Watkins named as NZ XI co-coach

Former Taranaki allrounder and Central

Hinds coach Jamie

Watkins has been named as co-coach of a New

Zealand women’s XI cricket side to play Bangladesh.

Watkins will co-coach the side with former Black Caps opening batsman Craig Cummings. The New Zealand XI will play a one-day international against Bangladesh at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln today before they meet them again in a Twenty20 match at the same venue on Wednesday. White Ferns squad members Hannah Rowe and Molly Penfold have been included in the squad along with former Taranaki representative Kate Ebrahim.