New South Wales Breakers

The New South Wales Women cricket team, also known as the New South Wales Breakers, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of New South Wales. They play most of their home games at North Sydney Oval and they also use Hurstville Oval, Sydney and Blacktown ISP Oval, Sydney. They compete in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia, and are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.

New South Wales
Personnel
CaptainAlyssa Healy
CoachGavan Twining
Team information
Colours  Light Blue   Dark Blue
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1891
Home groundNorth Sydney Oval
Capacity16,000
Secondary home ground(s)Hurstville Oval, Blacktown ISP Oval
History
First-class debutVictoria
in 1934
at University Oval, Sydney
AWCC wins13
WNCL wins20
WT20C wins2
Official websiteNSW Breakers

History

1891–1930: Early history

New South Wales's first recorded match was against Victoria on 17 March 1891, however, the result is unknown.[1] Their first match with a known result was also against Victoria, with New South Wales winning a one-day, two innings match by 53 runs on 21 April 1930.[2]

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

New South Wales played alongside Queensland and Victoria in the inaugural season of the Australian Women's Cricket Championships in 1930–31.[3] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96.[4][5] They won the title 13 times, making them the second most successful team after Victoria.[6]

1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

New South Wales joined the newly-established WNCL in 1996–97.[7] They are by far its most successful team, having won 20 titles, their most recent being the 2018–19 competition.[8] New South Wales also won two Twenty20 Cups in 2012–13 and 2014–15.[9][10]

Grounds

New South Wales have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded match against Victoria in 1891 was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which they have continued to use intermittently. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Sydney as well as intermittent matches in Newcastle.[11][12][13][1]

Since 2012, New South Wales have played most of their home matches at Blacktown ISP Oval as well as occasional matches at North Sydney Oval and Hurstville Oval. They played their two 2020–21 WNCL home games at North Sydney Oval. In the 2021–22 WNCL, they played three matches at North Sydney Oval and two at Hurstville Oval. In the 2022–23 WNCL, they continued to use North Sydney Oval, as well as playing their first ever WNCL matches at Wade Park, Orange.[12][13]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps.[14]

No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
18Phoebe LitchfieldAustralia (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003Left-handedRight-arm leg break
44Anika LearoydAustralia (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002Right-handedRight-arm leg break
85Claire MooreAustralia (2003-10-28) 28 October 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
6Ashleigh GardnerAustralia (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997Right-handedRight-arm off break
15Sarah CoyteAustralia (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
23Saskia HorleyScotland (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
29Erin BurnsAustralia (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm off break
30Hannah DarlingtonAustralia (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
58Sammy-Jo JohnsonAustralia (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
–Georgia AdamsEngland (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas player
Wicket-keepers
21Tahlia WilsonAustralia (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999Right-handedRight-arm medium
77Alyssa HealyAustralia (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990Right-handed—Captain
Bowlers
9Jade AllenAustralia (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003Right-handedRight-arm leg break
11Ebony HoskinAustralia (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
16Stella CampbellAustralia (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
19Isabella MalgioglioAustraliaUnknownRight-handedRight-arm leg break
25Lauren CheatleAustralia (1998-11-06) 6 November 1998Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
66Maitlan BrownAustralia (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium

Notable players

Players who have played for New South Wales and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[15]

Coaching staff

Honours

See also

References
  1. "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. "New South Wales Women v Victoria Women". CricketArchive. 21 April 1930. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1930/31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "Women's First-Class Events played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. "Women's List A Events played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. "Women's Cricket in Australia - All 'n Sundry Stats..." Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. "NSW Breakers". Cricket NSW. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. "Western Australia Women v New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. "New South Wales Women v Victoria Women". CricketArchive. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  11. "Women's First-Class Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. "Women's List A Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  13. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  14. "Breakers squad for 2023/24 season". Cricket NSW. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  15. "New South Wales Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. "Breakers' Twining signing". Cricket NSW. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. "Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers". cricket.com.au. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  18. "Poulton appointed as NSW Head of Female Cricket". Cricket NSW. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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