New South Wales Breakers

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New South Wales
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Personnel
Captain Alyssa Healy
CoachGavan Twining
Team information
Colours  Light Blue   Dark Blue
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1891
Home ground North Sydney Oval
Capacity16,000
Secondary home ground(s) Hurstville Oval, Blacktown ISP Oval
History
First-class debut Victoria
in 1934
at  University Oval, Sydney
AWCC  wins13
WNCL  wins20
WT20C  wins2
Official website NSW Breakers

The New South Wales Women cricket team, also known as the New South Wales Breakers, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of New South Wales. They play most of their home games at North Sydney Oval and they also use Hurstville Oval, Sydney and Blacktown ISP Oval, Sydney. They compete in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia, and are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.

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History

1891–1930: Early history

New South Wales's first recorded match was against Victoria on 17 March 1891, however, the result is unknown. [1] Their first match with a known result was also against Victoria, with New South Wales winning a one-day, two innings match by 53 runs on 21 April 1930. [2]

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

New South Wales played alongside Queensland and Victoria in the inaugural season of the Australian Women's Cricket Championships in 1930–31. [3] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96. [4] [5] They won the title 13 times, making them the second most successful team after Victoria. [6]

1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

New South Wales joined the newly-established WNCL in 1996–97. [7] They are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles, their most recent being the 2018–19 competition. [8] New South Wales also won two Twenty20 Cups in 2012–13 and 2014–15. [9] [10]

Grounds

New South Wales have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded match against Victoria in 1891 was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which they have continued to use intermittently. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Sydney as well as intermittent matches in Newcastle. [11] [12] [13] [1]

Since 2012, New South Wales have played most of their home matches at Blacktown ISP Oval as well as occasional matches at North Sydney Oval and Hurstville Oval. They played their two 2020–21 WNCL home games at North Sydney Oval. In the 2021–22 WNCL, they played three matches at North Sydney Oval and two at Hurstville Oval. In the 2022–23 WNCL, they continued to use North Sydney Oval, as well as playing their first ever WNCL matches at Wade Park, Orange. [12] [13]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps. [14]

No.Name Nat. Birth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
44 Elsa Hunter Flag of Malaysia.svg 20 February 2005 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
2 Lauren Kua Flag of Australia (converted).svg Right-handedRight-arm medium
44 Anika Learoyd Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 April 2002 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break
18 Phoebe Litchfield Flag of Australia (converted).svg 18 April 2003 (age 22)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
85 Claire Moore Flag of Australia (converted).svg 28 October 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
55 Georgia Adams Flag of England.svg 4 October 1993 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off break Overseas player
29 Erin Burns Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 June 1988 (age 37)Right-handedRight-arm off break
30 Hannah Darlington Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25 January 2002 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
6 Ashleigh Gardner Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15 April 1997 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm off break
58 Sammy-Jo Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 5 November 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
77 Alyssa Healy Flag of Australia (converted).svg 24 March 1990 (age 35)Right-handed— Captain
10 Kate Pelle Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17 January 2006 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium
21 Tahlia Wilson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 21 October 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
9 Jade Allen Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13 November 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
30 Samantha Bates Flag of Australia (converted).svg 29 November 1995 (age 29)Right-handedLeft-arm slow left-arm orthodox
66 Maitlan Brown Flag of Australia (converted).svg 5 June 1997 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
16 Stella Campbell Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15 June 2002 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
25 Lauren Cheatle Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6 November 1998 (age 26)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
15 Sarah Coyte Flag of Australia (converted).svg 30 March 1991 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
30 Sienna Eve Flag of Australia (converted).svg 18 February 2005 (age 20)Right-handedLeft-arm slow left-arm orthodox
11 Ebony Hoskin Flag of Australia (converted).svg 23 March 2003 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
19 Isabella Malgioglio Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 March 2002 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
24 Frankie Nicklin Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 January 2005 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Notable players

Players who have played for New South Wales and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [15]

Coaching staff

Honours

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "New South Wales Women v Victoria Women". CricketArchive. 21 April 1930. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1930/31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's First-Class Events played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Women's List A Events played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's Cricket in Australia - All 'n Sundry Stats..." Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "NSW Breakers". Cricket NSW. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Western Australia Women v New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "New South Wales Women v Victoria Women". CricketArchive. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Women's First-Class Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Women's List A Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Breakers squad for 2023/24 season". Cricket NSW. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "New South Wales Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Breakers' Twining signing". Cricket NSW. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers". cricket.com.au. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Poulton appointed as NSW Head of Female Cricket". Cricket NSW. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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