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Role model: Australia’s Alex Blackwell.

Outstanding and outspoken: Why Alex Blackwell changed cricket forever

Alex Blackwell was a pathfinder for women’s cricket in Australia, as much for her strong opinions as for a commanding presence on the field

  • Daniel Brettig

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A-League Player Chelsea Blissett

This health concern has affected Mary Fowler, Meg Lanning and half the A-League Women

Chelsea Blissett is one of almost half of players in the women’s A-League who have reported experiencing disordered eating.

  • Hannah Kennelly and Frances Howe
Meg Lanning is in sublime form.

Meg Lanning just played one of the all-time great innings. Here’s how she did it

The Australian women’s team has not quite been the same since Lanning retired, but her form in the WBBL suggests she’s batting better than ever before.

Meg Lanning and Harmanpreet Kaur before the gold medal match.

‘I was bad at switching off’: Lanning wants women’s cricket calendar reshaped

Meg Lanning no longer carries the stresses and expectations of captaining and playing for Australia. Allowed to enjoy her time in the WBBL, she believes her sport needs to place a higher value on downtime so that players don’t get burnt out.

  • Daniel Brettig
Jane Lomax-Smith mayor of Adelaide cuts the ribbon watched by SACA’s  CEO Charlie Hodgson, Strikers captain Tahlia McGrath and Strikers coach Luke Williams launching the new WBBL season.

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.

  • Roy Ward
Alyssa Healy and Mitchell Starc have bought Charlotte Park at Terrey Hills.

Howzat! Cricket stars Alyssa Healy and Mitchell Starc buy luxury $25m estate

It’s the high-end deal of the year for a neighbourhood that has never managed a $20m+ sale and all before they’ve sold the house Jen Hawkins built.

  • Lucy Macken
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Meg Lanning was emotional as she announced her retirement from international cricket.

The orchestra conductor: Captain Lanning more at ease calling the shots than facing the crowd

Meg Lanning will be remembered alongside Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting as leaders of Australia’s golden eras, albeit without the earnings from the game to match.

  • Andrew Wu
Meg Lanning with one of the World Cups she won.

‘Nothing left to achieve’: Australian great Lanning retires from international cricket

An emotional Meg Lanning has retired from international cricket, saying she has nothing left to give or achieve on the world stage.

  • Andrew Wu and Greg Dundas
Meg Lanning is out of the Ashes due to a medical issue.

Ashes blow: Lanning ruled out due to medical issue

Cricket Australia says the captain, on the advice of medical staff, has been withdrawn from the touring party “due to a medical issue which requires management from home”.

  • Andrew Wu
Meg Lanning (left) walks off after losing her wicket in the first final of India’s WPL tournament, and (main) in happier times after Australia won the 2022 World Cup for one-day internationals.

Is this the beginning of the end of Australia’s dominance of women’s cricket?

Meg Lanning leads one of the most dominant teams in international sport – the Australian women’s cricket team. But after playing in the inaugural season of India’s WPL, she has foreseen how the era will end.

  • Glenn Moore