this 2024/25 Women’s Super Smash Match The season is scheduled to kick off on December 26 at Seddon Park in Hamilton. men’s gamemarking a major milestone for New Zealand cricket.

Defending champions Wellington Flames will enter the tournament as favorites as they aim to extend their record as the most successful team in the league’s history, having won the title eight times previously. With four championships under their belt, the Canterbury Magic are serious contenders and will challenge the Flames’ dominance.

Teams and formats

There are six teams in the tournament: Auckland Hearts, Canterbury Magicians, Wellington Flames, Central Seaside, Northern Region and Otago Sparks. The competition will adopt a double round-robin format, with each team playing home and away games. The top three teams in the preliminary round will advance to the playoffs, culminating in the finals on February 2 at Basin Reserve.

Unlike the Super Round in the league stage where there are no draws, the playoffs will include Super Round provisions to ensure decisive results in the knockout rounds.

The upcoming edition celebrates 20 years of T20 cricket in New Zealand, with the team donning retro-style jerseys inspired by the inaugural match between the White Ferns and Southern Stars (now Australia Women’s Team) at Eden Park two decades ago T20I matches, full of nostalgia.

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Women’s Super Smash 2024-25 Lineup

heart of auckland

Bella Armstrong, Brooke Halliday, Kate Pedersen, Lauren Twain, Maddie Green, Prue Caton, Sachi Shahri, Anika Todd, Josie Penford, Kate Owen, Elizabeth Buchanan (wk), Izzy Gates (wk), Amy Harker, Brie Ealing, Fran Jonas Molly Penford/Olivia ·Anderson/Rishika Jaiswal/ Sophie Court

canterbury magician

Emma Owen, Harriet Graham, Isobel Sharp, Judy Dean, Natalie Cox, Frances McKay, Kate Anderson, Madeleine Pee Na, Laura Hughes (wk), Abigail Horton, Gabby Sullivan, Jessica Simmons, Leah Tahuhu, Melissa Banks, Sarah Asmussen

central hinds

Anila Appleley/Holly Armitage/Kerry-Anne Tomlinson/Mikayla Gregg/Tamsin Newton/Emma MacLeod/Flora De Wenjun/Grace Forman/Orson Bartlett/Kate Gage(wk)/Anna Gage/Ashtuti Kumar/Claudia Green/Georgia Atkinson

Northern Brave

Caitlin Gray, Eve Wallan, Tash Wakelin, Carol Agafelli, Jesse Watkin, Jesse Prasad, Marina Ramplav, Nancy Patel, Bernardine Beziidenhout(wk), Holly Top(wk), Amanda-Jade Wellington, Kelly Knight, Marama Downs, Shriya Naidu

Otago Sparks

Caitlin Blakeley, Olivia Gein, Saffron Wilson, Anna Browning, Harriet Cattans, Issie Parry, Peggy Logenberg, Suzy Bates , Bella James(wk), Polly Inglis(wk), Chloe Dearness, Eden Carson, Emma Black, Hayley Jensen, Kirstie Gordon, Louisa Kottkamp, ​​Molly Loy, Bobby-Jay Watkins

wellington flames

Caitlin King/Gemma Sims/Natasha Cordell/Rebecca Burns/Hannah Frances/Leigh Kasperik HarajetliAntonia Hamilton (week), Jessica McFadyen (week), Kate Chandler, Nicole Baird, Phoenix Williams, Rachel Bryant

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