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The WHITE FERNS have started training in Brisbane, the first national representative sports team to depart New Zealand since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
The team are in a quarantine bubble for 14 days where they will train and prepare for the first of three T20Is against Australia starting on September 26th.
Following three T20Is the team will play three ODIs with the Rose Bowl trophy up for grabs.
WHITE FERNS squad for Australia
Sophie Devine (c) (Wellington)
Suzie Bates (Otago)
Natalie Dodd (Central Districts)
Deanna Doughty (Wellington)
Lauren Down (Auckland)
Maddy Green (Wellington)
Holly Huddleston (Auckland)
Hayley Jensen (Otago)
Amelia Kerr (Wellington)
Jess Kerr (Wellington)
Rosemary Mair (Central Districts)
Katey Martin (Otago)
Katie Perkins (Auckland)
Hannah Rowe (Central Districts)
Amy Satterthwaite (Canterbury)
Lea Tahuhu (Canterbury)
Jess Watkin (Central Districts)
Tour schedule:
Sept 26: 1st T20I, 4.10pm
Sept 27: 2nd T20I, 5.10pm
Sept 30: 3rd T20I, 5.10pm
Oct 3: 1st ODI, 1.10pm
Oct 5: 2nd ODI, 1.10pm
Oct 7: 3rd ODI, 1.10pm
(All matches at Allan Border Field, NZ times)
The New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, made their Test debut in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth nation to play Test cricket. After waiting 26 years for their first Test win against the West Indies in 1956, they also played their first ODI in 1972–73 against Pakistan. New Zealand are the inaugural World Test Championship champions (2021) and have won the ICC Champions Trophy (2000). They have reached the Cricket World Cup final twice and the T20 World Cup final once.
