"We're on a good wicket": Ellyse Perry backs Cricket Australia over pregnancy clause
Star all-rounder Ellyse Perry has gone in to bat for Cricket Australia, saying it was setting the standard for supporting women athletes in Australia.
Larissa Nicholson is a journalist at The Age.
Star all-rounder Ellyse Perry has gone in to bat for Cricket Australia, saying it was setting the standard for supporting women athletes in Australia.
Australian cricketers should get paid maternity leave and help with childcare while on tour, batter Grace Harris said on Friday.
Women's football has never been so popular, but for a least one sport radio station talking about the game remains a male-only domain.
Many women in the Big Bash would love to play cricket full time, top players say, contrary to Cricket Australia's claims that they enjoyed balancing sport with other work.
Young gun cricketer Sophie Molineux's teammates think she will play for Australia and it would be hard to question their judgment after her star turn in the Renegade's win over the Strikers on Sunday
The first prime-time Women's Big Bash League has been hailed a ratings success, as the fourth most popular program in Melbourne on Saturday night for viewers younger than 55.
Harmanpreet Kaur put on a show in her first women's Big Bash League match, smashing 30 off the last five overs for the Sydney Thunder
Any total is defendable in Twenty20 cricket, as the Strikers showed the Renegades in North Sydney on Saturday.
With six teenagers in their squad, the Melbourne Renegades are doing things differently to their competitors.
Cricket Australia has asked dual sportswomen to prioritise the bat and ball over their football careers.
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