Northern Districts women's cricket team

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.

This article is about the women's cricket team. For the men's cricket team, see Northern Districts men's cricket team.

Northern Districts


Top: Northern Districts Cricket logo
Bottom: Logo for the Twenty20 team, the Northern Brave
Personnel
CaptainBrooke Halliday
CoachJoanne Broadbent
Team information
Colours
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

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
3Lucy Boucher New Zealand (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium
23Caitlin Gurrey New Zealand (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995Right-handed—
–Samantha Barriball New Zealand (1985-10-28) 28 October 1985Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
6Kate Anderson New Zealand (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
7Makayla Templeton New Zealand (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002Right-handedRight-arm leg break
8Eimear Richardson Ireland (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break
10Lily Mulivai Samoa (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium
15Nensi Patel New Zealand (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
16Brooke Halliday New Zealand (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995Left-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
17Alisha Rout New Zealand (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
24Georgina Harris New Zealand (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
–Carol Agafili New Zealand (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Naomi Matthews Ireland (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
–Annie Ewart New Zealand (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001Right-handed—
–Holly Topp New Zealand (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001Right-handed—
Bowlers
14Meddy Hyde New Zealand (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Lauren Heaps New Zealand (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
20Kayley Knight New Zealand (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
21Emma Baker New Zealand (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium
26Shriya Naidu New Zealand (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
88Charlotte Sarsfield New Zealand (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
–Tash Wakelin New Zealand (2005-12-09) 9 December 2005Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Eve Wolland New Zealand (2006-07-07) 7 July 2006Right-handedRight-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. "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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