STAR QUALITY

THERE’S NO DENYING THAT AUSTRALIA’S FEMALE CRICKETERS HAVE STAR QUALITY.

WITH AN EXCITING YEAR AHEAD FOR THE COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS, WE’VE EXPOSED WHAT MAKES SOME OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST TALENTED FEMALES SHINE.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS A YOUNG STAR MEG LANNING

HER DREAM IS TO SEE MORE EXPOSURE FOR FEMALES IN SPORT. MEGLANNING

MEG LANNING IS A YOUNG STAR ON THE RISE SHE LIVES BY HER OWN PHILOSOPHY OF KEEPING FOCUSSED, COMMITTED AND INVESTING ALL OF HER ENERGY INTO BEING THE BEST PLAYER SHE CAN BE. MEG BELIEVES HER ROLE AS AN AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER NOT ONLY ENTAILS WINNING MATCHES, BUT REQUIRES HER TO PROMOTE WOMEN’S CRICKET. HER DREAM IS TO SEE MORE EXPOSURE FOR FEMALES IN SPORT.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS LEADING LADY

RA- -CH RACHAEL HAYNES HAS BEEN ONE AEL OF THE COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS LEADING BATTERS HAYNES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. SHE BELIEVES THAT CONSISTENCY AND CHARISMA GIVE SOMEONE STAR QUALITY.

IT THEREFORE COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT SOMEONE SHE MOST ADMIRES ISSACHIN TENDULKAR, ONE OF THE BEST BATSMEN IN CRICKETING HISTORY.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS A HUMBLE LEADER JODIE FIELDS

SHE’D ONE DAY LIKE TO SEE CRICKET AS THE FIELDS NUMBER ONE FEMALE JODIE SPORT IN AUSTRALIA.

A HUMBLE LEADER, BACK IN CHARGE OF THE TEAM AFTER AN INSPIRATIONAL RETURN FROM INJURY, JODIE FIELDS TAKES NO CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIA’S FEMALE CRICKETERS. INSTEAD, SHE BELIEVES IT’S THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS – GROUNDSMEN, SCORERS, CANTEEN WORKERS AND PARENTS – WHO ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THEIR SUCCESS. SHE’D ONE DAY LIKE TO SEE CRICKET AS THE NUMBER ONE FEMALE SPORT IN AUSTRALIA.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS TRAIN-A-HOLIC ELLYSE PERRY

IT WASN’T UNTIL THE VERY MOMENT SHE WALKED ONTO THE PITCH WEARING GREEN AND GOLD THAT ELLYSE PERRY KNEW SHE ELL- HAD WHAT IT TAKES TO PLAY CRICKET FOR AUSTRALIA.

AT JUST 20 YEARS OF AGE, SHE HAS BEEN WEARING HER YS COUNTRY COLOURS FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.

A SELF CONFESSED E ‘TRAIN-A-HOLIC’, IT’S A DRIVE -PERRY FOR PERFECTION THAT HAS SEEN ELLYSE RISE QUICKLY THROUGH THE RANKS.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS ALYSSA HEALY PRIDE & PASSION

A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN GIVES HER STAR QUALITY ALYHEALY SSA

FOR ALYSSA HEALY, THE PRIDE AND PASSION THAT COMES WITH REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY SACRIFICE SHE’S EVER MADE. WITH A LOVE FOR THE GAME THAT DRIVES HER, ALYSSA BELIEVES A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN GIVES HER STAR QUALITY.

COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS STAR QUALITY

CRICKET AUSTRALIA REBECCA APPLETON MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE [email protected] 0407 837 907

PUBLICIST FRANC COMMUNICATIONS MIKAELI COSTELLO [email protected] 0401 580 685

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