Maddy Green joins The Blaze on short-term deal from New Zealand
Batter available for remainder of Metro Bank One Day Cup opening block and first four Vitality Blast games
ESPNcricinfo staff
13-May-2025 • 3 hrs ago
Maddy Green will join The Blaze • Getty Images
The Blaze have recruited New Zealand batter Maddy Green on a short-term deal for the Metro Bank One Day Cup and Vitality Blast.
Green, part of New Zealand's T20 World Cup-winning side in October, replaces allrounder Orla Prendergast, who has returned home to Ireland for family reasons.
Green will be available or the remainder of the opening block of fixtures in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, which runs to May 20 before the competition breaks until late July, and the opening four matches in the Vitality Blast, which starts on May 30.
While this will be Green's first experience of women's domestic cricket in England under the new county-based structure, she was part of the Nottinghamshire women's squad in 2012, playing against the likes of Trent Bridge stablemate Tammy Beaumont as Notts reached the regional final of the T20 Cup. She also appeared for Welsh Fire in The Hundred in 2022.
"I'm really excited to be here," said Green. "The Blaze have been a strong side for a number of years, so it's a great chance to join that and play a part. It's brilliant to be back in Nottingham. It feels like a long time ago now, but it's been great to see the evolution of women's cricket in that time. I'm really pleased to be a part of it, and I'm looking forward to hitting the ground running."
The Blaze are second on the One Day Cup table, five points behind Hampshire, who have played one game more.
Green has represented her country 193 times across white-ball formats. She has scored 1,708 ODI runs at an average of 28.00 with two centuries and seven half-centuries. In T20Is, she has 1,193 runs at 17.04 with a strike rate of 103.29.
She has also won multiple titles for Auckland and Wellington in both T20 and 50-over cricket in New Zealand and was part of the victorious Brisbane Heat side which won the 2019-20 WBBL.
Craig Cumming, The Blaze head coach, said: "We're delighted to have been able to secure a player of Maddy's calibre at such short notice. She'll add extra power to our batting line-up and energy in the field, and her leadership skills and experience will complement the rest of the group as we look to maintain our positive momentum this summer."