23 December 2000 at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand. It was the culmination of the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup, the seventh Women's Cricket World Cup. New Zealand won by 4 runs, clinching their first World Cup title, after finishing as runners-up in both the 1993 and 1997 tournaments. Rick Eyre of "ESPNcricinfo" suggested that it was "the greatest
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New Zealand A cricket team


The New Zealand A cricket team is a cricket team representing New Zealand, and is the "second tier" of international New Zealand cricket below the full New Zealand cricket team. The team played its first game, against an England XI, in 1996/97. New Zealand A have played fewer games in their history than most other A sides, partly because of a three-year gap between 2000/01 and 2003/04 in which they played no matches at all. BJ Watling is the current captain of the team for England and Scotland tour
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2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification


The 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in England was contested by eight teams. The top four teams in the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship qualified automatically, while the other four places in the tournament were filled by the top four teams in the 2017 Women's World Cup Qualifier, a ten-team tournament. The top four teams in the eight-team 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship – Australia, England, New Zealand, and the West Indies – qualified automatically for the 2017 World Cup. The bottom four teams – India
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Urooj Mumtaz


Urooj Mumtaz () (born 1 October 1985) is a female Pakistani former cricketer and all-rounder. She played for the Pakistan national women's cricket team (as an all-rounder), and played in the Asia XI cricket team. She participated in one Test match, 38 ODIs and nine Twenty20 matches. She took part in the series against New Zealand women on 10 May 2010. She also played in the ICC Women's World Cup 2009 as Captain of the team. In April 2019, she was
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Sophie Devine


of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the star of the team. Devine was born in Kenepuru hospital, Porirua, New Zealand, and grew up in Tawa,
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History of cricket in New Zealand from 1890–91 to 1918


"See: Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1909–10" Australia played two first-class matches against New Zealand, first-class matches against Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago, and three minor matches. "See: Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1913–14" When the cricket historian Tom Reese compiled his history of early New Zealand cricket, "New Zealand Cricket, 1841–1914", in 1927, he selected a 14-man team of the best New Zealand cricketers of the period from 1860 to 1914. His idea
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Pakistan women's national cricket team


and Sharmeen Khan in 1996. In conservative Pakistan the creation of a Pakistan women`s cricket team was even considered illegal and was met with court cases and even death threats. The government refused them permission to play India in 1997 and ruled that women were forbidden from playing sports in public due to the religious issues. However, the team did manage to overcome these objections and represented Pakistan women's cricket in 1997 playing against New Zealand and Australia. They lost all three One Day International matches on that tour, but they were still
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2000 Women's Cricket World Cup


The 2000 CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 29 November to 23 December 2000. It was the seventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the second to be hosted by New Zealand, after the 1982 tournament. The World Cup was organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), with matches played over 50 overs. New Zealand defeated Australia by four runs in the final, winning their first and only title. India and South Africa were the
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History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918–19 to 1945


This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket from the 1918–19 season until 1945. After the 1920–21 season the competition changed from a challenge format to a single round robin format. "See: Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1920–21" An Australian team toured New Zealand in 1920–21 to play first-class matches versus New Zealand national team (twice) and provincial teams including Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. "See: Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in New Zealand in 1922–23" An English team raised by Marylebone
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List of Pakistan women ODI cricketers


A One Day International (ODI) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. The women's variant of the game is similar to the men's version, with minor modifications to umpiring and pitch requirements. The first women's ODI was played in 1973, between England and Australia. The Pakistan women's team played their first ODI match in January 1997, a match they lost by 10 wickets to New Zealand at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch. In
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Haidee Tiffen


Haidee Maree Tiffen (born 4 September 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricket player. TIffen was born in Timaru on 4 September 1979 and attended Timaru Girls' High School. She was head girl of the school in 1997. Tiffen is the current head coach for New Zealand Women's Cricket team; she played in 117 One Day International (ODIs) and two Test matches for New Zealand. Once acknowledged as one of the best all-rounders in the game, Tiffen announced her retirement after leading her
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Timeline of women's sports


women's cricket team in December. The following year, the New Zealand national women's cricket team played them. 1934 – 1934 Women's World Games, held in London, United Kingdom 1936 – The All American Red Heads Team, a barnstorming troupe similar to the Bloomer Girls, was formed. It is generally regarded as the first women's professional basketball team in America. 1936 – Ruth Hughes Aarons was the first American that won the world singles table tennis championship. 1937 – Grace Hudowalski was the ninth person and first
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Women's Test cricket


