Moderation in all things. A phrase so often uttered and agreed with, but so infrequently followed. And so it is with cricket and its obsession with age.
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The Age: The win that must change a nation
Features, Miscellaneous, Print, Sport, The Age, The AgeWomen excel in so many sports yet investment and belief in female athletes lags behind. Jockey Michelle Payne’s win should be a game changer.
She’s only gone and won it. In a paradox like no other, Australian racing’s greatest prize has been won by a person on the field that the whole sport has for years contrived to belittle and objectify. Michelle Payne’s unlikely victory in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup fittingly caps a year of tremendous sporting achievement for Australia’s women. Now here’s to capitalising on it.
The Herald Sun: Australian club cricket has the edge
Features, Print, Sport, The Herald Sun“Who’s winning?” The cardinal sin of cricket spectating — asking who’s ahead. Ask the same question to 10 different punters and you’ll generally get 10 different answers. The same could apply to the question of which is better — English club cricket or Australian? National bias aside, it’s a difficult comparison, in both the men’s and women’s game.
BBC Sport: BBC county cricket Team of the Season 2015
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This summer, BBC Sport has again broadcast live commentary on every day’s play of every match in the county season.
BBC County Cricket: LV= County Championships – Durham v Hampshire, 1-4 Sept 2015
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The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Charlotte Edwards stands firm despite defeat
Features, Print, Sport, The Independent“Where were we exactly 10 years ago today?” tweeted Clare Connor to her former team-mates the day before England entered their, ultimately futile, must-win T20 against Australia at Hove on Friday. The former England captain, now Head of Women’s Cricket at the ECB, was alluding to the day England women, after 42 barren years, regained the Ashes from Australia in 2005.
BBC Test Match Special: Women’s Ashes 2nd T20
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Women’s Ashes 2nd T20
BBC Test Match Special: Women’s Ashes 1st T20
BBC Test Match Special - Women, Radio, SportBBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra – Test Match Special: The Ashes
Women’s Ashes 1st T20
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Sarah Taylor finds form again as England cruise to win
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentKeep calm and carry on. England managed to do just that yesterday as mature innings from Charlotte Edwards and Sarah Taylor saw them sail past Australia’s inadequate total in the 18th over of the first of three T20 internationals.
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