New Zealand has announced its 15-member women’s squad for the upcoming home tour against England.
New Zealand Women’s Squad for England series
With only 14 days available before the England Women’s tour of New Zealand 2024, New Zealand has named their squad for the white ball series where experienced due Rosemary Mair and Brooke Halliday have been included.
Mair will join the squad for the first time after being part of the New Zealand squad that played against Sri Lanka last year. Meanwhile, Halliday who missed the ODI and T20I series against Pakistan due to foot injury, returns to the squad.
On the other hand, the ECB announced the England women’s squad for the T20I series against New Zealand on February 03. After the announcement of the squad, the head coach Ben Sawyer spoke about the players.
“Rosemary’s had a great domestic season,” said Sawyer. Mair has been impressive during the Super Smash tournament where she picked 14 wickets in 10 matches.
“She’s been an integral part of the Central Hinds side this summer and has stepped up with her leadership and extra pace, which has been pleasing.”
“We identified key areas of her game to work on after the tour of Sri Lanka and we’ve been impressed with the way Rosemary has gone away and worked hard on implementing these into her game.
“The results speak for themselves and Rosemary’s performance in the Super Smash Grand Final showed us that she’s ready for another opportunity.”
New Zealand squad for England series
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk), Eden Carson (T20Is 1, 2 & 3 only), Izzy Gaze (wk), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek (T20Is 4 & 5 only), Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Georgia Plimmer (ODIs only), Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.
