The New Zealand WHITE FERNS have embarked on a key international tour to India, where they will face their hosts in five One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals over the next four weeks.
Coveted points ride on the results of the first three of the five ODI matches — these are designated as ICC Women’s World Championship (IWC) games, and therefore count towards qualification for the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup. The IWC sees the world’s top eight women’s cricket sides locking horns in a global, multi-year qualifying competition, with the top four sides securing automatic qualification for the 2017 World Cup in England.
The WHITE FERNS impressed pundits in their most recent IWC Series, when they beat richly experienced England in two of three IWC ODIs at home. Should they adapt successfully to Indian conditions, the New Zealanders have a prime opportunity to vault into the top three sides on the IWC world points table against India.
To assist in achieving this goal, the WHITE FERNS begin their tour with a four-day acclimatisation and training camp in Alur, Karnataka, before transferring to nearby Bengaluru where they will play a one-day warm-up match against India A Women ahead of the first ODI. The Ferns will be playing the opening ODI in memory of their former coach Mike Shrimpton, and will don black arm bands.
The tour is the first under new Head Coach and former WHITE FERNS captain Haidee Tiffen and is the third visit to India by current captain and leading allrounder Suzie Bates, New Zealand’s highest ranked player. All matches will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Captain Suzie Bates
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Series hashtag: #INDvWF
Schedule
June 26 One-Day warmup fixture, WHITE FERNS v India A Women
June 28 ODI 1 (IWC points game)
July 1 ODI 2 (IWC points game)
July 3 ODI 3 (IWC points game)
July 6 ODI 4
July 8 ODI 5
July 11 T20i 1
July 13 T20i 2
July 15 T20i 3
