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Nickname	White Ferns
Association	New Zealand Cricket
Personnel
Captain	Sophie Devine
Coach	Ben Sawyer
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full member (1926)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever ODI 5th 2nd T20I 3rd 3rd
Tests
First Test	v England atLancaster Park,Christchurch; 16–18 February 1935
Last Test	v England atNorth Marine Road Ground,Scarborough; 21–24 August 2004
Tests Played Won/Lost Total[2] 45 2/10 (33 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v Trinidad and Tobago atClarence Park,St Albans; 23 June 1973
Last ODI	v England atACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium,Visakhapatnam; 26 October 2025
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[4] 400 191/195 (3 ties, 11 no results) This year[5] 10 3/4 (0 ties, 3 no results)
World Cup appearances	11 (first in1973)
Best result	Champions (2000)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v England at theCounty Cricket Ground,Hove; 5 August 2004
Last T20I	v Australia atWellington Regional Stadium,Wellington; 26 March 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[6] 188 100/81 (3 ties, 4 no results) This year[7] 6 1/4 (0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances	9 (first in2009)
Best result	Champions (2024)
Official website	www.nzc.nz/international/white-ferns/
Testkit ODIkit T20Ikit
As of 26 October 2025

TheNew Zealand women's national cricket team, nicknamed theWhite Ferns, representsNew Zealand in internationalwomen's cricket. One of eight teams competing in theICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised byNew Zealand Cricket, a full member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).

New Zealand made itsTest debut in 1935, againstEngland, becoming the third team to play at that level. WithAustralia and England, New Zealand is one of only three teams to have participated in all ten editions of theWomen's Cricket World Cup. The team has made the final of the tournament on four occasions, winningin 2000 and placing secondin 1993,1997, and2009. At theWomen's T20 World Cup, New Zealand were champions in 2024 and runners up in2009 and2010.

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played withinNew Zealand

World Cup record[8][9]
Year	Round	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Third place	6	3	2	0	1
1978		3	1	2	0	0
1982		12	6	5	1	0
1988		9	6	3	0	0
1993	Runners-up	8	7	1	0	0
1997		6	4	1	1	0
2000	Champions	9	8	1	0	0
2005	Semi finalists	8	4	2	0	2
2009	Runners-up	7	5	2	0	0
2013	Super Sixes	7	3	4	0	0
2017	Group stage	7	3	3	0	1
2022	Group Stage	7	3	4	0	0
Total	1 Title	89	53	30	2	4

T20 World Cup record[10][11]
Year	Round	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	0
2010		5	4	1	0	0
2012	Semi-finalists	4	2	2	0	0
2014	Group stage	5	4	1	0	0
2016	Semi-finalists	5	4	1	0	0
2018	Group stage	4	2	2	0	0
2020		4	2	2	0	0
2023		4	2	2	0	0
2024	Champions	6	5	1	0	0
Total	1 Title	42	29	13	0	0

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

• Women's World Cup:
  • Champions (1):2000
  • Runners-up (3):1993,1997,2009
• Women's T20 World Cup:
  • Champions (1):2024
  • Runners-up (2):2009,2010

• Commonwealth Games
  • Bronze medal (1):2022

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 initalics

International Match Summary — New Zealand Women

• Highest team total: 517/8 v.England on 24 June 1996 atNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough.^[16]
• Highest individual score: 204,Kirsty Flavell v.England on 24 June 1996 atNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough.^[17]
• Best innings bowling: 7/41,Jos Burley v.England on 6 August 1966 atThe Oval,London.^[18]

Highest individual innings in Women's Test[21] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Kirsty Flavell 204  England Scarborough 24 June 1996 Emily Drumm 161*  Australia Christchurch 28 February 1995 Trish McKelvey 155*  England Wellington 15 February 1969 Debbie Hockley 126*  Australia Auckland 18 January 1990 Trish McKelvey 117*  South Africa Cape Town 25 February 1972

Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's Test[22] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Jos Burley 7/41  England London 6 August 1966 Pat Carrick 6/29  Australia Melbourne 5 February 1972 Grace Gooder 6/42  England Auckland 26 March 1949 Katrina Keenan 6/73  England Worcester 4 July 1996 Jackie Lord 6/119  Australia Melbourne 26 January 1979

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

• Highest team total: 491/4 v.Ireland on 8 June 2018 atYMCA Cricket Club,Dublin.^[24]
• Highest individual score: 232*,Amelia Kerr v.Ireland on 13 June 2018 atYMCA Cricket Club,Dublin.^[25]
• Best innings bowling: 6/10,Jackie Lord v.India on 14 January 1982 atCornwall Park, Auckland.^[26]

Top 5 individual innings in Women's ODI[27] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Amelia Kerr 232*  Ireland Dublin 13 June 2018 Suzie Bates 168  Pakistan Sydney 19 March 2009 Rachel Priest 157  Sri Lanka Lincoln 7 November 2015 Suzie Bates 151  Ireland Dublin 8 June 2018 Sophie Devine 145  South Africa Cuttack 1 February 2013

Top 5 best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[28] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Jackie Lord 6/10  India Auckland 14 January 1982 Glenys Page 6/20 Trinidad and Tobago St Albans 23 June 1973 Leigh Kasperek 6/46  Australia Bay Oval 7 February 2021 Beth McNeill 6/32  England Lincoln 24 February 2008 Jennifer Turner 5/5  Netherlands Lindfield 25 July 1993

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]

• Highest team total: 216/1, v.South Africa on 20 June 2018 atCounty Ground, Taunton.^[32]
• Highest individual innings: 124*,Suzie Bates v.South Africa on 20 June 2018 atCounty Ground, Taunton.^[33]
• Best innings bowling: 6/17,Amy Satterthwaite v.England on 16 August 2007 atCounty Ground, Taunton.^[34]

Top 5 individual innings in Women's T20I[35] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Suzie Bates 124*  South Africa Taunton 20 June 2018 Sophie Devine 105  South Africa Wellington 10 February 2020 Suzie Bates 94*  Pakistan Sylhet 27 March 2014 Suzie Bates 91*  South Africa Birmingham 30 July 2022 Aimee Watkins 89*  India Nottingham 18 June 2009

Top 5 Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's T20I[36] Player Score Opposition Venue Match date Amy Satterthwaite 6/17  England Taunton 16 August 2007 Lea Tahuhu 4/6  Bangladesh Christchurch 2 December 2022 Leigh Kasperek 4/7  Australia Wellington 28 February 2016 Morna Nielsen 4/10  England Invercargill 26 February 2012 Nicola Browne 4/15  Pakistan Basseterre 10 May 2010

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 aSuper Over against Australia Women and won aSuper Over against West Indies Women.

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