The Melie Kerr era for Aotearoa's White Ferns has begun with the announcement of the new captain and a vibrant squad to host Zimbabwe.

New Zealand's White Ferns have started the ODI World Cup with two losses and while there is still room for a positive outlook, their 4-11 record in ODIs since the start of 2024 suggests that they won't be good enough to bounce back from these defeats.

New Zealand start the Women's ODI World Cup on Wednesday and while there is a strong group of leaders who are likely to dominate the White Ferns' mahi throughout the tournament, there are also a few sneaky important players who are likely to play most games.

Praise the lands of Aotearoa because the White Ferns squad for the 2025 ODI World Cup is a fair reflection of New Zealand's best cricketers.

Since the glory of a T20 World Cup championship, New Zealand's White Ferns couldn't make a dent in Australia's dominance and also offered an enticing glimpse of the future during Sri Lanka's visit.

The White Ferns had a 2-0 ODI series win vs Sri Lanka and now prepare for three T20Is against the tourists starting on Friday.

The summer of international cricket isn't over yet as New Zealand's White Ferns have an ODI and T20I series vs Sri Lanka coming up, with the T20I portion forming a double-header extravaganza alongside Blackcaps vs Pakistan.

Outside of their T20 World Cup success, New Zealand's White Ferns went 3-21 this year across both formats and the Rose Bowl series loss offered a familiar feeling for kiwi cricket fans.

No one should be expecting Aotearoa's White Ferns to win the ODI series vs Australia in Wellington but they have the opportunity to shake up women's cricket once again and move into a fresh phase full of confidence.

New Zealand's White Ferns had to quickly switch into ODI mode after their T20 World Cup success and went down 1-2 to India in the Women's Championship.

The White Ferns are T20 World Cup champions.

Aotearoa's White Ferns are in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa after defeating West Indies in the semi-final, so here are a bunch of last minute notes to set the table.

It kinda feels like the stars are aligning for New Zealand's White Ferns at the T20 World Cup as they return to the semi-final stage for the first time since 2016.

New Zealand are 2-1 in the T20 World Cup after defeating Sri Lanka with Georgia Plimmer finding a groove at the perfect time.

The White Ferns started their T20 World Cup campaign with a fabulous win over India, their second T20I win in 14 games this year.

The White Ferns lost all three T20Is against Australia and they are now preparing to start their T20 World Cup campaign in a couple weeks.

The biggest issue in New Zealand cricket isn't the Blackcaps contract 'crisis', it is an under-performing White Ferns team who must now flip their trajectory around for the T20 World Cup.