Mary Konstantopoulos catches up with Sydney Thunder’s Sam Bates on the challenges they have faced early in WBBL07, and the value of Hannah Darlington’s leadership. The Sydney Thunder have certainly had one of the more peculiar WBBL07 draws. The Thunder commenced their WBBL07 campaign on Saturday 16 October with a 30 run loss to the …
Hobart Hurricane Mignon du Preez discusses the importance of international players in the WBBL, and why we should expect some mind blowing cricket this season. Despite lingering rain and the ongoing threat of COVID trying to prevent the opening weekend of the WBBL taking place, fans were treated to an incredible weekend of cricket featuring …
Kasey Symons catches up with Victorian cricketer Annabel Sutherland to talk about how she’s readying herself for the busy cricket season ahead returning from injury. Victorian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland’s highly anticipated return to cricket is just around the corner. After suffering a stress reaction in her right femur and having to withdraw from the New …
Felicity Smith chats cricket, uniforms, lockdown training and more with Chloe Rafferty and also delves into finding belonging in sport and pay equality in cricket. Chloe Rafferty is currently in a situation familiar to most of us—under lockdown. A medium-fast, right arm bowler for the Hurricanes and the ACT Meteors, and a self-titled extrovert, Rafferty …
In what has been a strange year, women’s cricket has lit up the sporting calendar. Mary Konstantopoulos shares her reflections on the year, and WBBL06. Sunday 8 March 2020 was one of the best days of my life. I gathered with 86,173 other people to watch the Australian Women’s Cricket team defeat the Indian Women’s …