Christopher Lance Cairns is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain,who played for the New Zealand cricket team as an all-rounder. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling average of 29.40. In 2000,he was named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He has appeared in ICC Cricket World Cup tournaments on 4 occasions in 1992,1996,1999 and 2003. He is regarded as one of the greatest allrounders of the game.
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer,who played for South Africa in all formats. In 2003,he was appointed captain of the national team,taking over from Shaun Pollock. He held the position of test captain until his retirement in 2014. At 22,he was appointed as South Africa's youngest ever captain. He was the most capped captain ever when he played his 102nd test against England.
Belinda Jane Clark is an Australian former international cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter,she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. The first player to record a double century in the One Day International (ODI) format of the game,Clark has scored the most runs and captained the most matches of any Australian woman in ODIs. She has also achieved emphatic success domestically,winning five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria while playing in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Matthew Mott,they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.
Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.
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.
John Richard Reid was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Test matches. He was the country's first cricketing captain to achieve victory,both at home against the West Indies in 1956,and the first away win,against South Africa in 1962.
Timothy Grant Southee,is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Test wickets,he was one of the country's youngest cricketers,debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008. On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings. He plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield,Ford Trophy and Super Smash as well as Northland in the Hawke Cup. He was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson,who was rested for that game. The Blackcaps won that match by 47 runs.
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979,and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler,on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced. In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88,with 4 centuries,as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. In what proved to be her final Test,she scored 68 and 112* and took 10 for 75 against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979. Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.
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.
Grant David Elliott is a former New Zealand cricketer,who played all formats of the game. Primarily a batting all-rounder,Elliott contributed a man of the match performance to provide entrance to New Zealand's first ever World Cup final,by beating South Africa in 2015. Domestically,he played for Wellington.
Barbara Lynette Bevege was an 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.
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.
Rachael Louise Haynes is an Australian cricketer who has won six world championships as a member of the national women's team. A left-handed batter,Haynes is the current vice-captain of Australia. She also captains the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and plays for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
Jessica Evelyn Duffin is an Australian sportswoman. In cricket,she has made 117 international appearances and won four world championships as a member of the Australian women's team. A right-handed batter with a reputation as a big game performer,Duffin was named Player of the Final in both the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup tournaments. She also won the 2013 Belinda Clark Award for being adjudged Australia's best international women's cricketer over the previous year. Her domestic career has included playing for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and captaining the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League.
Denise Audrey Annetts is a former women's cricketer for New South Wales Breakers and Australia whose international playing career ran from 1985 until 1993. A right-handed batsman,Annetts scored centuries in both Tests and One Day Internationals.
The Wellington Blaze is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand city of Wellington. They play their home games at Basin Reserve. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are the most successful side in the history of the Super Smash,with seven title wins,as well as being the current holders.
Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who currently captains the national women's team. She has been a member of six successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and four ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. Lanning holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs. Domestically,she is the captain of Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
Sophie Grace Molineux is an Australian cricketer from Bairnsdale,Victoria. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder,Molineux has been a member of the national women's team since 2018. At domestic level,she currently plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and captains the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
