Cricket: White Ferns hoping World Cup history repeats

Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the White Ferns winning New Zealand's first and only Women's Cricket World Cup title.

Memories of the famous victory over Australia in the final at Lincoln University are still front of mind for those who played in the match, and have provided inspiration for the next generation looking to replicate their feat on home soil in 2022.

"I'll never go past the fact we won that cricket world cup in our own back yarn," former captain Debbie Hockley tells Newshub.

"It'll stay with me forever."

Former White Fern Catherine Campbell - now the NZ Cricket's operations manager - has a daily reminder of the achievement, as her office overlooks the ground where they achieved the famous win.

"It was a pretty surreal time," Campbell admits. "A home final, full crowd."

Amongst the frenzy of fans on that day was then 14-year-old Amy Satterthwaite, who'll lead the White Ferns into the 2022 Cup.

"It was probably that one thing that really inspired me to kick on and keep going for my dream of playing for the White Ferns," Satterthwaite says.

"To think that we could be part of something like that and inspire young boys and girls to play the game, that's really special."

That chance to win the cup again on home soil will now come in 2022.

"The White Ferns will find that it's a real advantage playing here," Hockley adds.

Hockley was part of two sides that came agonisingly close at Lords in 1993 - where they lost in the final to hosts England - then India in 1997, where they were beaten by Australia in the final.

Home advantage in 2000 proved third time lucky.

"It was just exhilarating and we had a huge crowd out at Lincoln."

After suffering a recent whitewash to Australia, the current White Ferns could need every bit of help.

"If you make it to semis and finals it just takes that one performance to get you over the line, so anything's possible," Satterthwaite says.

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