New South Wales Breakers Explained

New South Wales
Captain:Alyssa Healy
Coach:Gavan Twining
Founded:First recorded match: 1891
Ground:North Sydney Oval
Capacity:16,000
Ground2:Hurstville Oval, Blacktown ISP Oval
First Fc:Victoria
First Fc Year:1934
First Fc Venue:University Oval, Sydney
Title1:AWCC
Title1wins:13
Title2:WNCL
Title2wins:20
Title3:WT20C
Title3wins:2
Website:NSW 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.

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.NameNat.Birth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
44Elsa Hunter 20 February 2005 Right-handed
2 Right-handed
44 14 April 2002 Right-handed
18Phoebe Litchfield 18 April 2003 Left-handed
85 28 October 2003 Right-handed
All-rounders
55Georgia Adams 4 October 1993 Right-handed Overseas player
29Erin Burns 22 June 1988 Right-handed
30Hannah Darlington 25 January 2002 Right-handed
6Ashleigh Gardner 15 April 1997 Right-handed
58 5 November 1992 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
77Alyssa Healy 24 March 1990 Right-handed — Captain
10 17 January 2006 Right-handed
21 21 October 1999 Right-handed
Bowlers
9 13 November 2003 Right-handed
30 29 November 1995 Right-handed
66 5 June 1997 Right-handed
16Stella Campbell 15 June 2002 Right-handed
25Lauren Cheatle 6 November 1998 Left-handed
15Sarah Coyte 30 March 1991 Right-handed
30 18 February 2005 Right-handed
11 23 March 2003 Right-handed
19 22 March 2002 Right-handed
24 20 January 2005 Right-handed

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  2. Web site: New South Wales Women v Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 21 April 1930. 24 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1930/31. CricketArchive. 24 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Women's First-Class Events played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 24 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Women's List A Events played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Women's Cricket in Australia - All 'n Sundry Stats... . 8 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140204093739fw_/http://www.southernstars.org.au/natstat.htm . 4 February 2014 . dead.
  7. Web site: Women's National Cricket League 1996/97. CricketArchive. 24 January 2021.
  8. Web site: NSW Breakers. Cricket NSW. 24 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Western Australia Women v New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 19 January 2013. 24 January 2021.
  10. Web site: New South Wales Women v Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 28 January 2015. 24 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Women's First-Class Matches played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Women's List A Matches played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Matches played by New South Wales Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  14. Web site: Breakers squad for 2023/24 season . Cricket NSW. 9 May 2023. 17 September 2023.
  15. Web site: New South Wales Women Players. CricketArchive. 26 March 2021.
  16. Web site: Breakers' Twining signing. Cricket NSW. 12 July 2021. 26 September 2021.
  17. Web site: Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers. cricket.com.au. 9 July 2020. 16 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Poulton appointed as NSW Head of Female Cricket. Cricket NSW. 7 April 2020. 13 May 2021.

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