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Wellington Blaze Team: Squad, Results, Stats & Schedule
Wellington Blaze's complete championship hub: the 11 first-round domestic contractees plus every additional 2025/26 T20 player, all eleven Super Smash scores, Georgia Plimmer and Xara Jetly's team-leading totals, Jess Kerr's all-round season and final captaincy, Jonny Bassett-Graham's coaching role, the Cello Basin Reserve, the one-day runner-up finish and all ten national women's T20 titles.
Wellington region, New Zealand
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10-time national women's T20 champions · 2023/24–2025/26 three-peat
- Captain
- Jess Kerr · 2025/26 championship captain
- Head coach
- Jonny Bassett-Graham
- Home
- Basin Reserve
- Founded
- Wellington women's representative programme
Team overview
Wellington Blaze at a glance
Wellington Blaze are Cricket Wellington's women's representative team. They compete in the Women's Super Smash and the 50-over Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, with the Cello Basin Reserve as their principal home venue.
The Blaze topped the 2025/26 Super Smash league table with seven wins, two losses, one no-result, three bonus points and 33 points. They advanced directly to the Grand Final and beat Auckland Hearts by five wickets at Hagley Oval, completing an eight-win, two-loss and one-no-result campaign.
That victory delivered a third straight title, a second three-peat and a record-extending tenth national women's T20 championship. In the same summer, Georgia Plimmer led the Blaze to the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final, where Northern Districts won by 67 runs.
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Table-toppers and three-peat champions
Wellington's published league record was 7–2 with one no-result, three bonus points and 33 points. The five-wicket Grand Final win over Auckland is included in the 11-match campaign totals but not added to the league-table points.
Performance leaders
WB-W's Women's Super Smash 2025/26 leaders
NZC's completed Wellington Women averages include the Grand Final and establish every total. The all-rounder card is a transparent two-skill comparison, not a separate official award.
Georgia Plimmer
Eleven innings, average 22.90 and a top score of 62
Jess Kerr
Average 24.33, strike rate 128.82 and a top score of 53
Xara Jetly
Average 14.43, economy 5.97 and best figures of 3/21
Jess Kerr
Average 17.60, economy 6.28 and best figures of 4/18
Jess Kerr
The clearest balanced runs-and-wickets contribution across all 11 matches
Wellington Blaze
A 49-run home win over Auckland Hearts
League table7 wins · 2 losses · 1 NR1st · 33 pts
Most catchesJess Kerr10
WicketkeeperJess McFadyen2 catches · 3 stumpings
Completed scores
All 11 Wellington Blaze outcomes in Women's Super Smash 2025/26
Every league fixture and the Grand Final is listed in order. Wellington's 7–2–1 regular-season record earned direct qualification; the final win completed an 8–2–1 championship campaign.
| Result | Date | Opponent & venue | Scores | Outcome |
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| W | Match 1 | Central HindsFitzherbert Park | WB-W 136/5Central Hinds 118 all out | Won by 18 runs |
| W | Match 2 | Auckland HeartsCello Basin Reserve | WB-W 184/2Auckland Hearts 135 all out | Won by 49 runs |
| W | Match 3 | Northern Brave WomenBay Oval | WB-W 154/5Northern Brave Women 93/9 | Won by 61 runs |
| L | Match 4 | Auckland HeartsEden Park Outer Oval | WB-W 112/7Auckland Hearts 115/5 | Lost by 5 wickets |
| L | Match 5 | Central HindsCello Basin Reserve | WB-W 149/5Central Hinds 154/6 | Lost by 5 runs |
| W | Match 6 | Otago SparksCello Basin Reserve | WB-W 147/4Otago Sparks 143/7 | Won by 6 wickets |
| W | Match 7 | Northern Brave WomenCello Basin Reserve | WB-W 165/6Northern Brave Women 162/8 | Won by 3 runs |
| NR | Match 8 | Otago SparksUniversity Oval | WB-W 143/7Otago Sparks 25/0 | No result · rain after 4 overs |
| W | Match 9 | Canterbury MagiciansCello Basin Reserve | WB-W 127 all outCanterbury Magicians 97 all out | Won by 30 runs |
| W | Match 10 | Canterbury MagiciansHagley Oval | WB-W 130/9Canterbury Magicians 124/7 | Won by 6 runs |
| W | Match Final | Auckland HeartsHagley Oval | WB-W 149/5Auckland Hearts 146/5 | Won by 5 wickets |
Documented 2025/26 Blaze group
Wellington Blaze 2025/26 squad tracker
Cricket Wellington named 11 first-round domestic contractees and said two more contracts would follow. This 16-player tracker preserves those 11 and adds the five other players documented in the completed T20 campaign: Maitlan Brown, Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr, Ellyse Perry and Georgia Plimmer. It does not guess the unpublished second-round contract labels. Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr and Plimmer are separately confirmed on New Zealand's 2026/27 central list; the next domestic contracts and fixtures remain pending.
