New Zealand women's national cricket team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see New Zealand national cricket team.

New Zealand
New Zealand White Ferns logo
NicknameWhite Ferns
AssociationNew Zealand Cricket
Personnel
CaptainSophie Devine
CoachBen Sawyer
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull member (1926)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
ODI 5th 2nd
T20I 3rd 3rd
Tests
First Testv  England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 16–18 February 1935
Last Testv  England at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough; 21–24 August 2004
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 45 2/10
(33 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  Trinidad and Tobago at Clarence Park, St Albans; 23 June 1973
Last ODIv  England at ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam; 26 October 2025
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 400 191/195
(3 ties, 11 no results)
This year[5] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances11 (first in 1973)
Best resultChampions (2000)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  England at the County Cricket Ground, Hove; 5 August 2004
Last T20Iv  Australia at Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington; 26 March 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 188 100/81
(3 ties, 4 no results)
This year[7] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances9 (first in 2009)
Best resultChampions (2024)
Official websitewww.nzc.nz/international/white-ferns/

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 26 October 2025

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 highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by New Zealand Cricket, a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

New Zealand made its Test debut in 1935, against England, becoming the third team to play at that level. With Australia and England, New Zealand is one of only three teams to have participated in all ten editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup. The team has made the final of the tournament on four occasions, winning in 2000 and placing second in in 1993, 1997, and 2009. At the Women's T20 World Cup, New Zealand were champions in 2024 and runners up in 2009 and 2010.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within New Zealand

Key
Champions
Runners-up
Semi-finals

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

World Cup record[8][9]
Year Round GP W L T NR
England 1973 Third place 6 3 2 0 1
India 1978 3 1 2 0 0
New Zealand 1982 12 6 5 1 0
Australia 1988 9 6 3 0 0
England 1993 Runners-up 8 7 1 0 0
India 1997 6 4 1 1 0
New Zealand 2000 Champions 9 8 1 0 0
South Africa 2005 Semi finalists 8 4 2 0 2
Australia 2009 Runners-up 7 5 2 0 0
India 2013 Super Sixes 7 3 4 0 0
England 2017 Group stage 7 3 3 0 1
New Zealand 2022 Group Stage 7 3 4 0 0
IndiaSri Lanka 2025 Group stage 7 1 4 0 2
Total 1 Title 94 55 34 2 3

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record[10][11]
Year Round GP W L T NR
England 2009 Runners-up 5 4 1 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2010 5 4 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2012 Semi-finalists 4 2 2 0 0
Bangladesh 2014 Group stage 5 4 1 0 0
India 2016 Semi-finalists 5 4 1 0 0
Cricket West Indies 2018 Group stage 4 2 2 0 0
Australia 2020 4 2 2 0 0
South Africa 2023 4 2 2 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2024 Champions 6 5 1 0 0
Total 1 Title 42 29 13 0 0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2022 Bronze medal 3/8 5 3 2 0 0
Total 0 Title - 5 3 2 0 0

Honours

ICC

Others

Current squad

This lists all the players are centrally contracted with NZC or were named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. Updated as on 18 December 2023

Uncapped players are listed in italics

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Contract Notes
Batters
Suzie Bates (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Maddy Green (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 Right-handed Right arm off spin ODI, T20I Y
Georgia Plimmer (2004-02-08) 8 February 2004 Right-handed N/a ODI, T20I Y
Brooke Halliday (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 Left-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Kate Anderson (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
All-rounders
Sophie Devine (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y Captain
Amelia Kerr (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 Right-handed Right arm leg spin ODI, T20I Y Vice-captain
Hannah Rowe (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Wicket-keepers
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 Right-handed N/a ODI, T20I Y
Izzy Gaze (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 Right-handed N/a ODI, T20I Y
Spin Bowlers
Fran Jonas (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox ODI, T20I Y
Eden Carson (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 Right-handed Right arm off spin ODI, T20I Y
Pace Bowlers
Lea Tahuhu (1990-09-23) 23 September 1990 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast ODI, T20I Y
Jess Kerr (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Molly Penfold (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Hayley Jensen (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y
Rosemary Mair (1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 Right-handed Right arm medium ODI, T20I Y

