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Jessica Toihi McFadyen (born 5 October 1991) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper for the Wellington Blaze.[1][2] In November 2020, in the second round of the 2020–21 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield tournament, McFadyen scored 107 runs.[3] She finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Wellington, with 397 runs in ten matches.[4]

In May 2021, McFadyen was offered her first contract with the New Zealand women's cricket team.[5][6] In August 2021, McFadyen earned her maiden call-up to the New Zealand women's cricket team,[7] for their tour of England.[8]

In June 2022, McFadyen was named in New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[9] She made her Twenty20 International debut on 2 December 2022, against Bangladesh, but fell ill during the game and did not bat or keep wicket.[10] She made her One Day International debut on 11 December 2022, also against Bangladesh, taking one catch and making one stumping.[11]

In 2024, McFadyen was named vice-captain of the New Zealand Māori women's cricket team for the 2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Jess McFadyen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Jess McFadyen". Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Blaze, Northern trade centuries". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Records: New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition, 2020/21, Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Cricket: Three new names offered White Ferns contracts". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ "McFadyen's White Ferns journey from stick to gloves". Newsroom. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ "McFadyen & Green receive maiden call-ups: Kerr to remain in NZ". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Amelia Kerr opts out of England tour to prioritise mental health". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  10. ^ "1st T20I (N), Christchurch, December 2 2022, Bangladesh Women tour of New Zealand: New Zealand Women v Bangladesh Women". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  11. ^ "1st ODI, Wellington, December 11 2022, Bangladesh Women tour of New Zealand: New Zealand Women v Bangladesh Women". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Carson headlines inaugural Aotearoa Māori Women's squad". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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