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'Clearing Boundaries', a timely tribute to generations Australian women cricketers: Lisa Sthalekar

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'Clearing Boundaries', a timely tribute to generations Australian women cricketers: Lisa Sthalekar

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Clearing Boundaries, The Rise of Australian Women’s Cricket, a book that documents the history and rise of Australian women's cricket, was launched by former Australia captain Lisa Sthalekar. Speaking at the launch, Sthalekar said that it would be a timely honour to the different generations of women cricketers who have represented Australia. 

She said that at a time when the TV audience is growing for the women's sport, the book, written by Fiona Bollen with Matt Bonser, is a great initiative that celebrates the rise of women's cricket in the country.

"Up to 320,000 fans watch WBBL games and the T20 World Cup final earlier this year drew a TV audience of 1.2 million and a crowd of 86,000 to the MCG - so it's timely to have this new book celebrating the rise of women's cricket," Sthalekar said.

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Belinda Clark, the former Australian captain, who has written the foreword for the book, said, "Once upon a time it wasn't as likely for a girl to pick up a bat as a boy, we are now seeing great change."

The book documents stories of women athletes starting from the early trailblazers in 1870s to the dominance of T20 stars like Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning, and Alyssa Healy in the last decade with historic photographs that were a part of the collection of lost historical press photos obtained by the Bradman Museum.

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The project that started as an initiative to preserve historical women's cricket photographs expanded into a book when the Bradman Museum Executive Director Rina Hore requested to cover the five generations of women cricketers from the first recorded match at Sandhurst (now Bendigo) in 1874, to the recently concluded T20 World Cup.

The book speaks about the historically significant moments in Australian cricket including the first Ashes series, the first Indigenous cricketer to play for Australia, the first Test match that was televised in the country, the 1973 World Cup in 1973, and the first women’s game at Lord’s. It also includes statistical records of every woman cricketer who has represented Australia.
Ellyse Perry Meg Lanning Alyssa Healy Lisa Sthalekar Cricket Australia Belinda Clark Bradman Museum Clearing Bundaries
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