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Ben Sawyer[12]
Assistant coaches Matthew Bell, Jacob Oram
Physiotherapist Helen Littleworth
Media Correspondent Willy Nicholls

Records and statistics

Main articles: List of New Zealand Women's One Day International cricket records and List of New Zealand Women's Twenty20 International cricket records

International Match Summary — New Zealand Women

Result summary of the New Zealand women's cricket team
Format M W L T NR Inaugural match
Women's Test 45 2 10 0 33 16 February 1935
Women's One-Day Internationals 379 186 182 3 8 7 July 1973
Women's Twenty20 Internationals 187 100 80 3 4 5 August 2004
Last updated: 23 March 2025[13][14][15]

Women's Test cricket

Women's Test record versus other nations[23]

Records complete to Women's Test #123. Last updated 24 August 2004.

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied Draw First match First win
 Australia 13 1 4 0 8 20–23 March 1948 5–8 February 1972
 England 23 0 6 0 17 16–18 February 1935
 India 6 0 0 0 6 8–11 January 1977
 South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 25–28 February 1972 10–13 March 1972

Women's One-Day International

WODI record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied N/R First match First win
ICC Full members
 Australia 133 31 100 0 2 7 July 1973 8 February 1985
 Bangladesh 4 2 0 0 2 7 March 2022 7 March 2022
 England 79 36 41 1 1 14 July 1973 14 July 1973
 India 54 33 20 1 0 5 January 1978 5 January 1978
 Ireland 20 18 0 0 2 29 November 1988 29 November 1988
 Pakistan 17 15 1 1 0 28 January 1997 28 January 1997
 South Africa 20 12 8 0 0 13 February 1999 13 February 1999
 Sri Lanka 13 11 2 0 0 13 December 1997 13 December 1997
 West Indies 23 13 9 0 1 26 July 1993 26 July 1993
ICC Associate members
 Denmark 1 1 0 0 0 24 July 1993 24 July 1993
International XI 4 3 1 0 0 30 June 1973 12 January 1982
 Netherlands 9 9 0 0 0 8 August 1984 8 August 1984
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 0 23 June 1973 23 June 1973
Young England 1 1 0 0 0 21 July 1973 21 July 1973
Last updated: 30 December 2023[31]

Women's T20I cricket

WT20I record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied N/R First match First win
ICC Full members
 Australia 50 22 27 1 1 18 October 2006 6 March 2008
 Bangladesh 5 5 0 0 0 29 February 2020 29 February 2020
 England 30 7 23 0 0 5 August 2004 5 August 2004
 India 13 9 4 0 0 18 June 2009 18 June 2009
 Ireland 4 4 0 0 0 25 March 2014 25 March 2014
 Pakistan 11 9 2 0 0 10 May 2010 10 May 2010
 South Africa 16 11 4 0 1 10 August 2007 10 August 2007
 Sri Lanka 13 12 1 0 0 8 May 2010 8 May 2010
 West Indies 23 15 5 2 1 13 June 2009 13 June 2009
Last updated: 21 March 2025[39]

Note: New Zealand Women lost a Super Over against Australia Women and won a Super Over against West Indies Women.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Women's Test matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "WODI matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "New Zealand's results by year at the Women's Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. ^ "New Zealand's overall results at the Women's Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  10. ^ "New Zealand's results by year at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  11. ^ "New Zealand's overall results at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Ben Sawyer charged with New Zealand's rebuilding process as new head coach". ESPNcricinfo. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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Further reading

  • Auger, Trevor (2020). The Warm Sun on My Face: The Story of Women's Cricket in New Zealand. Auckland: Upstart Press. ISBN 9781988516301.
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