New Zealand women's national cricket team

New Zealand

Nickname	White Ferns
Association	New Zealand Cricket
ICC status	Full member (1926)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
Coach	Haidee Tiffen
Captain	Suzie Bates
First Test
New Zealand vs. England  (Christchurch; 16 February 1935)
First ODI
New Zealand vs. Jamaica  (Kew; 20 June 1973)
First T20I
New Zealand vs. England  (Hove; 5 August 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1973)
Best result	Champion (2000)
World Twenty20
Appearances	4 (first in 2009)
Best result	Runner-up (2009, 2010)
as of 25 November 2015

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 1993, 1997, and 2009. At the Women's World Twenty20, New Zealand were runners-up in 2009 and 2010, but are yet to win the event.

Tournament history

World Cup

• 1973: 3rd place
• 1978: 3rd place
• 1982: 3rd place
• 1988: 3rd place
• 1993: Runners up
• 1997: Runners up
• 2000: Champions
• 2005: Semi Finals
• 2009: Runners up

Current international rankings

The ICC Women's Rankings incorporates results from Tests, ODIs and T20Is into a single ranking system.

ICC Women's Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	59	7524	128
2	England	56	69693	124
3	New Zealand	56	6424	115
4	India	45	4827	107
5	West Indies	60	6263	104
6	South Africa	60	5498	92
7	Pakistan	57	4570	80
8	Sri Lanka	55	3922	71
9	Bangladesh	23	966	42
10	Ireland	25	849	34
Reference: ICC Women's Rankings, ICC Women's Championship, 5 September 2016
"Matches" is the no. matches played in the 12-24 months since the October before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Current squad

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Haidee Tiffen
Assistant Coach: Matthew Bell
Team's Manager: Helen Mahon-Stroud
Physiotherapist: Helen Littleworth

Records

Test cricket

• Highest team total: 517/8 v England, 24 June 1996 at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, England
• Highest individual innings: 204, Kirsty Flavell v England, 24 June 1996 at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, England
• Best innings bowling: 7/41, Jos Burley v England, 6 August 1966 at The Oval, London, England
• Best match bowling: 10/137, Jackie Lord v Australia, 26 January 1979 at Melbourne, Australia

ODI cricket

• Highest team total: 455/5 v Pakistan, 29 January 1997 at Christchurch, New Zealand
• Highest individual innings: 135 not out, Karen le Comber v Ireland, 19 July 1996 at Sydney Parade, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• Best innings bowling: 6/10, Jackie Lord v India, 14 January 1982 at Auckland, New Zealand

See also

• New Zealand men's team

Notes

External links

• official website

Cricket in New Zealand
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