All you need to know about Women’s Super Smash 2022-23 

The Women’s Super Smash is the premier T20 cricket tournament organized by the New Zealand Cricket board (NZC). The tournament kickstarted in 2007 and featured six teams who squared off against each other twice in what was a double round-robin format and has since been a very integral part of the New Zealand domestic cricket ecosystem with the top-flight women cricketers regularly featuring in it. The competition will provide the White Ferns with players to consider for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which will be held in South Africa in 2023.

The teams participating in the Women’s Super Smash are Canterbury Magicians, Wellington Blaze, Central Hinds, Auckland Hearts, Otago Sparks and Northern Brave who will play each other twice in a round-robin league format. The tournament will span from 23rd December to 6th February with exciting league stage matches and will have the eliminator and the finals on 9th February and 11th February respectively! The top three teams from the league stage table will advance to the playoffs consisting of the Eliminator and the elusive final.

Women’s Super Smash 2022-23 – Previous Winners List

The most successful team has been Wellington Blaze having won the tournament seven times, followed by Canterbury Magicians with 5 titles.

Schedule – Women’s Super Smash 2022-23

Eliminator – Women’s Super Smash 2022-23

Finals – Women’s Super Smash 2022-23

Squad Details – Women’s Super Smash 2022-23

• Central Hinds- Natalie Dodd, Kate Gaging, Kerry-Anne Tomlinson, Emily Cunningham, Gemma Sims, Cate Pedersen, Hannah Rowe, Jess Watkin, Mikaela Greig, Georgia Atkinson, Ocean Bartlett, Claudia Green, Rosemary Mair, Melissa Hansen, Monique Rees, Ashtuti Kumar, Anna Gaging

• Canterbury Magicians- Laura Hughes, Kirsty Nation, Allie Mace-Cochrane, Natalie Cox, Abigale Gerken, Emma Kench, Amy Satterthwaite, Frances Mackay, Jacinta Savage, Georgia Edge, Lea Tahuhu, Sarah Asmussen, Gabby Sullivan, Melissa Banks, Jessica Simmons, Kate Sims, Jodie Dean, Kristy Havill

• Northern Brave- Annie Ewart, Holly Topp, Brooke Halliday, Katie Gurrey, Lucy Boucher, Makayla Templeton, Naomi Matthews, Eimear Richardson, Lily Mulivai, Kate Anderson, Nensi Patel, Sam Barriball, Georgina Harris, Charlotte Sarsfield, Kayley Knight, Shriya Naidu, Lauren Heaps, Meddy Hyde, Emma Baker, Tash Wakelin

• Auckland Hearts- Jesse Prasad, Katie Perkins, Lauren Down, Saachi Shahri, Sarah Carnachan, Amie Hucker, Anna Peterson Bree Illing, Holly Huddleston, Isabella Gaze, Tariel Lamb, Arlene Kelly, Bella Armstrong, Fran Jonas, Jane Barnett, Molly Penfold, Regina Lili’i, Skye Bowden

• Wellington Blaze– Jessica McFadyen, Maddy Green, Rebecca Burns, Georgia Plimmer, Caitlin King, Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr, Thamsyn Newton, Olivia Boivin, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, Bethany Molony, Xara Jetly, Maneka Singh, Deanna Doughty, Natasha Codyre, Rose Fenton

• Otago Sparks– Katey Martin, Polly Inglis, Suzie Bates, Caitlin Blakely, Bella James, Felicity Leydon-Davis, Olivia Gain, Kate Ebrahim, Hayley Jensen, Eden Carson, Emma Black, Sophie Oldershaw, Molly Loe, Marina Lamplough

Live Streaming Details – Women’s Super Smash 2022-23

All of the tournament’s games will be live-streamed by Fan Code for Indian viewers.

Neha Shetty

I am a first year postgraduate student pursuing a MA in Media and Communication Studies at Christ University, Bengaluru. I am a podcaster, blogger and an avid cricket fan. When not glued to cricket matches, you can find me submerged in books and thinking about cricket all the time.