The coach who won the T20 World Cup got the responsibility again, will hold the post for the next 2 years
New Zealand Women Cricket Team
new zealand women cricket Team: New Zealand cricket team recently won the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 title by defeating South Africa. Then the team won this ICC trophy for the first time. New Zealand’s coach at that time was Ben Sawyer. Now he has again been made the coach of the New Zealand women’s team and his tenure will be for two years. He will remain in office till December 2026. During this period the team has to play in two big ICC tournaments. These include the ODI World Cup 2025 to be held in India and the T20 World Cup 2026 to be held in England.
Became coach for the first time in the year 2022
Ben Sawyer was appointed coach for the first time in June 2022 on a two-year contract. Then his tenure was extended. Liz Greene, Head of High Performance, New Zealand Cricket, said that we are very happy to be associated with Ben for the next two years. He has instilled a lot of confidence and trust in this group and to keep him now is a huge deal for the current team.
He said Ben Sawyer played a big role in helping the New Zealand women’s team progress. Many of our young players, who made their international debut on Ben’s first tour two years ago, have started to flourish, as we saw in the recent T20 World Cup.
New Zealand captain said a big thing
New Zealand team captain Sophie Devine said that I am excited to have Ben Sawyer join us again. The work she has done for women’s cricket in New Zealand is immense. The team is in a very good position right now so I think it will be a big thing for us to keep him in the team for the next two years and maintain continuity.
ODI series to be played against Australia
Ben Sawyer has long coaching experience, which can be useful to the Kiwi team. He has coached for Sydney Sixers from 2015 to 2021. He has also been associated with Birmingham Phoenix. New Zealand women’s team has to play a three-match ODI series against the Australian women’s team from December 19. The squad for which will be announced in a few days.
