Eight times more money,sixes aplenty and ‘every game on Seven or Fox’:A decade of WBBL growth

Eight times more money,sixes aplenty and ‘every game on Seven or Fox’:A decade of WBBL growth

The WBBL is turning 10. Here are the numbers behind the stunning evolution of women’s cricket over the past decade.

  • byRoy Ward

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‘How’s your heart rate’:Four wickets in last over seals Aussie win after injury crisis

‘How’s your heart rate’:Four wickets in last over seals Aussie win after injury crisis

Australia’s resilience was on full display as they shrugged off the losses of captain Alyssa Healy and pace bowler Tayla Vlaeminck to take down India in Sharjah and progress unbeaten to the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals

  • byDaniel Brettig
Australia’s cricket World Cup defence rocked by twin injuries

Australia’s cricket World Cup defence rocked by twin injuries

Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup defence has been rocked by potentially tournament-ending injuries to inspirational captain Alyssa Healy and pace ace Tayla Vlaeminck.

  • byAndrew Wu andIan Chadband
Skittled Kiwis lose 9-34 as Australia’s record-breaker Schutt wreaks havoc

Skittled Kiwis lose 9-34 as Australia’s record-breaker Schutt wreaks havoc

Megan Schutt became the highest wicket taker in T20 World Cup history with a devastating spell.

  • byDaniel Brettig
How musical theatre helped produce Australian cricket’s brightest young star

How musical theatre helped produce Australian cricket’s brightest young star

Phoebe Litchfield loves the stage. She takes blinding catches and commentates on her own shots.

  • byDaniel Brettig
The surprise omission from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad

The surprise omission from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad

Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney headline the 15-strong Australian squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup - but there was one notable absentee.

  • byDaniel Lo Surdo andBillie Eder
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Why white ball internationals are irrelevant as Cummins eyes India Tests

Why white ball internationals are irrelevant as Cummins eyes India Tests

Pat Cummins believes he is more value to Australia using next month to prepare for this summer’s India Test series instead of joining the white-ball tour of the UK.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Boycott threat by cricket’s biggest states forces women’s T20 change

Boycott threat by cricket’s biggest states forces women’s T20 change

Australia’s two most populous cricket states,Victoria and New South Wales,considered boycotting a new women’s Twenty20 tournament and playing matches among themselves before reaching a compromise with Cricket Australia on the competition format for this season.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost

Australian cricketers in women’s domestic competitions will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition and a change to the WBBL under a new multimillion-dollar plan to bolster growth in women and girls cricket.

  • byCarla Jaeger
‘Be loud and proud’:Top female athletes on pay,power,passion … and GOATs

‘Be loud and proud’:Top female athletes on pay,power,passion … and GOATs

For International Women’s Day,we asked a star cricketer,a Matilda,a Diamond,an AFLW spearhead,a rugby sevens Olympian and an NRLW captain what they would change if they had the power.

  • byCarla Jaeger,Billie Eder,Emma Kemp andMarnie Vinall
Australia break Proteas resistance to secure massive Test win inside three days

Australia break Proteas resistance to secure massive Test win inside three days

Australia have thrashed South Africa by an innings and 284 runs inside three days in a one-sided women’s Test at the WACA Ground.

  • byJustin Chadwick