Northern Districts women's cricket team
File:Northern Spirit (cricket team) logo.png | |
Personnel | |
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Captain | Brooke Halliday |
Coach | Joanne Broadbent |
Team information | |
Colours | ![]() |
Founded | First recorded match: 1999 |
Home ground | Seddon Park, Hamilton |
Secondary home ground(s) | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Cobham Oval, Whangarei |
History | |
HBJS wins | 0 |
SS wins | 0 |
Official website | Northern Districts |
The 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 (as Northern Districts) and the Super Smash Twenty20 competition.
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]
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.[8]
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 as also occasionally used St Peter's School, Cambridge, as well as returning to St Pauk's Collegiate Ground. In 2021–21, they played the majority of their home games at Seddon Park, as well as two match each at Bay Oval and Cobham Oval.[8][9][10]
Players
Current squad
Based on squad for the 2020/21 season. Players in bold have international caps.[11]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
3 | Lucy Boucher | ![]() |
23 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
23 | Caitlin Gurrey | ![]() |
19 July 1995 | Right-handed | — | |
All-rounders | ||||||
6 | Kate Anderson | ![]() |
6 May 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
8 | Eimear Richardson | ![]() |
14 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
10 | Lily Mulivai | ![]() |
3 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
13 | Felicity Leydon-Davis | ![]() |
22 June 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
15 | Nensi Patel | ![]() |
27 May 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
16 | Brooke Halliday | ![]() |
30 October 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
17 | Alisha Rout | ![]() |
17 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
24 | Georgina Harris | ![]() |
10 December 2001 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
– | Makayla Templeton | ![]() |
10 October 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
– | Naomi Matthews | ![]() |
4 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
1 | Olivia Lobb | ![]() |
7 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
12 | Bernadine Bezuidenhout | ![]() |
14 September 1993 | Right-handed | — | |
– | Holly Topp | ![]() |
21 August 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
– | Annie Ewart | ![]() |
27 January 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
2 | Shriya Naidu | ![]() |
26 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
9 | Carolyn Esterhuizen | ![]() |
9 January 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
18 | Lauren Heaps | ![]() |
13 January 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
21 | Emma Baker | ![]() |
28 May 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
88 | Charlotte Sarsfield | ![]() |
22 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
– | Meddy Hyde | ![]() |
23 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
– | Kayley Knight | ![]() |
20 October 2003 | 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):[12]
Emily Drumm (1992)
Catherine O'Neill (1993)
Caitriona Beggs (1995)
Charlotte Edwards (1996)
Katie Pulford (1999)
Donna Trow (1999)
Kari Carswell (2001)
Mandie Godliman (2002)
Nicola Browne (2002)
Louise Milliken (2002)
Eimear Richardson (2005)
Ros Kember (2006)
Elyse Villani (2009)
Morna Nielsen (2010)
Natalie Dodd (2010)
Kelly Anderson (2011)
Kerry-Anne Tomlinson (2011)
Anna Peterson (2012)
Holly Ferling (2013)
Samantha Curtis (2014)
Holly Huddleston (2014)
Hayley Jensen (2014)
Felicity Leydon-Davis (2014)
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (2014)[a]
Beth Mooney (2016)
Naomi Stalenberg (2016)
Ashleigh Gardner (2017)
Katie McGill (2018)
Neisha Pratt (2018)
Caitlin Gurrey (2019)
Regina Lili'i (2019)
Lily Mulivai (2019)
Brooke Halliday (2021)
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: Joanna Broadbent[13]
Honours
- Hallyburton Johnstone Shield:
- Winners (0):
- Best finish: Runners-up (2019–20)
- Super Smash:
- Winners (0):
- Best finish: 3rd (2007–08)
See also
Notes
- ^ Bezuidenhout represented both South Africa and New Zealand in international cricket.
References
- ^ "State Insurance Cup 1999–00 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "State League Twenty20 2007–08 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Grand Final, Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2019–20, 14 March 2020". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2019–20 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Hallyburton Johnstone 2020–21 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Dream11 Women's Super Smash 2020–21 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's List A Matches played by Central Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Central Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Central Districts Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Central Hinds Team". Central Districts Cricket. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Northern Districts Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Northern Districts Head Coaches Selected for 2020–21". Northern Districts. Retrieved 4 April 2021.