The New Zealand women's under-19 cricket team represents New Zealand in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by New Zealand Cricket (NZC).
The team played their first official matches against India in late 2022, in preparation for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, where New Zealand reached the semi-finals.
History The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually took place in January 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, New Zealand qualified automatically for the tournament.
In November and December 2022, in preparation for the World Cup, New Zealand played a five-match T20I series against India, losing the series 5–0. Subsequently, New Zealand announced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, on 13 December 2022, with former international Sara McGlashan named as Head Coach. The side went unbeaten through the first two group stages of the tournament to qualify for the semi-finals, but lost by 8 wickets to India in the semi-final.
Recent call-ups The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for New Zealand under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Name Most Recent Call-up Olivia Anderson 2023 World Cup Anna Browning 2023 World Cup Kate Chandler 2023 World Cup Natasha Codyre 2023 World Cup Izzy Gaze 2023 World Cup Antonia Hamilton 2023 World Cup Abigail Hotton 2023 World Cup Breearne Illing 2023 World Cup (withdrawn) Emma Irwin 2023 World Cup Kate Irwin 2023 World Cup Fran Jonas 2023 World Cup Kayley Knight 2023 World Cup Louisa Kotkamp 2023 World Cup Paige Loggenberg 2023 World Cup Emma McLeod 2023 World Cup Georgia Plimmer 2023 World Cup Izzy Sharp 2023 World Cup Tash Wakelin 2023 World Cup
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within New Zealand +Key Champions Runners-up Semi-finals
Under-19 Women's World Cup New Zealand Women's U19's Twenty20 World Cup RecordYearResult 2023Semi-finals–1665100 2025To be determined 2027Total65100
Records and statistics
International match summary
Playing record Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural matchYouth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 1046 0027 November 2022
Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations
ICC Full membersOpponent M W L T NR First match First win 6060027 November 2022 – 1100017 January 2023 17 January 2023 1100019 January 2023 19 January 2023 Associate members Opponent M W L T NR First match First win1100015 January 202315 January 20231100021 January 202321 January 2023
Leading run scorers
No.PlayersRunsAverageCareer span1Georgia Plimmer15551.662022–Present2Anna Browning12742.332022–Present3Emma McLeod9331.002022–Present
Leading wicket takers
No.PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span1Tash Wakelin67.83 2022–Present2Anna Browning69.16 2022–Present3Kate Chandler55.802022–Present
Highest individual innings
NoPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Emma McLeod5921 January 20232Georgia Plimmer5324 January 20233Georgia Plimmer41*19 January 2023
Best individual bowling figures
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Kayley Knight4/241 December 20222Natasha Codyre3/617 January 20233Kate Chandler3/819 January 2023
References