Women's Super Smash 2023-24: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Wellington Blaze vs Central Hinds (Updated) ft. Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair

Wellington Blaze and Central Hinds locked horns against each other in the final of the Women’s Super Smash 2023-24 on Sunday, January 28, at Eden Park in Auckland. Wellington won the toss and elected to bat. The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.

Wellington lost their first wicket for just 12 runs in the third over and lost three more by the time the sixth over was completed. Amelia Kerr played a crucial role with the bat for Wellington once again. She made 35 runs at a strike rate of 100 and hit two fours.

Wellington were bundled out for a mere total of 89 runs. Rosemary Mair was the pick of the bowlers for Central Hinds, as she took four wickets for just five runs in four overs. Claudia Green took two, while Hannah Rowe and Ashtuti Kumar picked one wicket each.

Central Hinds lost their first wicket for 23 runs in the form of Hollie Armitage, who scored 21 runs off 17 deliveries. Natalie Dodd and Thamsyn Newton added 29 runs for the second wicket.

Newton had another partnership of 20 runs for the third wicket with Hannah Rowe. Central Hinds required 10 runs to win off the last over. They managed just eight runs and lost two wickets on the last two deliveries. Wellington won the final by one run.

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Women's Super Smash 2023-24 Most Runs List

No.	Player	MAT	INNS	NO	RUNS	HS	AVG	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	AC Kerr (WEL-W)	10	10	4	437	88	72.83	347	125.93	-	4	-	53	2
2	SW Bates (OTG-W)	10	10	3	398	84*	56.85	344	115.69	-	3	-	52	1
3	HJ Armitage (CD-W)	10	10	0	318	78	31.8	263	120.91	-	1	-	41	1
4	ML Green (AK-W)	7	7	1	283	77*	47.16	254	111.41	-	2	-	30	0
5	CA Gurrey (ND-W)	11	11	2	230	53*	25.55	216	106.48	-	2	-	28	0
6	FL Mackay (CAN-W)	9	8	0	222	51	27.75	240	92.5	-	2	-	18	1
7	AMCJK Athapaththu (ND-W)	9	9	0	221	58	24.55	172	128.48	-	1	1	36	5
8	GE Plimmer (WEL-W)	10	10	6	187	43*	46.75	183	102.18	-	-	1	13	0
9	P Catton (AK-W)	8	8	0	186	53	23.25	176	105.68	-	1	-	21	0
10	HM Rowe (CD-W)	10	10	3	184	43	26.28	182	101.09	-	-	1	16	1

Amelia Kerr finished the season as the leading run-scorer and the only batter with 400+ runs. She made 437 runs in 10 matches at an average of 72.83 and a strike rate of 125.93.

Suzie Bates scored 398 runs in 10 innings at an average of 56.85 and remained in second place.

Hollie Armitage, Maddy Green, and Caitlin Gurrey finished in the next three places. They scored 318, 283, and 230 runs, respectively.

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Women's Super Smash 2023-24 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	AC Kerr (WEL-W)	10	10	240	40	1	179	20	5/10	8.95	4.47	12	-	2
2	LM Kasperek (WEL-W)	10	10	234	39	1	210	17	3/16	12.35	5.38	13.76	-	-
3	MW Downes (ND-W)	11	11	218	36.2	-	203	16	5/12	12.68	5.58	13.62	-	1
4	RA Mair (CD-W)	10	10	221	36.5	1	216	14	4/5	15.42	5.86	15.78	1	-
5	EJ Black (OTG-W)	10	10	216	36	-	216	13	4/17	16.61	6	16.61	1	-
6	JM Watkin (ND-W)	11	11	226	37.4	-	218	11	2/5	19.81	5.78	20.54	-	-
7	SE Bowden (AK-W)	5	5	96	16	-	122	10	4/18	12.2	7.62	9.6	1	-
8	LMM Tahuhu (CAN-W)	8	8	174	29	1	160	10	3/10	16	5.51	17.4	-	-
9	CL Green (CD-W)	10	10	198	33	-	204	10	4/24	20.4	6.18	19.8	1	-
10	FC Jonas (AK-W)	7	7	162	27	-	160	9	3/23	17.77	5.92	18	-	-

Amelia Kerr stood at the top of this list as well and finished the season with 20 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 8.95. Leigh Kasperek and Marama Downes were in the next two places with 17 and 16 wickets, respectively.

Rosemary Mair’s four-wicket haul in the final helped her jump to fourth place from eighth. She took 14 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 15.42. Emma Black finished as the fifth-highest wicket-taker with 13 wickets to her name.