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Catch this THE Australian Women’s Council (AWCC) first met in T 5 1931 with delegates from New South Wales, Victoria, and PAR Queensland, to promote and support women’s cricket, make NiE rules, arrange national tours, and annual interstate matches. TERMS LIKE all sports, the game of cricket comes with its own set of rules. HOWZAT Knowing these terms will help you understand the game better. overthrow - a further (s) scored when a – the game of fielder’s throw misses or rebounds from the stumps. If an overthrown ball crosses the THE game of cricket is part of our nation’s sporting prowess and England's Lauren boundary, four runs are Winfield bats during added to those the even though viewed as a male-dominated sport, women are the final day of the batsmen have run. Women's Ashes Test All-rounder - a player taking to the pitch and hitting sixes. Get bowled and catch between Australia who can both bat and and England at bowl to a high standard. some more info about the great game of cricket. North Sydney Oval The tail - the last four on November 12. positions in the batting PHOTO:AAP order. These players are Stars of women’s IMAGE/DANIEL better at bowling; when cricket MUNOZ the players in these positions bat well, the RANKED first in all forms of tail is said to “wag”. women’s international signals - the umpires cricket, the Australian communicate their women’s national cricket decisions to the scorers team, nicknamed the and players using Southern Stars, are gathering signals and calls, eg six more exposure for the sport runs: both arms raised with a recent series win over above the head; out: arch rivals England in the index finger, raised. Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes. The team played their first Test match against England in 1934–35. CHECK IT OUT These women created the Double Time chance to play the game on IN THE latest an international level and book written by Sherryl were pioneers of the pitch, Clark, Ellyse is faced influencing today’s game. with a dilemma. Will she The International Women’s finally have to choose Cricket Council (IWCC) was between cricket and formed in 1958 to coordinate soccer? women’s cricket. All Ellyse wants to do In 2005 it merged with the is play sport, but there’s International cricket Council not a moment to spare in (ICC) International Cricket to Ellyse’s busy life. form one unified body. Certain that she can In all, 10 national women’s do it all, Ellyse won’t teams have competed in Test slow down, until she cricket, with Australia, finds herself in danger of England and New Zealand disappointing everyone competing most frequently. around her. The Australian team FEATS AND FACTS * Ellyse Perry is a dual compete against England for international, having the Women’s Ashes. ■ An English woman invented round-arm bowling in the early 1800s to stop getting tangled in her skirt when bowling represented Australia in Today, the Women’s Ashes underarm. Female cricket players, of this era, dressed in ankle length skirts, wore long sleeved blouses, and wore a hat cricket and soccer. trophy is played across all and tie. forms of cricket, One Day, ■ The first recorded women’s game played in Australia was 1874 in Bendigo, Victoria. The first official organised women’s as well as Tests cricket match was played on April 15, 1887 at the Association Ground, now the Sydney Cricket Ground. matches. ■ In 1958 Australian cricketer Betty Wilson made history for both genders by making the first ever century by any Test The winner is decided on a player while also taking 10 wickets in the same test. points system, with teams ■ The first World Cup was an all-women’s affair in England in 1973, predating the men’s first World Cup by two years. earning four points for a win ■ The Southern Stars have won more World Cups than any other side. and two for a draw in the ■ In 2003, Women’s Cricket Australia (WCA), and the Australian Cricket board (ACB) merged to form a single national Test, with two points for a cricket board, now known as Cricket Australia. win in ■ Australia is one of 11 countries competing in international women’s cricket.

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