Just one day after it was revealed Australia’s world #1 ranked women’s cricket team would be unable to access the $70M of funding reserved for their male counterparts, wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor has become the first woman to ever play in a men’s A-grade match – with one spectator saying he “couldn’t tell if it was a boy or a girl behind the stumps.”
Playing for Northern Districts in Adelaide, Taylor took to the field against today Port Adelaide. Despite their opposition racking up a cool 3/277, Taylor said she “was quite happy with the way I kept.”
“I did drop a catch, but I also caught one that wasn’t given.”
“I did drop a catch, but I also caught one that wasn’t given.”
Taylor isn’t a newcomer to the game; before her A-grade career began, she had already played in eight tests, 73 Big Bash matches and almost a hundred one-day internationals.
Before her A-grade debut, Taylor said “it shows that if you’re good enough, doors will open … I just want to build that respect that I’m not a girl, I’m just another player.”
It’s an interesting start in South Australia for the 26-year-old – it’s just too bad she can’t play for the Ashes-winning Aussies.
Catch a video of her in training for England below.
