{"id":285687,"date":"2026-02-15T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/285687\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:46:09","slug":"melie-kerr-appointed-new-zealand-women-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/285687\/","title":{"rendered":"Melie Kerr appointed New Zealand Women captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/womens-t20-worldcup-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026<\/a> just over three months away, Kerr\u2019s appointment is a crucial development for the White Ferns, who will be looking to defend their title in England.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Women\u2019s Head Coach Ben Sawyer was all praise for Kerr, who has been an integral part of the team since she debuted at just 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelie has been an integral member of the squad for many years and deeply understands what it means to be a White Fern and represent New Zealand,\u201d Sawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s an outstanding leader not only through her performances on the field, but also in the respect she has from the playing group off it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelie leading this team at this stage of her career ensures we have continuity and stability through the next cycle to 2029.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelie possesses all the qualities of a strong leader at such a young age and we are looking forward to supporting her in her development as a leader,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 just over three months away, Kerr\u2019s appointment is a crucial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41840,41838,41844,41854,41850,41853,41851,41836,41852,41849,41855,41861,41860,41841,41835,41859,41843,41842,41837,41847,41848,111,43,139,69,41857,41856,41858,41846,41839,41845],"class_list":{"0":"post-285687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-cricket-breaking-news","9":"tag-cricket-headlines-today","10":"tag-cricket-live-score","11":"tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","12":"tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","13":"tag-cricket-match-result-today","14":"tag-cricket-match-today-live","15":"tag-cricket-news","16":"tag-cricket-results-today","17":"tag-cricket-scorecard-live","18":"tag-cricket-series-updates","19":"tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","20":"tag-cricket-world-cup-news","21":"tag-cricket-world-news","22":"tag-icc","23":"tag-icc-cricket-updates","24":"tag-international-cricket-live-score","25":"tag-international-cricket-news","26":"tag-latest-cricket-news","27":"tag-latest-cricket-scores","28":"tag-live-cricket-match-update","29":"tag-new-zealand","30":"tag-news","31":"tag-newzealand","32":"tag-nz","33":"tag-odi-cricket-live-score","34":"tag-t20-cricket-live-score","35":"tag-test-cricket-live-score","36":"tag-today-cricket-live-score","37":"tag-today-cricket-news-update","38":"tag-todays-cricket-match-score"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}