
Last summer she was the Central Hinds’ Player of the Year. This season she was appointed the team’s new one-day captain. Now, NATALIE DODD is finally getting to play a match.
After having missed the opening four matches of the 2021/22 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, Dodd is finally free to play for her team after Waikato Alert Level restrictions were eased this week.
The Hamilton-based Deputy Principal commutes to CD to represent the side and is excited to be heading to Levin today ahead of a golden opportunity against Northern Districts this weekend - a side that will also have a fresh captain, Kate Anderson, and three debutantes.
In Dodd's absence, the Hinds have suffered two heavy defeats to Otago followed by two rain-ruined abandonments, and are hungry to make headway at Donnelly Park.
The pace bowler developed a stress reaction in her shin earlier this year that saw her omitted from the WHITE FERNS’ recent tour to England — Green taking her place on that tour.
In a home one-day World Cup season for the national side, her full return to the bowling crease is being managed with caution.
On the bright side, the Hinds have regained GEORGIA ATKINSON after injury saw the Manawatū leg-spinner miss the Dunedin trip, while WHITE FERNS allrounder HANNAH ROWE continues to add potency to the line-up with both bat and ball.
Saturday’s action begins at 10.30am in Levin while Sunday’s game starts half an hour earlier at 10am. Matches are live-scored at cdcricket.co.nz
Central Hinds squad
v Northern Districts at Donnelly Park, Levin
10.30am • Saturday 20 November 2021
10.00am • Sunday 21 November 2021
NATALIE Dodd (captain, wicketkeeper, captaincy debut for Hinds) — Taranaki
JESS Watkin (vice-captain) — Manawatū
GEORGIA Atkinson — Manawatū
EMILY Cunningham — Taranaki
MIKAELA Greig — Manawatū
MELISSA Hansen — Wairarapa
ASHTUTI Kumar — Manawatū
CATE Pedersen — Hawke’s Bay *
MONIQUE Rees — Wairarapa
HANNAH Rowe — Manawatū
GEMMA Sims — Wairarapa
KERRY Tomlinson — Hawke’s Bay
Coach — Jamie Watkins
Official hashtags: #HBJShield #CentralHinds
Northern Districts squad: Kate Anderson (captain), Alisha Rout, Charlotte Sarsfield, Emma Baker, Eve Wolland (uncapped), Holly Topp (w), Kayley Knight, Lucy Boucher, Meddy Hyde, Naomi Matthews (uncapped), Nensi Patel, Sam Barriball (née Curtis), Tash Wakelin (uncapped)
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield cricket is free admission subject to the following Alert Level 2 protocols: