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 team is organised by New Zealand Cricket,a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sara Jade McGlashan is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in 2 Test matches,134 One Day Internationals and 76 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2002 and 2016. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Auckland in New Zealand,as well as having stints with Australian Capital Territory,Sydney Sixers,Sussex and Southern Vipers.
Sarah Jane Tsukigawa is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 42 One Day Internationals and 19 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2006 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Otago,as well as spending one season with Western Australia.
Aimee Louise Watkins is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder.
Mohammad Mahmudullah Riyad,also known as Riyad,is a Bangladeshi cricketer and former T20I captain. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented the national team in all formats. An all-rounder,he is a lower or middle-order batter as well as an off spin bowler. He has scored more than 10,000 runs and taken 150+ wickets in international cricket. He is renowned for his ability to finish a close limited over game. He is the first Bangladeshi to score a World Cup hundred. Mahmudullah started his career as a bowler and then converted into a batsman who could bowl off-breaks.
Nicola Jayne Shaw is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She played for England from 1999 until 2010,making 97 international appearances. She was named as player of the match when England beat New Zealand in the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final,taking a career-best four wickets for 34 runs. She retired from international cricket in 2010,ahead of a move to Australia,where she played domestic cricket until the end of the 2015–16 season.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays for and captains the Australian women's national team. She also plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captains the UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.
Trisha Chetty is a South African former cricketer. She played two Tests,and made one hundred and twenty limited-overs appearances for South Africa between 2007 and 2022. She played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. On 17 March 2023,she announced her retirement from all formats of cricket.
Bay Oval is a cricket ground in Mount Maunganui,Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand. The ground was built in Blake Park and opened in 2005.
The Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body,the International Cricket Council,with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. For the first three tournaments,there were eight participants,but this number has been raised to ten from the 2014 edition onwards. In July 2022,the ICC announced that the Bangladesh would host the 2024 tournament and that England would host the 2026 tournament. The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.
Eshani Kaushalya is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played for the Sri Lanka national women's cricket team. An all-rounder,she played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Charlotte Ellen Dean is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset and London Spirit. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in September 2021.
