Belinda Clark has become the first female cricketer across the globe to be immortalised with a statue. 7NEWS
Her bronze figure, playing a “bold” pull shot to mid-wicket, was unveiled before play on day two of the SCG Test between Australia and South Africa.Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia's Home of Cricket onThe historic celebration was attended by politicians, including NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, former players, current players and fans.
“And thirdly, I think it’s terrific the number of people that will walk past and see that the game is open to everyone and that this is just one element of the game; there are women and there are a lot of other different people types of people playing the sport.” “I’d envisaged speaking to 20 or 30 people, so that was a little bit out of what I thought was going to happen.”
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