. The pinnacle of Australian cricket is putting on your baggy green and this one is even more special and historic as the first day-night Test at the MCG. The opportunity to showcase women’s Test cricket on the big arena will be really important, not only for the game itself but for the group that gets to run out there on Thursday.
It’s always like a carrot dangled in front of us when there’s a Test match to be played because we don’t do it that often. It brings a lot more energy and excitement to the group. The vibe is high at the moment, just around the occasion itself and having all our family and friends coming to watch. Hopefully the public gets right behind us and comes out in droves too.
I would absolutely love to play more Tests, whether that is in standalone three-Test series or adding more Tests to multi-format series. But I understand we’re bound by the ICC future tours program and the different boards around the world that are willing or unwilling to play women’s Test cricket. If that changes in the next five years, that would be great, but I’m under no illusion to the fact that it’s not a viable revenue option for all the countries to commit to three-Test or five-Test series. Maybe in 10 years that will look slightly differently.
The desire to be out there on the MCG no matter what ailments or injuries you’ve got is the same for everyone, including our skipper. It’s unfortunate for Alyssa Healy that she’s been under an injury cloud the last 12 to 18 months, but she’s found a way to make it work when she’s needed to. She’s desperate to get out there in the whites and have an impact on the series, even if that’s just as a batter.
It’s going to be a different challenge for me, keeping wicket and batting a bit further down the order than I have in the …
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