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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, May 17 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> A group of 14 indigenous Australian women cricketers will fly out on Wednesday for a whirlwind 10-day tour of India, the first of its kind orchestrated by the sport&#39;s national body, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Backed by Cricket Australia (CA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade&#39;s Australia-India Council, the all-indigenous team will play five matches in Delhi and Mumbai against the Yuvraj Singh Cricket Academy, Delhi women&#39;s team and Mumbai Cricket Association women&#39;s team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In a prepared statement, CA said the programme will help &quot;build awareness and understanding between Australia and India ... through sport and indigenous culture&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Australian team, in the subcontinent from May 20 to 30, was picked on club form and performances at February&#39;s National Indigenous Cricket Championships in Alice Springs, which had a record number of athletes attend.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The tour has been organised to take place 150 years after an all-Aboriginal team played an historic match on the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1866.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In keeping with that trailblazing all-indigenous team, which eventually toured the United Kingdom in 1868, the 14 aboriginal-heritage cricketers will also get the chance to showcase their talent abroad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Team captain Ash Gardner, a rising star for the Sydney Sixers in the Women&#39;s Big Bash League, said the tour would prove invaluable for her development.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;A group of indigenous women from across Australia coming together to play overseas and represent indigenous culture is significant, and something we&#39;re all really proud to be a part of,&quot; the 19-year-old said in a statement released by CA on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Each of us is representing our people back home and I&#39; m excited about the opportunity to captain the side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;From a cricket perspective, playing in Indian conditions is one of cricket&#39;s biggest challenges; it will be a big test for us and really help our development individually and as a squad.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Over the past two decades, CA has taken great strides in making the game -- known for its English Anglo-Saxon roots -- more inclusive of non-white Australians at the elite level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 1996, fast bowler Jason Gillespie became the first player of acknowledged Aboriginal descent to play for the Australian men&#39;s Test side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since then, all-rounder Dan Christian has regularly appeared for Australia&#39; s One-Day International and Twenty20 teams over the past five years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Agency.<\/p>\r\n",
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