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Aussie Women Cricketers Finally Get A Statue

By AFP News March 08, 2021 • 15:25 PM View: 1141

Sports-mad Australia has 73 statues and sculptures of cricketers dotted around the country, and they all depict men.But that will change with Cricket Australia Monday commissioning the first of a female player to address the glaring gender imbalance.

Who will be immortalised in bronze has not been revealed, but it will go on prominent display at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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