Auckland Hearts

The Auckland Hearts are a New Zealand women's cricket team, that plays in the national women's one-day and Twenty20 competitions.

The first recorded match by an Auckland women's team was in 1935, against the touring England women's cricket team, and despite the Auckland top four all being dismissed for ducks in the first-innings, the game finished a draw.^[1] Further matches came against England in 1949, 1957 and 1969. In 1971–72, Auckland were one of five women's teams to compete in the inaugural Hallyburton-Johnstone Shield Tournament. Despite completing the season without an outright win, Auckland claimed two first-innings wins in drawn matches and finished third in the competition.^[2]

A new national competition, sponsored by State Insurance, began in the 1998-99 season. Auckland managed to break the 'stranglehold' that Canterbury had held on the women's game in the late 1990s,^[3] claiming four straight titles from 1999–2000 to 2002–03, beating Canterbury in the final on each occasion. They also won in 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Bella Armstrong	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Samantha Curtis	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Lauren Down	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Maddy Green	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Georgia Guy	(1993-11-26) 26 November 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Holly Huddleston	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Arlene Kelly	(1994-01-08) 8 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Victoria Lind	(1985-05-15) 15 May 1985	Right-handed	Wicket-keeper
Lucille Matthews	(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sara McGlashan	(1982-03-28) 28 March 1982	Right-handed	-
Roz McNeill	(1990-08-13) 13 August 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Katie Perkins	(1988-07-07) 7 July 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Anna Peterson	(1990-09-12) 12 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm Off break

References

↑ "Auckland Women v England Women". CricketArchive. 1935-01-29. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
↑ "Hallyburton-Johnstone Shield Tournament 1971/72 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
↑ "125 Years Strong". Auckland Cricket. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-23.

External links

Auckland Hearts homepage

Cricket in New Zealand

Governing body	New Zealand Cricket

National Teams	New Zealand Women U-19 New Zealand A

Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington

Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze

Competitions	Plunket Shield ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Ford Trophy ...09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 Georgie Pie Super Smash State League

Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei

Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Otago Wellington

Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans Tasman Trophy) England

History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01

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