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Central Hinds
Personnel
Captain	Mikaela Greig
Coach	Deepak Joon
Team information
Colours	Green and gold
Founded	First recorded match: 1979
Home ground	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; Saxton Oval, Nelson; Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North; McLean Park, Napier
History
First-class debut	Canterbury; in 1979; at Porritt Park, Christchurch
HBJS wins	3
SS wins	1
Official website	Central Hinds

The Central Hinds are the women's representative cricket team of Central Districts Cricket Association, based in central New Zealand. They play their home games at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North, Saxton Oval, Nelson and McLean Park, Napier. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's Super Smash Twenty20 competition and were formerly known as Central Districts Women.

History

Central Districts Cricket Association comprises eight District associations: Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Whanganui in the North Island, and Marlborough and Nelson in the South Island.^[1]

The Major Association team is the only female team to draw players from both the main islands of New Zealand.

Central Districts joined the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield for the 1979–80 season and finished fourth with one win and three draws.^[2] In 1982–83, they finished second for the first time, behind Canterbury, who dominated the period.^[3]

The Central Hinds won their first title in 2005–06 (when the one-day competition was named the State League), finishing second in the group stage before beating Canterbury in the final, helped by three wickets from Zara McWilliams and 55* from Sara McGlashan.^[4]^[5] They were the runner-up in 2007–08 before winning their second one-day competition in 2009–10, with the final rained off and therefore winning the title as they had topped the group stage.^[6]^[7] They also won their only Super Smash title the same season, beating Auckland in the final by eight wickets.^[8]

The Central Hinds won their third one-day title in 2018–19, topping the group stage before beating the Auckland Hearts in a home final.^[9] Central Hinds batter Natalie Dodd was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 652 runs.^[10]

Dodd and then-captain Anlo van Deventer set a New Zealand women's List A partnership record (all wickets) of 328 during the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, for the second wicket against the Otago Sparks at Fitzherbert Park on 3 March 2019.^[11] In December 2019, Dodd and Jess Watkin set a national first-wicket record in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, with a partnership of 216 at Karori Park, Wellington.^[12]

The side were runners-up in the 2023–24 Super Smash, making the final for the first time since 2016. They lost to Wellington by one run (DLS) off the final ball of the match.^[13]

Grounds

Central Districts' first primary home ground was Manawaroa Park, Palmerston North, with some matches played at Ongley Park in the same city.^[14]

In the 1990s, the side began playing at Victoria Park, Whanganui, as well as Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North. In 1998, the team began playing in Napier, especially at Nelson Park, but also later at McLean Park. From the 2000s, their primary grounds were Pukekura Park, New Plymouth and Fitzherbert Park, along with stints at grounds such as Queen Elizabeth Park and Cornwall Park, Hastings.

Since 2020–21, the Central Hinds have primarily used Pukekura Park, McLean Park, Fitzherbert Park and, since 2021–22, Saxton Oval, Nelson, and play both their home and away Super Smash matches as double-headers with the Central Stags.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Players

Current squad

Based on contracted squad announced for the 2024-25 season.^[17] Players in bold have international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
18	Hollie Armitage	England	(1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
21	Emma McLeod	New Zealand	(2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	CDCA contract
88	Kerry-Anne Tomlinson	New Zealand	(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
All-rounders
23	Georgia Atkinson	New Zealand	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	CDCA contract
27	Ocean Bartlett	New Zealand	(2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	CDCA contract
–	Priyanaz Chatterji	Scotland	(1993-08-12) 12 August 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
26	Flora Devonshire	New Zealand	(2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Left-arm off break	CDCA contract
4	Mikaela Greig	New Zealand	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	CDCA contract
25	Ashtuti Kumar	New Zealand	(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	CDCA contract
6	Thamsyn Newton	New Zealand	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
74	Hannah Rowe	New Zealand	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	NZC contract
Wicket-keepers
19	Kate Gaging	New Zealand	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	—	CDCA contract
Bowlers
34	Aniela Apperley	New Zealand	(2004-09-12) 12 September 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
-	Grace Foreman	New Zealand	(2005-03-04) 4 March 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
2	Anna Gaging	New Zealand	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
20	Claudia Green	New Zealand	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
7	Rosemary Mair	New Zealand	(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	NZC contract

Notable players

Players who have played for Central Districts and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[18]