The Bodyline summer of 1932-33 tilted the cricket world off its axis. Cricket’s reputation was well and truly tarnished. And these teams of women were the good news story that fixed it.
South Africa’s Masabata Klaas (right) celebrates a victory against England.
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A trailblazing group of women sports reporters were early advocates for women’s sport in the 1930s, particularly during the first Ashes test series against England.
Chelsea Women’s Sam Kerr takes a shot at goal during an FA Women’s Superleague match against Arsenal Women.
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During the break in competition caused by COVID-19, sportswomen lost wages, trained less and had poorer access to equipment than their male counterparts
Football superstars: Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle after the USA’s triumph in the Women’s World Cup in 2919.
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Women have been playing cricket as long as men have. However, getting to the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup has involved a lot more fundraising and organising
The Afghanistan team celebrate taking a wicket in its match against New Zealand, June 8, 2019.
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England retained the Ashes in 2014. That’s not a wistful statement from a parallel universe, it’s a fact. A fact relating to women’s cricket, though, not men’s. As crestfallen fans will know, the men lost…