Strong New Zealand A squad for white-ball tour of England as 15-member squad has a total of 11 internationals.
Rowe, Plimmer, Gaze in strong New Zealand A squad for white-ball tour of England.
The New Zealand A’s team is led by a number of internationals, including Hannah Rowe, Izzy Gaze, and Georgia Plimmer, who will begin their white-ball tour of England in late June. Three one-dayers and three Twenty20s will be played in the return leg of the bilateral ‘A’ series, which was reinstated for the New Zealand women’s pathway last year. Of the 15-member squad, 11 players have represented New Zealand.
All-rounders Emma McLeod and Flora Devonshire, bowlers Rowe, Molly Penfold, and Bree Illing, and wicketkeeper-batters Gaze, Bella James, and Polly Inglis are among the players, along with Plimmer, Jess Watkin, and Izzy Sharp, who have all represented New Zealand. Medium pacers Amie Hucker, Emma Black, and Nensi Patel, as well as batting all-rounder Anna Browning, are the players in the team who have not yet made their international debuts.
The team’s most seasoned players are Rowe (107 internationals), Plimmer (67), and Gaze (55), while Watkin (15) and Penfold (24) have also been in the senior squad for some time. With the exception of James earlier this year, the other six internationals earned their maiden New Zealand caps in 2024 and 2025.
The team does not yet have a captain. The captain will be chosen “once the squad have assembled in England” by Brendon Donkers, the assistant coach for the Canterbury men, who will oversee the team’s coaching staff with assistance from Craig McMillan and Peter Borren.