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Aussie Women Cricketers Finally Get A Statue

By AFP News March 08, 2021 • 15:25 PM View: 1248

Sports-mad Australia has 73 statues and sculptures of cricketers dotted around the country, and they all depict men.But that will change with Cricket Australia Monday commissioning the first of a female player to address the glaring gender imbalance.

Who will be immortalised in bronze has not been revealed, but it will go on prominent display at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

TAGS Nick Hockley Cricket Australia Sydney Cricket Ground

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