Kate Heffernan
Born
Kate Alexandra Heffernan

(1999-10-07) 7 October 1999
Invercargill, New Zealand
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, C, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2018– Southern Steel
Years National team(s) Caps
2022– New Zealand 7
Last updated: 8 August 2022
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 50)16 March 2018 v West Indies
Last T20I20 March 2018 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016/17–2018/19Otago
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 2 11 19
Runs scored – 61 8
Batting average – 12.20 4.00
100s/50s – 0/0 0/0
Top score – 20* 4
Balls bowled 36 510 408
Wickets 1 6 13
Bowling average 29.00 60.00 27.84
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/14 2/35 4/21
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 August 2021
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's netball
Netball at the Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamTeam

Kate Alexandra Heffernan (born 7 October 1999) is a New Zealand netballer and cricketer. In netball, she currently plays for Southern Steel in wing defence and centre. In 2021, she received her maiden call up to the New Zealand national netball team, and made her debut for the side in 2022, at the Commonwealth Games.[1][2] In cricket, she played as a left-arm medium bowler for Otago, as well as making two Twenty20 International appearances for New Zealand.[3][4]

Sporting career

Cricket

Heffernan played domestic cricket for Otago between 2016–17 and 2018–19.[4] She made her Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 16 March 2018.[5][6]

Netball

Heffernan is a member of the ANZ Premiership netball team the Southern Steel. She was promoted into the team in June 2018 as a replacement for injured team member Dani Gray as midcourt cover for the likes of Shannon Francois and Wendy Frew.[7] She was a member of the 2018 ANZ Premiership title winning team which beat the Central Pulse in the final. Heffernan did not take the court however. From the talent she showed, Heffernan was named in the New Zealand national netball team Development Squad as a result of her Beko Netball League and ANZ Premiership form.[8]

On 10 August 2021, Heffernan was named in the Silver Ferns squad for the first time by coach Noeline Taurua. She was at her family farm in Tapanui with teammate Tiana Metuarau when both received their maiden call-ups.[1] Having already played international cricket, Heffernan became a double international when she made her debut for the Silver Ferns, in July 2022 against Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games.[9][2] Heffernan went on to win a bronze medal as part of the Silver Ferns squad at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10]

Personal life

Heffernan has an identical twin sister, Georgia, who has also played both cricket and netball, for Otago and the Southern Steel respectively.[11] The two have played sport together from a young age with Georgia joining Kate in the Steel setup in 2020. The twins' mother Annette Heffernan was also a top-level international netballer for the Silver Ferns. She made her debut as Silver Fern #76 in 1985.[12] Kate has cited her as playing a "massive role" in her netball.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Daughters of Silver Ferns passed the black dress". Newsroom. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Players/Kate Heffernan". Silver Ferns. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kate Heffernan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Kate Heffernan". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "2nd T20I (D/N), West Indies Women tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Mar 16 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Eighteen-year-old sporting sensation Kate Heffernan in line to make White Ferns debut". TVNZ. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Kinnear, Cheree (20 June 2018). "Netball: Young sporting sensation Kate Heffernan promoted into Southern Steel". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Silver Ferns Development Squad and NZA team named". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Heffernan dual international in waiting". Otago Daily Times Online News. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Silver Ferns rebound for bronze with 'clinical' win over England". 1 News. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Player profile • ANZ Premiership Netball". anzpremiership.co.nz. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand Silver Ferns Netball Team genealogy project". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Munro, Bruce (14 May 2018). "Mum and me: What I think about my mum". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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