The 73 known statues and sculptures of cricketers across Australia have one significant thing in common: each and every one celebrates a male player.
The first step towards redressing that imbalance has now been made, with the Sydney Cricket Ground set to house the country’s first sculpture of a female cricketer.
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The player to be immortalised in bronze has yet to be determined and is sure to be the topic of much debate, with legendary allrounder Betty Wilson, former captain Belinda Clark and the Gregory sisters, who played in Australia s first-ever organised women’s cricket match 135 years ago at what was then the Association Ground, among the leading candidates.