The Australian surfer’s achievement this year remains a case of despite, not because, of the support female athletes receive, but her success may herald a wave of change
The Roar: The rise of the silent assassins
Features, Print, Sport, The RoarThis World Cup has been a coming of age tournament for T20 cricket, and no one is to thank more for this than the ‘dot-ball annihilators’ of the game.
The Roar: The old boys (and girls) club – T20 XI
Features, Print, Sport, The RoarThe World Twenty20 is underway and, as befitting this form of cricket, it started with a bang.
The West Indies’ Chris Gayle, he of golden bats, misjudged pitch-side comments and a backlift to strike fear in the heart of any bowler, was the man to deliver, bludgeoning an unbeaten century against an excitable England side.
The Roar: Cover the sport, not the spectacle
Features, Print, Sport, The Roar“The Test is to be broadcast on Sky – a first for the women’s game – and both are aware of their roles as ambassadors for women’s sport,” gushed one national newspaper of the women’s Ashes Test last year, triumphantly.
The Cricket Monthly: Keeping up with the Aussies
ESPN Cricinfo, Features, Print, SportEngland were once the gold standard in women’s cricket. No more
“Where were we exactly 10 yrs ago today?” tweeted Clare Connor to her old team-mates the day before the second T20 of the women’s Ashes last year. 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 in 2005.
The Nightwatchman: County Cricket – A stepping stone or a graveyard?
Features, Print, Sport, The WisdenThe Nightwatchman – The Wisden Cricket Quarterly
The Nightwatchman is a quarterly collection of essays and long-form articles and is available in print and e-book formats.
“A stepping stone or a graveyard?” I was asked of women’s county cricket not so long ago. In the past I would instantly retort that it was just one rung below the international fold, the gap not so big as many imagined. Increasingly scepticism has seeped in. The introduction of the Super League this summer might – perhaps – just bridge the growing divide.
The Roar: Sport and politics – Untangling an irrational love affair
Features, Print, Sport, The Roar“Politics is a blood sport.” So said the politician Aneurin Bevan, whose stubborn persistence and booming Welsh oratory helped him spearhead one of the British government’s most revered accomplishments, the establishment of the publicly funded National Health Service.
The Herald Sun: Women’s Big Bash League a triumph for the true believers
Features, Print, Sport, The Herald SunIT’S easy to come away from the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League singing its unequivocal praises.
It’s easy to think that its stellar launch will continue seamlessly into next year, and beyond.
It’s easy too to assume that its success was written in the stars, right from the outset. It won’t necessarily, and it wasn’t. But what a first season it was.
Wisden India: India Women take step in right direction
Features, Print, Sport, The WisdenThree games apiece against the No. 1-ranked team in the world across all formats. Not a bad result, all things considered.
cricket.com.au: The Moneyball Big Bash
cricket.com.au, Features, Print, SportSome interesting statistics have been thrown up by both the women’s and men’s Big Bash
Everyone loves a stat, and none more so than the cricket connoisseur.
While statistics are not the be all and end all, they’ve a role to play not just in measuring performance but also in understanding trends and identifying areas for improvement in the game.
Isabelle Westbury 