Batters
Wicketkeeper-batters
All-Rounders
Women · All-RounderEllyse Perry
Women · All-RounderMaitlan BrownBowlers
Competition record
League and season history
Wellington Blaze have won ten national women's T20 titles: 2008/09, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. They also play the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, finishing 2025/26 as runner-up after six regular-season wins.
| Season | Finish | Record | Top scorer | Most wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Champions | 8 wins · 2 losses · 1 no-result | Georgia Plimmer · 252 | Xara Jetly · 16 |
| 2024/25 | Champions | Second title of current three-peat | Official season archive | Official season archive |
| 2023/24 | Champions | First title of current three-peat | Official season archive | Official season archive |
| 2021/22 | Champions | Eighth national women's T20 title | Official season archive | Official season archive |
| 2019/20 | Champions | Completed first three-peat | Official season archive | Official season archive |
Team operations
WB-W coaching and support staff
Jonny Bassett-Graham
Appointed full-time after guiding the interim group to the 2024/25 title, then completed the 2025/26 three-peat.
Jess Kerr
Led the Blaze in the 2025/26 Super Smash Grand Final victory over Auckland Hearts.
Georgia Plimmer
Led Wellington to the 2025/26 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final.
Home venue
Cello Basin Reserve
Wellington, New ZealandThe Basin Reserve is the Blaze's principal home and staged five of their 2025/26 Super Smash league matches. It also hosted the 2025/26 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield final, keeping both the T20 and one-day programmes anchored in Wellington.
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Latest WB-W updates
Official updates covering the record tenth T20 title, the separate one-day runner-up finish and current WHITE FERNS central contracts.
Contracts · 16 Jun 2026
Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr and Georgia Plimmer retain WHITE FERNS contracts
Read at New Zealand Cricket ↗One-day final · 21 Feb 2026Blaze finish Hallyburton Johnstone Shield runner-up
Read at New Zealand Cricket ↗Championship · 31 Jan 2026Wellington Blaze complete a second three-peat
Read at New Zealand Cricket ↗Official destinations
WB-W website and social handles
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Reader questions
Wellington Blaze FAQ
Who captained Wellington Blaze in the 2025/26 Super Smash final?
Jess Kerr captained Wellington in the five-wicket Grand Final win over Auckland Hearts. Georgia Plimmer was the separate one-day captain.
Who coaches Wellington Blaze?
Jonny Bassett-Graham is the Blaze head coach. He was appointed full-time after leading the 2024/25 title and then completed the 2025/26 three-peat.
Is the Wellington Blaze 2026/27 domestic squad final?
No. Melie Kerr, Jess Kerr and Georgia Plimmer are confirmed on the 2026/27 WHITE FERNS central list, but Wellington's next domestic contracts and fixtures were not published at this update.
Who scored the most Blaze runs in 2025/26?
Georgia Plimmer led Wellington with 252 Women's Super Smash runs.
Who took the most Blaze wickets in 2025/26?
Xara Jetly led Wellington with 16 wickets at an average of 14.43 and economy of 5.97.
Who was Wellington Blaze's leading all-rounder?
Jess Kerr combined 219 runs with 15 wickets, the strongest balanced two-skill contribution across the campaign.
Where do Wellington Blaze play home matches?
The Cello Basin Reserve in Wellington is their principal home and hosted five league matches in the 2025/26 Super Smash.
How many Super Smash titles have Wellington Blaze won?
Wellington Blaze have won ten national women's T20 titles, including the 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 three-peat.
Which other competition do Wellington Blaze play?
They contest the 50-over Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and finished runner-up to Northern Districts in 2025/26.
References
Sources for this team page
Updated 2026-08-09. Cricket Wellington and NZC lead for the documented squad, every score, completed averages, captains, coach, venue, all ten titles, one-day result and current central contracts. The two promised second-round 2025/26 domestic contract labels were not located, so the page identifies the full documented playing group without inventing contract status. The 2026/27 domestic list and fixtures remain pending.
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Cricket WellingtonFirst-round 2025/26 domestic contracts and contract-status notes
Open ↗02New Zealand CricketOfficial 2025/26 Women's Super Smash table
Open ↗03New Zealand CricketWellington Women batting and fielding averages
Open ↗04New Zealand CricketWellington Women bowling averages
Open ↗05New Zealand CricketGrand Final score, captain and tenth-title context
Open ↗06New Zealand CricketOfficial Super Smash champions archive
Open ↗07Cricket WellingtonJonny Bassett-Graham head-coach appointment
Open ↗08New Zealand CricketOne-day final, Georgia Plimmer leadership and HBJ runner-up result
Open ↗09New Zealand Cricket2026/27 WHITE FERNS central contracts
Open ↗10New Zealand CricketOfficial Wellington team social destinations
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