The Girls’s Tremendous Smash 2024/25 season is ready to kick off on December 26 at Seddon Park, Hamilton, alongside the males’s competitors, marking a big milestone in New Zealand cricket.
Defending champions Wellington Blaze will enter the event as favourites, aiming to increase their document as probably the most profitable group within the league’s historical past, having claimed eight titles. Shut contenders Canterbury Magicians, with 4 championships to their title, will look to problem the Blaze’s dominance.
Groups and Format
The event options six groups: Auckland Hearts, Canterbury Magicians, Wellington Blaze, Central Hinds, Northern Districts and Otago Sparks. The competitors will observe a double round-robin format, the place every group will play home-and-away matches. The highest three groups on the finish of the preliminary stage will advance to the playoffs, culminating within the grand ultimate on the Basin Reserve on February 2.
In contrast to the league stage, which doesn’t function Tremendous Overs for tied matches, the playoff rounds will embody provisions for Tremendous Overs, making certain decisive outcomes within the knockout video games.
The upcoming version celebrates 20 years of T20 cricket in New Zealand, with a nostalgic contact as groups don retro-style jerseys impressed by the first-ever T20I between White Ferns and Southern Stars (now Australia ladies), performed at Eden Park 20 years in the past.
Additionally READ: Girls’s Tremendous Smash 2024/25: Broadcast and Reside Streaming particulars | When and The place to Watch in India, Australia, USA, UK & different international locations
Girls’s Tremendous Smash 2024-25 Squads
Auckland Hearts
Bella Armstrong, Brooke Halliday, Cate Pedersen, Lauren Down, Maddy Inexperienced, Prue Catton, Saachi Shahri, Anika Todd, Josie Penfold, Kate Irwin, Elizabeth Buchanan (wk), Izzy Gaze (wk), Amie Hucker, Bree Illing, Fran Jonas, Molly Penfold, Olivia Anderson, Rishika Jaswal, Sophie Court docket
Canterbury Magicians
Emma Irwin, Harriet Graham, Isobel Sharp, Jodie Dean, Natalie Cox, Frances Mackay, Kate Anderson, Madeline Penna, Laura Hughes (wk), Abigail Hotton, Gabby Sullivan, Jessica Simmons, Lea Tahuhu, Melissa Banks, Sarah Asmussen
Central Hinds
Aniela Apperley, Hollie Armitage, Kerry-Anne Tomlinson, Mikaela Greig, Thamsyn Newton, Emma McLeod, Flora Devonshire, Grace Foreman, Ocean Bartlett, Kate Gaging (wk), Anna Gaging, Ashtuti Kumar, Claudia Inexperienced, Georgia Atkinson
Northern Courageous
Caitlin Gurrey, Eve Wolland, Tash Wakelin, Carol Agafili, Jess Watkin, Jesse Prasad, Marina Lamplough, Nensi Patel, Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk), Holly Topp (wk), Amanda-Jade Wellington, Kayley Knight, Marama Downes, Shriya Naidu
Otago Sparks
Caitlin Blakely, Olivia Achieve, Saffron Wilson, Anna Browning, Harriett Cuttance, Isy Parry, Paige Loggenberg, Suzie Bates, Bella James (wk), Polly Inglis (wk), Chloe Deerness, Eden Carson, Emma Black, Hayley Jensen, Kirstie Gordon, Louisa Kotkamp, Molly Loe, Poppy-Jay Watkins
Wellington Blaze
Caitlin King, Gemma Sims, Natasha Codyre, Rebecca Burns, Hannah Francis, Leigh Kasperek, Xara Jetly, Antonia Hamilton (wk), Jessica McFadyen (wk), Kate Chandler, Nicole Baird, Phoenix Williams, Rachel Bryant
Additionally READ: England unveil 2025 Girls’s Ashes squads for Australia tour
This text was first revealed at WomenCricket.com, a Cricket Occasions firm.