The professionalisation of Australian women’s cricket New times and new opportunities Chris Hickey Lyn Harrison Debbie Ollis Amanda Mooney Faculty of Arts and Education Deakin University Research report May 2016 Contact Professor Chris Hickey Faculty of Arts and Education Telephone: 03 5227 2666
[email protected] Deakin University Locked Bag 20000 Geelong Victoria 3220 Australia Images The images in this report were officially supplied by the Australian Cricketers’ Association, courtesy of Getty Images. Comments in the text from research participants (shown in italics) that appear above, below or adjacent to images are in no way attributable to persons depicted in those or any images. No identification of comments with actual persons and places for any of the images is intended or should be inferred. Front cover A member of the NSW Breakers takes the field for a WNCL match at Manuka Oval (Canberra, 2015). (Photo by Mark Nolan / CA / Cricket Australia / Getty Images) Authorship Chris Hickey, Lyn Harrison, Debbie Ollis and Amanda Mooney assert their moral rights to be identified as the authors of this work. Published by Deakin University, Geelong Victoria 3220 Australia www.deakin.edu.au © Deakin University 2016 Australian players line up for the national anthem (Adelaide, 2016) (Photo by Morne DeKlerk / CA / Cricket Australia / Getty Images) CONTENTS Acknowledgements ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� v Executive summary ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1