Curtis, Huddleston earn ODI recalls for South Africa tour

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Top-order batsman Sam Curtis and swing bowler Holly Huddleston have earned recalls in New Zealand Women’s squad for the seven-ODI tour of South Africa in October. Middle-order batsman Sara McGlashan, however, was left out of the 14-player squad.

Curtis has played just seven ODIs, the last of which was in September 2014, but had a decent domestic one-day season for Auckland, with a tally of 289 runs from 10 innings with three half-centuries, including an unbeaten 65 in the final they won against Wellington. Huddleston took 5 for 36 against West Indies in her second ODI, but played only four more thereafter. Like Curtis, her last ODI was in September 2014, but she has since done well in domestic cricket. In the recent NatWest Women’s T20 Cup in England, she took six wickets in five matches, at an average of 18.17.

Coach Haidee Tiffen said both players had been selected due to their …

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