New Zealand take away Ben Sawyer regardless of Girls’s T20 World Cup win

New Zealand Cricket have parted methods with girls’s staff head coach Ben Sawyer regardless of his function in guiding the staff to their first ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup title in 2024. Ben Sawyer’s contract was resulting from run till December 2026, however NZC confirmed that it’ll not be renewed following a complete assessment of the women’s high-performance construction.

The assessment has also resulted in a change to the construction around the national girls’s staff. NZC said a brand new Efficiency Lead function might be launched, whereas the WHITE FERNS Supervisor place held by Rachel Pettit has been disestablished. An interim head coach and staff manager will journey with the staff for subsequent month’s T20I collection in Australia, with recruitment for the permanent roles set to begin shortly.

Ben Sawyer led New Zealand Girls to ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph

Ben Sawyer took charge of the WHITE FERNS in June 2022 and remained on the helm for 4 years. His tenure began with a bronze medal on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, followed by several successful bilateral collection across codecs. New Zealand recorded T20I and ODI collection wins over West Indies and Bangladesh in 2022, whereas also beating Sri Lanka in a T20I collection and Pakistan in an ODI collection in 2023.

The defining achievement of Ben Sawyer’s tenure came in 2024 when he guided New Zealand to their first-ever ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup title in Dubai. The WHITE FERNS had also secured an ODI collection win and drawn T20I collection against Sri Lanka in 2025.

New Zealand continued to provide robust leads to 2026, sweeping both their T20I and ODI collection against Zimbabwe. Additionally they received the T20I collection against South Africa 4-1 and the ODI collection 2-1. Their ODI collection in England ended in a draw.

Ben Sawyer was initially appointed shortly after six young players obtained their first central contracts. Georgia Plimmer, Eden Carson and Izzy Gaze were amongst these players who subsequently grew to become a part of the World Cup-winning aspect. NZC credited Sawyer with serving to develop that group whereas strengthening the standards and construction around the staff.

I’m disappointed to be leaving – Ben Sawyer

Ben Sawyer reflected on his four-year stint after NZC confirmed that he would leave the function. He described leading the New Zealand Girls’s staff as a significant honour and expressed pleasure in what the staff achieved throughout his tenure. He said:

“Being the WHITE FERNS coach has been an enormous honour and I’m actually grateful to have had the chance to steer this group.

“This staff means lots to me and I’m actually happy with what we’ve been able to achieve prior to now 4 years. Although I’m disappointed to be leaving, I want to want the staff and NZC all the very best.”

NZC Chief Excessive Efficiency Cricket Officer Daryl Gibson also acknowledged Sawyer’s contribution whereas explaining the reasoning behind the change in leadership.

“Ben’s overseen a period of considerable change and development for the WHITE FERNS and we’re deeply appreciative of the commitment, professionalism and time he invested in the girls’s recreation.”

“It was a difficult choice which was not made evenly, however it reflects our view that the following stage of the WHITE FERNS journey requires a special leadership strategy to help the future course of the programme.”

We’re vastly grateful for Ben and every thing he’s put into this staff – Melie Kerr

New Zealand captain Melie Kerr paid tribute to Ben Sawyer and highlighted the effort he put into the staff throughout his time as head coach. She also credited him for his function in the 2024 World Cup triumph.

“We’re vastly grateful for Ben and every thing he’s put into this staff. His preparation was second to none, he poured his coronary heart and soul into the function and left no stone unturned trying to make the staff better.

“Ben played an enormous half in a defining moment for women’s cricket in New Zealand. He confirmed a belief in us that helped propel the staff to World Cup victory after a difficult few months and that’s a testomony to his character and leadership.”

NZC’s Head of Girls’s Excessive Efficiency Growth Liz Green also praised Sawyer’s leadership and the construction he helped set up around the WHITE FERNS.

“Ben’s a passionate, caring, and highly strategic chief. His capacity to look beyond the speedy challenges highlighted why he was the suitable particular person to steer the WHITE FERNS via an important period of growth and development since 2022.”

“Ben leaves the staff and girls’s pathways in a stronger place than when he joined us and has worked onerous to develop a clear programme plan and construction that’ll proceed to help our aspiration of long-term sustainable success.

“While I’m sad to see him depart, he does so with my full respect and gratitude for every thing he’s achieved, and the lasting legacy he leaves across the women’s recreation in New Zealand.”

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