The New Zealand women's under-19 cricket team represents

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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(NZC). The team played their first official matches against

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in late 2022, in preparation for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition. New Zealand reached the semi-finals of the first Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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. As a Full Member of the ICC, New Zealand qualified automatically for the tournament. In November and December 2022, in preparation for the World Cup, New Zealand played a five-match T20I series against

, losing the series 5–0 (although the New Zealand squad included some over-19 players). Subsequently, New Zealand announced their 15-player squad for the World Cup, on 13 December 2022, with former international

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named as Head Coach. The side went unbeaten through the first two group stages of the tournament to qualify for the semi-finals, but lost by 8 wickets to India in the semi-final.

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for New Zealand under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Records and statistics

International match summary Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Highest individual innings

Best individual bowling figures

Under-19 World Cup record

References

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