NZC: These players return to WHITE FERNS contract list, Kate Anderson receives first offer

Canterbury Magicians bowler Lea Tahuhu and Northern Districts wicketkeeper batter Bernadine Bezuidenhout are set to return to the WHITE FERNS contract list for the 2023-24 season, joining Magicians batter Kate Anderson who has received a central contract offer for the first time.

Bezuidenhout returns to list for first time since 2019-20 :-

Despite missing out on a central contract last year, Tahuhu was a mainstay in the WHITE FERNS squad, continuing as a key cog in the team’s bowling unit.

Bezuidenhout returns to the contract list for the first time since the 2019-20 season following a two-year absence from cricket as she recovered from RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport).

Kate Anderson top Dream11 Super Smash run-scoring charts :-

Anderson was prolific in both formats during the 2022-23 domestic summer, topping the Dream11 Super Smash run-scoring charts with a record-breaking 536 runs and notching 343 runs in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, including an unbeaten 141 against the Central Hinds.

Her performances were rewarded with a clean sweep of the female domestic awards at the ANZ New Zealand Cricket awards, taking home the Dream11 Super Smash Player of the Year, the Ruth Martin Cup for domestic batting and the Women’s Domestic Player of the Year.

These players have not received an offer to renew :-

Of the players contracted in the 2022/23 season, wicketkeeper Jess McFadyen and allrounder Nensi Patel have not received an offer to renew their existing contracts.

Auckland batter Lauren Down, who was offered a central contract for the 2023/24 season, has opted not to take up an agreement this season due to family reasons.

Of this year’s contracted players, Kate Anderson (finger), Hayley Jensen (knee) and Jess Kerr (toe) are unavailable for this month’s tour to Sri Lanka due to injury.

The WHITE FERNS depart for the tour to Sri Lanka tomorrow.

WHITE FERNS central contract offers 2023/24 :-

Kate Anderson, Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Sophie Devine, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green; Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold; Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

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