UDRS) is not available in women's Test matches, though umpires are permitted to ask the third umpire to check television replays in certain cases. In all, ten national women's teams have competed in Test cricket. The England team's tour of Australia and New Zealand in the 1934–35 season established the first three sides, and it is those three teams that have competed in Test cricket most frequently; each having played at least 45 matches. South Africa were the next side to play the format, contesting their first match
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Ann McKenna


womens cricket reps and baggy black caps in an official ceremony at Hagley Oval during the mens game between New Zealand and Bangladesh. She was also given a NZ shirt with 58 on it to denote her being the 58th women ever selected for the NZ womens cricket team. She was still selected being selected to play for New Zealand on the Indian tour of March 1985 at 42 years of age, and also during the following tour when they played at Lords in England. In India they played at the most famous grounds sometimes selling
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Betty Archdale


Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Archdale (21 August 1907 – 1 January 2000) was a British educationalist and cricketer. She was a captain of the English women's cricket team in 1934 and 1935. In 1934/35 she led the first English cricket team to tour Australia and New Zealand, the result of which was a 2–0 victory over Australia. This tour did much both to raise the status of women's cricket and to heal some of the damage done to Anglo-Australian cricket relations by bodyline two years earlier. Archdale was
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Ann McKenna


later at 243A Ashgrove Terrace. Ann first represented New Zealand at hockey, doing so twice in 1967 and 1971.. As a hockey player she usually played centre half and represented Canterbury University and Harewood at club level. She was offered work and passage to Canada as the provincial coach of the British Columbia Womens Hockey team in 1975 and was based around Vancouver with her family while she regularly toured with the B.C. team. She returned to being selected for the New Zealand womens cricket team shortly after moving back to New Zealand. At
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Helen Allan


Helen Edith Allan (née Miller, 4 November 1915 – 10 October 1972) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. She played for New Zealand as Helen Miller in 1935. Allan was born in East Taieri, near Dunedin, New Zealand, to orchardists Alexander and Edith Miller, and was educated at Otago Girls' High School. She was a fast bowler, and played for the New Zealand women's cricket team against England in 1935. However, a knee injury ended her sporting career. Allan began studying geology at the
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Women's Twenty20 International


Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match played in a maximum of 150 minutes between two of the top 10 ranked countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in terms of women's cricket. The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand, six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams. The ICC Women's World Twenty20
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Lea Tahuhu


Lea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu (born 23 September 1990) in Christchurch, is a New Zealand women's cricketer. She is a right arm fast bowler. She has taken 48 wickets in ODIs and 27 wickets in T20s. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named
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Cricket in New Zealand


New Zealand. New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in New Zealand, including the Plunket Shield (First-class), the Ford Trophy (List A) and the Burger King Super Smash (Twenty20) competitions. New Zealand Cricket involves the following domestic teams: There are numerous club grounds throughout New Zealand. Over 70 grounds have been used for First-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket matches. The
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2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final


The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final was a cricket match between New Zealand and England played on 22 March 2009 at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. It was the culmination of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, the ninth Women's Cricket World Cup. England won the final by four wickets, clinching their third World Cup title and their first outside England. It was the second time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup – England won their previous final contest in 1993. After
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Cricket in Oceania


many other Pacific countries, women's cricket was only popularised in the country in the late 2000s. Participation has increased rapidly since then, and the CICA has won an ICC development award for its work in promoting the game amongst women. CICA has cultivated relationships with New Zealand domestic teams, initially with Auckland Cricket and later with the Northern Districts Cricket Association. Cricket was introduced to the Fijian Islands in 1874, during the time of the short-lived Kingdom of Fiji, when a team from Levuka played against a visiting Royal
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