White Ferns

Teenage debutante Jess Jonassen and batter Jess Cameron guided Australia to victory in the opening Twenty20 international against New Zealand at North Sydney Oval on Friday.

A home series against England highlights the New Zealand women's cricket team's commitments next summer.

New Zealand women's cricket captain Aimee Watkins has today retired from all levels of the game.

The New Zealand women's cricket team could not mark Sara McGlashan's 100th one-day international in style in England overnight, slumping to a 32-run defeat by India to finish fourth in a quadrangular tournament.

The White Ferns slumped to another loss in the one-day international quadrangular series, this time to hosts England at County Ground, Derby.

The White Ferns have opened their one-day international quadrangular series campaign with a 29-run loss to Australia at Queens Park, Chesterfield this morning.

The New Zealand women's cricket team's batting woes returned to haunt them in England today as they slumped to a three-wicket defeat against India to finish bottom of the quadrangular Twenty20 series.

The New Zealand women's cricket team will not contest the final of the quadrangular Twenty20 series in England after slumping to a six-wicket loss to Australia at Taunton Vale today.

The White Ferns should have won the Twenty/20 World Cup final. That was White Ferns coach Gary Stead's blunt assessment shortly after his side's dramatic three-run loss to Australia in Barbados yesterday.

Sophie Devine all but got her side home as New Zealand came up agonisingly short of their target in the women's Twenty20 cricket world championship final today.

A half-century from Suzie Bates and fiery opening spell from Sian Ruck were the highlights of the White Ferns' 18-run win over Australia in a women's Twenty20 world championship warmup cricket match at Molyneaux in St Kitts today.

Otago all-rounder Suzie Bates is the only player from the province to be included in 14-strong White Ferns squad which will contest the ICC World Twenty/20 in the West Indies starting in May.