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“Clearing Boundaries” Celebrates the rise of Australian Women’s Cricket $45 Women's week Special The extraordinary rise of Australian women's cricket is documented in a new history that has been welcomed as a timely tribute by two of the games' recent greats. "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," said former Test and successful World Cup captain Belinda Clark. Launching the book, former Australian vice-captain, champion all-rounder and current TV cricket commentator Lisa Sthalekar said it was timely to honour the contribution of generations of champion female athletes since the 1870s. The skills of today's Australian women are exciting huge TV audiences: "Up to 300,000 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 launched the new book, which is studded with rare historic photographs previously thought to be lost but recently found, rescued and returned to Australia. Learn More