Cricket Without Borders
What's happening in women's cricket around the world - the game, the people, the personalities!
Episodes
44 episodes
Kate McGready – Cricketer, Art Consultant, Journalist
Kate was a member of the Australian U25 women’s cricket team that toured India in a ground breaking tour in 1975. We talk about the tour 50 years on and the impact of it in transforming women’s cricket in India. We also discuss Kate’s career fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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46:08
Nick Hatzoglou - Cricket Lover, Multi-Cultural Sport Specialist
Nick has worked across a number of sports with Cricket Victoria, Cricket Australia, the AFL and Football Victoria specialising in programs around multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion.Nick has strong connections to the wonderful ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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35:35
Anna O’Donnell - Foundation Player, Premier Cricketer and High Performance Coach
Anna is one of CWOB’s inaugural players from 2011 who has gone on to enjoy a celebrated career in Victorian Premier Cricket and currently sits in fourth position for the all-time number of games played.Anna was elected Captain of the fam...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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23:01
Jenni Douglass, Author, Umpire, Scorer, Team Manager
Jenni is an Australian woman who grew up in Holbrook, NSW but now living in Bedfordshire in the UK with her daughters and husband, all of whom enjoying the game of cricket. Their local club is Ampthill Town CC and Jenni like many other vo...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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21:08
Helen Nolan, CEO The Shane Warne Legacy
Following the tragic death of Australian sporting icon Shane Warne, his family and close friends, including Helen, established “The Shane Warne Legacy” that provides free health checks for all Australians. Helen previously worked a...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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36:50
Trudy Lindblade, CEO Cricket Scotland
Trudy, an Australian, has been in the role at Cricket Scotland for just under two years after an extensive career in leadership roles across international and domestic cricket and cycling, working in diverse cultures and environments.As ...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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32:51
Malcolm Speed AO & Former CEO of Cricket Australia
Malcolm has had an illustrious career in sports administration.A lawyer by profession, he has held senior executive roles with the National Basketball League, Cricket Australia, the International Cricket Council, among others. He i...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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32:46
Dinesh Muthuraman, CEO Malaysian Cricket Association
Dinesh moved from India originally to play cricket in Malaysia and in the manner of dreams come true, liked the country and the people so much that he stayed! He commenced working for the MCA as a Development Officer in 2009, moved his way up t...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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20:31
Dr Sarah Fane OBE, Director of the MCC Foundation (London)
Dr Sarah Fane OBE studied medicine at Bristol University and during this time travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and again to Afghanistan in 2001 under the Taliban Regime. In 2002, Sarah established the charity, Afghan Connection which subse...
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26:15
Bhavi Devchand - Professional Cricketer, High Performance Coach and Wellbeing Specialist
Bhavi was born in Zimbabwe in a family of Indian origin and encountered a range of cultural experiences just to be able to play the game. She represented WA and the Perth Scorchers before moving to Melbourne to join the Melbourne St...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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32:07
Harry Moffitt - SAS veteran, psychologist, high performance consultant and author
Harry spent almost 30 years with the Australian Defence Force most of which was with Australia’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) as a Team Commander and Team Specialist.He completed 11 active service deployments and was wounded in action...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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29:54
Alana King – Australian Cricketer and former CWOB representative
Alana is widely-regarded as the best leg spin bowler in world cricket today (male or female) and has drawn comparisons with the great Shane Warne.Growing up in Melbourne, Alana was a very talented young sportswoman excelling in tennis, s...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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31:59
Emma Staples - MCC Spirit of Cricket Award/ Co-Founder of “It’s Game On”/ DrivingChange Through Sport/ Pitch Our Future
Emma is a long-time friend of Cricket Without Borders (CWOB) of many years and who was one of the key people instrumental in securing the evacuation of the Afghan Women Cricketers and some officials in 2021 following the fall of Afghanistan to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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23:04
Louise Broadfoot – Player/Coach/Administrator/ Umpire/Army Reservist/Sports Integrity (She has done it all!!)
Louise has done it all in the game of cricket and more! We hear about her wonderful career that began at school and then progressed to represent her State(s) and country but that was not enough as she has given back to the sport as an administr...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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30:29
Um-E-Aymen Babar – Award Winning Journalist
Aymen is an award –winning multilingual sports journalist, commentator and presenter based in London. She has won numerous awards and was named the NCTJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2023 for her exclusive report in the Telegraph...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:13
Chelsea Moscript , Player and Coach with Cricket Without Borders and Beyond
Cricket Without Borders and Chelsea have a very strong connection dating back to 2012 when Chelsea joined us on a tour to Singapore and she has remained as somewhat of a constant with us as a player and coach ever since.This is a wonderf...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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27:02
Lydia Dowse, National Integrity Manager, Swimming Australia
A sports lawyer by background, Lydia has transitioned into sport management and apart from her current role has held senior roles in professional, semi-professional and community sport in football (soccer) and AFL while also having held senior ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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31:20
Jennie Deckker, President, Geelong Cricket Club
Jennie grew up in a cricket-loving family in Bowral, where Sir Donald Bradman grew up as a young boy and although not playing the game she always had an interest in the sport. However, it was later in life when her own daughter, Bianca started ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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34:17
Sheila Nguyen, Sport Environment Alliance
Sheila is the co-founder and first CEO of Sport Environment Alliance but that is just part of her outstanding contribution around growing the awareness and introducing strategies and plans around sustainability in sport to ensure a healthier pl...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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28:30
Megan Ponsford - Sports Historian, Documentary Photographer, Researcher
Megan is the granddaughter of the great Victorian and Australian batsman Bill Ponsford after whom a grandstand is named at the MCG.She is a Ponsford and proud of it!Megan is also the author of two books, one a photographic record ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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24:04
Georgie Heath - Freelance Journalist & Commentator
Georgie is a dynamic young journalist and commentator from England who is currently in Australia covering the summer of cricket as well as other sports .Georgie has covered World Cups, Olympic Games and as well as working on cricket this...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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28:12
Paul Hensley – President CC Morris Library Association, Philadelphia USA
The CC Morris Library is the largest collection of cricket literature and memorabilia in the Western Hemisphere and was established in the 1960’s. It has a fascinating history and included among its collection is a three-handled trophy presente...
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Episode 23
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28:48
Tamara Lowe – Founder, Cricket Kindness, Non- Executive Director Kit Bag For Kids.
Tamara established Cricket Kindness in 2016 dedicated to addressing the desperate shortage of cricket equipment in developing countries around the world and in disadvantaged communities in England and Australia . Cricket Kindness wa...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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24:57
Natalie Grero - Founder of Fierce Girls Cricket
Natalie is someone who has done it all in the game of cricket and is still making a significant contribution to the sport.As a young player Natalie represented Victoria at the U17 /U19 levels and was also an Australian U17 representativ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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30:01
Tawanda Karasa - Founder and Secretary of Grassroots Cricket
Tawanda Karasa, Founder and Secretary of Grassroots Cricket whose mission is to partner with organisations and individuals to build a world where all children are equal and have access to fulfill their potential. Tawanda is passion...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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31:33