Northern Districts women's cricket team

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Northern Districts
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Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Logo for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Brave
Personnel
CaptainBrooke Halliday
CoachJoanne Broadbent
Team information
ColoursNK
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1999
Home groundSeddon Park, Hamilton
Secondary home ground(s)Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Cobham Oval, Whangarei
History
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Official websiteNorthern Districts

The Northern Districts women's cricket team, previously known as Northern Spirit, is the women's representative cricket team of the Northern Districts Cricket Association, based in the northern half of New Zealand's North Island. They play their home games at Seddon Park, Hamilton. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and also the Women's Super Smash Twenty20 competition, where they are known as the Northern Brave.

History[]

Northern Districts joined the New Zealand women's domestic structure in 1999–00, finishing bottom of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield in their first year of competing.[1] Northern Districts have consistently been one of the poorest performers in both the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and the Twenty20 Super Smash, which began in 2007–08, and are the only current side to have not won a trophy.[2]

Northern Districts' best finish in the Super Smash came in its inaugural season, when they finished 3rd with 3 wins.[3] In 2019–20, they reached the final of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, but lost by 67 runs to Auckland, despite batter Felicity Leydon-Davis scoring 124.[4] Northern Districts' Caitlin Gurrey was the leading run-scorer across the whole tournament, with 576 runs.[5] In 2020–21, the side finished 4th in both competitions, with 5 wins in the Shield and 3 in the Super Smash.[6][7]

On 9 October 2021, it was announced that the Northern Districts Cricket Association were combining the brands of the men's and women's teams for the Super Smash, with both teams becoming known as Northern Brave.[8]

Grounds[]

Northern Districts' first match was played at St Paul's Collegiate Ground. Their primary ground soon became Westpac Trust Park, Hamilton, as well as using Wintech Park in the same city.[9]

From 2005, Northern Districts began using Blake Park, Mount Maunganui (later Bay Oval) as their main home ground, as well as later using Cobham Oval, Whangarei and returning to Westpac Trust Park, now renamed Seddon Park. The side has also occasionally used St Peter's School, Cambridge, as well as returning to St Paul's Collegiate Ground. In 2021–22, they played the majority of their home games at Seddon Park, as well as two matches at Bay Oval and one at Cobham Oval.[9][10][11]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Based on squad for the 2021–22 season. Players in bold have international caps.[12]

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
3 Lucy Boucher  New Zealand (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
23 Caitlin Gurrey  New Zealand (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 26) Right-handed —
– Samantha Barriball  New Zealand (1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
6 Kate Anderson  New Zealand (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
7 Makayla Templeton  New Zealand (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
8 Eimear Richardson  Ireland (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break
10 Lily Mulivai  Samoa (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium
15 Nensi Patel  New Zealand (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
16 Brooke Halliday  New Zealand (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm medium Captain
17 Alisha Rout  New Zealand (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
24 Georgina Harris  New Zealand (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001 (age 20) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Carol Agafili  New Zealand (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Naomi Matthews  Ireland (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
– Annie Ewart  New Zealand (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 21) Right-handed —
– Holly Topp  New Zealand (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 20) Right-handed —
Bowlers
14 Meddy Hyde  New Zealand (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
18 Lauren Heaps  New Zealand (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 32) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
20 Kayley Knight  New Zealand (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm medium
21 Emma Baker  New Zealand (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
26 Shriya Naidu  New Zealand (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
88 Charlotte Sarsfield  New Zealand (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
– Tash Wakelin  New Zealand (2005-12-09) 9 December 2005 (age 16) Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Eve Wolland  New Zealand (2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 15) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Notable players[]

Players who have played for Northern Districts and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[13]

Olympian Emma Twigg has also represented the team, fielding as the twelfth man in Northern Districts' final match of the 2021–22 Super Smash.[14]

Coaching staff[]

  • Head Coach: Joanna Broadbent[15]

Honours[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bezuidenhout represented both South Africa and New Zealand in international cricket.

References[]

  1. ^ "State Insurance Cup 1999–00 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ Watkin, Evan (October 2015). "The History of Women's Domestic Cricket in New Zealand" (PDF). Cricket Wellington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ "State League Twenty20 2007–08 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Grand Final, Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2019–20, 14 March 2020". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2019–20 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Hallyburton Johnstone 2020–21 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2020–21 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Northern Districts Make Brave Change". Northern Districts. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Women's List A Matches played by Northern Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Northern Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Northern Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Northern Districts/Our Players". Northern Districts. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Northern Districts Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Emma Twigg keeps her oar in – but dabbles with a bat too". Stuff. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Northern Districts Head Coaches Selected for 2020–21". Northern Districts. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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