Hamilton, Feb. 25 -- Melie Kerr scored a historic century to mark the beginning of her reign as New Zealand women's skipper.
In the first T20I against Zimbabwe on Wednesday, the all-rounder became the first-ever to score a women's T20I hundred on her captaincy debut.
It was Kerr's first triple digit score in the format, and only the third instance of a White Ferns player doing so in the format's history.
Having won their maiden ICC Women's T20 World Cup title in 2024, the defending champions will be bolstered by their captain's accomplishment as they set out to defend their crown this summer in England and Wales.
Having been put in to bat first by Zimbabwe in Hamilton in the first of three T20Is, Kerr came out all guns blazing with the ...