An incredible journey: women’s cricket in the Apple Isle

From the first game to developing pathways, Mary Konstantopoulos explores the story of women’s cricket in Tasmania and the new book that tells the tale.
From the first game to developing pathways, Mary Konstantopoulos explores the story of women’s cricket in Tasmania and the new book that tells the tale.
The WNCL brought cricket’s best to the field and the Australian domestic competition looks better than ever. Mary Konstantopoulos reviews that season that was. In a dominant display on Saturday at Junction Oval, the Queensland Women defeated the Victoria Women in the 2020/2021 WNCL Final by 112 runs to seal their first ever WNCL finals …
Official Siren collaborator Mary Konstantopoulos spoke to Irish cricketer Kim Garth about the unfortunate timing of her Cricket Victoria contract and the 2020 Victorian lockdowns. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic most international women’s cricket has come to a standstill. Whilst that’s disappointing given that just over a year ago today many of us were celebrating …
Shortlisted for the first round of our Emerging Sports Writers Program, Cat Jones shares her reflection of the 2020 T20 World Cup, one year on. For this sports nut, 2020 has thrown up many challenges. Not being able to play sport, or watch sport in a stadium for the majority of the year has meant …
ACT Meteor Zoe Cooke’s cricketing days seemed to be over when a back injury reared its head, but she’s now returned to the WCNL action. When Zoe Cooke’s doctor told her to stop playing cricket, his words had the opposite effect. “When the surgeon suggested I needed to look at a new career path, it …