Sophie Devine joins NZC search for young fast bowlers
WicketPulse · Published
Sophie Devine has joined Lockie Ferguson as an ambassador for New Zealand Cricket’s Youth Fast Bowling Challenge, which now includes a girls’ competition.
A new route for girls
Girls can register through NZC’s fast-bowling challenge page, with entries closing on 30 November. The initiative gives young pace bowlers an opportunity to put their speed on show. Devine’s role adds a prominent women’s cricket figure to a programme already fronted by Ferguson.
Two finals on international match days
NZC says six boys’ finalists will compete during lunch on day three of the New Zealand–India Test at the Basin Reserve on 21 November. Boys’ entries have already closed. The girls’ final is scheduled for the innings break of the White Ferns’ first ODI against Bangladesh at the same Wellington venue on 18 December. These are the challenge’s planned finals, rather than national-team selections.