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Former White Fern Erin Bermingham trains ahead of the police women s cricket team s games against the NZ under-19s in Christchurch. Photo: David Williams FEBRUARY 15, 2021
The women under-19 cricketers take on a police side at the end of a watershed Super Smash season. David Williams reports Erin Bermingham reckons it’s a stitch-up. The former White Fern will captain the first police women’s cricket team in Christchurch this week against the first New Zealand under-19 women’s side. Both sides are hankering to play. The police’s inter-services tournament – against the army and air force – was cancelled, while the ICC under-19 World Cup, meant to be played in Bangladesh last month, was postponed until later this year.
He suspended the two players until the end of the 2020-21 season, effectively a ban of 10 weeks, including the three-week stand down already served. HBCA did not name the players, but Stuff understands the pair are the sons of former Central Districts players Craig Findlay and Mike Pawson. Findlay is also chief executive of HBCA. In a statement, NZ Cricket public affairs manager Richard Boock said: ”NZC is satisfied with the integrity of both the process and outcome of the Hawke’s Bay code of conduct hearing. “We endorse the findings of the commissioner and agree that the type of offending described required a serious response.”