Auckland Hearts

The Auckland Hearts are a New Zealand women's cricket team, that plays in the State League.

The first recorded match by an Auckland women's team was in 1935, against the touring England women's cricket team, and despite the Auckland top four all being dismissed for ducks in the first-innings, the game finished a draw. Further matches came against England in 1949, 1957 and 1969. In 1971–72, Auckland were one of five women's teams to compete in the inaugural Hallyburton-Johnstone Shield Tournament. Despite completing the season without an outright win, Auckland claimed two first-innings wins in drawn matches and finished third in the competition. Auckland managed to break the 'stranglehold' that Canterbury had held on the women's game in the late 1990s, claiming four straight titles from 1999–2000 to 2002–03, beating Canterbury in the final on each occasion.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Sam Barriball	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Saskia Bullen	(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Maddy Green	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Paula Gruber	(1974-11-30) 30 November 1974	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sarah Hopkins	(1979-10-07) 7 October 1979	Right-handed	Wicket-keeper
Holly Huddleston	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Elfriede Komp	(1983-10-27) 27 October 1983	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Victoria Lind	(1985-05-15) 15 May 1985	Right-handed	Wicket-keeper
Michelle Lynch	(1975-10-06) 6 October 1975	Right-handed	–
Katie Perkins	(1988-07-07) 7 July 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shivani Siva	(1983-10-11) 11 October 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Natalee Scripps	(1978-12-09) 9 December 1978	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Kelly Sutherland	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Megan Tremaine	(1984-03-27) 27 March 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

External links

• Auckland Hearts homepage