Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.
Emily Cecilia Drumm is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and could bowl both right-arm medium and right-arm leg break. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 101 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1992 and 2006. She played domestic cricket for Auckland,Northern Districts and Kent.
Matthew Scott Wade is an Australian cricketer and a former T20I captain. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team,who he also captains and plays domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Hobart Hurricanes.
Sophie Frances Monique Devine is a New Zealand sportswoman,who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team,and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team. She has since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting,a rarity in 21st century cricket. In December 2017,she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.
Suzannah Wilson Bates is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin,she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks,as well as playing for 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 ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015.
Barbara Lynette Bevege was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in five Test matches and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1973 and 1982. She mainly played domestic cricket for Wellington,as well as appearing once for Auckland.
Rachel Holly Priest is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League.
Amy Ella Satterthwaite is a New Zealand cricketer and a former vice-captain of New Zealand's women team. Satterthwaite plays for the Canterbury Magicians in New Zealand domestic cricket and the Melbourne Renegades in the Australian Women's Big Bash League. She also played internationally for New Zealand in women's One Day Internationals (ODI) and women's Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) from 2007 to 2022,appearing at the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2013. On 26 February 2017 against Australia she became the first player in WODI and second overall after Kumar Sangakkara in ODI to score four consecutive hundreds. In December 2017,she won the inaugural ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year award. In September 2018,Suzie Bates stepped down as captain of New Zealand and was replaced by Satterthwaite.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in February 2010.
Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn is a New Zealand association footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club EDF Logroño and the New Zealand women's national team,making her senior international debut in a 2–0 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004.
Stafanie Roxann Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off break bowler,Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year –the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland,Sydney Thunder,Adelaide Strikers,Western Storm,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and Trailblazers.
Trisha Chetty is a South African cricketer. She has played two Tests,and made one hundred and twenty limited-overs appearances for South Africa since 2007. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.
Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League and the New Zealand national team. In February 2022 Moore scored a perfect hat-trick of own goals in a match for New Zealand against the United States at the SheBelieves Cup.
Henry Michael Nicholls is a New Zealand cricketer who represents the New Zealand national team and plays for Canterbury in domestic first-class cricket. He has two older brothers,one of whom,Willy Nicholls,is a media correspondent for the Black Caps and White Ferns. He has also been the captain of the reserve A side since 2017.
Anna Michelle Peterson is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Auckland and New Zealand. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She was the first cricketer for New Zealand to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. In October 2021,Peterson retired from international cricket but hinted that she would continue playing domestic cricket for Auckland Hearts.
Amelia Charlotte Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. On 13 June 2018,Kerr 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 against Ireland. The double century was also the third-highest individual score,male or female,in an ODI,second-highest by a New Zealander and highest in a Women's ODI. Later in the same match,she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs,her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.
Brooke Maree Halliday is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Northern Districts and New Zealand. In February 2021,after having played nine seasons for Northern Districts,and in the middle of a breakthrough season as one of the top-scoring batswomen in the country,Halliday earned her maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad,for their Women's One Day International (WODI) matches against England. As part of the preparation for the series,she played in a warm-up match for the New Zealand XI Women's team,scoring 79 runs from 56 balls. She made her WODI debut for New Zealand,against England,on 23 February 2021.
Frances Cecilia Jonas is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Auckland as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. In February 2021,Jonas earned her maiden call-up to the New Zealand women's cricket team,for their Women's One Day International (WODI) matches against England.
The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured Ireland and England in July and August 2004. They first played Ireland in 3 One Day Internationals,winning the series 3–0. They then played England in the first ever Twenty20 International for either gender,with New Zealand winning the match by 9 runs. Finally,they played England in 5 ODIs and 1 Test match,with England winning the ODI series 3–2 and the Test match ending as a draw.
The Pakistan women's national cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia in January and February 1997. They played New Zealand in two One Day Internationals and Australia in one One Day International,losing all three matches. The matches were the first ever played by a Pakistan women's national team,with a side put together by sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan against strong opposition from groups within Pakistan. The team needed to play the three international matches on the tour to qualify for the 1997 World Cup.
