New South Wales

Personnel
Captain	Alyssa Healy
Coach	Gavan Twining
Team information
Colours	Light Blue  Dark Blue
Founded	First recorded match: 1891
Home ground	North Sydney Oval
Capacity	16,000
Secondary home ground(s)	Hurstville Oval,Blacktown ISP Oval
History
First-class debut	Victoria in 1934 at University Oval,Sydney
AWCC wins	13
WNCL wins	20
WT20C wins	2
Official website	NSW Breakers

TheNew South Wales Women cricket team, also known as theNew South Wales Breakers, is the women's representativecricket team for theAustralian State ofNew South Wales. They play most of their home games atNorth Sydney Oval and they also useHurstville Oval,Sydney andBlacktown ISP Oval, Sydney. They compete in theWomen's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia, and are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles. They previously played in the now-defunctAustralian Women's Twenty20 Cup andAustralian Women's Cricket Championships.

New South Wales's first recorded match was againstVictoria on 17 March 1891, however, the result is unknown.^[1] Their first match with a known result was also against Victoria, with New South Wales winning a one-day, two innings match by 53 runs on 21 April 1930.^[2]

New South Wales played alongsideQueensland and Victoria in the inaugural season of theAustralian Women's Cricket Championships in 1930–31.^[3] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96.^[4][5] They won the title 13 times, making them the second most successful team after Victoria.^[6]

New South Wales joined the newly-establishedWNCL in1996–97.^[7] They are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles, their most recent being the2018–19 competition.^[8] New South Wales also won twoTwenty20 Cups in2012–13 and2014–15.^[9][10]

New South Wales have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded match againstVictoria in 1891 was played at theSydney Cricket Ground, which they have continued to use intermittently. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds inSydney as well as intermittent matches inNewcastle.^{[11][12][13][1]}

Since 2012, New South Wales have played most of their home matches atBlacktown ISP Oval as well as occasional matches atNorth Sydney Oval andHurstville Oval. They played their two2020–21 WNCL home games at North Sydney Oval. In the2021–22 WNCL, they played three matches at North Sydney Oval and two at Hurstville Oval. In the2022–23 WNCL, they continued to use North Sydney Oval, as well as playing their first ever WNCL matches atWade Park,Orange.^[12][13]

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players inbold have international caps.^[14]

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
44	Elsa Hunter		(2005-02-20)20 February 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break
2	Lauren Kua			Right-handed	Right-armmedium
44	Anika Learoyd		(2002-04-14)14 April 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
18	Phoebe Litchfield		(2003-04-18)18 April 2003 (age 22)	Left-handed	Right-armleg break
85	Claire Moore		(2003-10-28)28 October 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
All-rounders
55	Georgia Adams		(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break	Overseas player
29	Erin Burns		(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
30	Hannah Darlington		(2002-01-25)25 January 2002 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
6	Ashleigh Gardner		(1997-04-15)15 April 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
58	Sammy-Jo Johnson		(1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium-fast
Wicket-keepers
77	Alyssa Healy		(1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	—	Captain
10	Kate Pelle		(2006-01-17)17 January 2006 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
21	Tahlia Wilson		(1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
Bowlers
9	Jade Allen		(2003-11-13)13 November 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break
30	Samantha Bates		(1995-11-29)29 November 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-armslow left-arm orthodox
66	Maitlan Brown		(1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-armfast-medium
16	Stella Campbell		(2002-06-15)15 June 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
25	Lauren Cheatle		(1998-11-06)6 November 1998 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-armfast-medium
15	Sarah Coyte		(1991-03-30)30 March 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium-fast
30	Sienna Eve		(2005-02-18)18 February 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-armslow left-arm orthodox
11	Ebony Hoskin		(2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
19	Isabella Malgioglio		(2002-03-22)22 March 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break
24	Frankie Nicklin		(2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break

Players who have played for New South Wales and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[15]

• Head coach:Gavan Twining^[16]
• Assistant coach:Ben Sawyer^[17]
• Head of Female Cricket:Leah Poulton^[18]

• Australian Women's Cricket Championships:
  • Winners (13): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1993–94
• Women's National Cricket League:
  • Winners (20):1996–97,1997–98,1998–99,1999–2000,2000–01,2001–02,2003–04,2005–06,2006–07,2007–08,2008–09,2009–10,2010–11,2011–12,2012–13,2013–14,2014–15,2016–17,2017–18,2018–19
• Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Winners (2):2012–13,2014–15

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• New South Wales men's cricket team
• Sydney Sixers (WBBL)
• Sydney Thunder (WBBL)

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• Women's cricket teams in Australia
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