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The current ICC ODI cricketer of the year Sarah Taylor is on the cusp of becoming the first female player to play in a men’s A-grade, two-day cricket match in Australia.
She would be playing for the Northern Districts, as they would take on Port Adelaide in South-Australia’s elite men’s competition.
Taylor, who has represented the England women’s team for 98 ODIs and 73 T-20s, would become the second woman after Catherine Fitzpatrick who played in a T-20 match for Dandenong club in Victoria in 2006, to take part in a men’s match.
Taylor, who made her debut way back in 2006 at 17, had achieved a great deal for her country including the 2009 Women’s World Cup and the T-20 World Cup the very same year.
She was also a part of the English side that made it to the finals of 2012 T-20 World Cup.
Taylor has played the men’s game before, when she was in the Walmley side in the District Premier League in England. However her talents are not just limited to the cricket pitch – she has form on the football field also.
Taylor signed for the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s inaugural Women’s T-20 competition to be held later this year.
Taylor has said “I always wanted to push myself and check where I was in terms of playing cricket”.
“I had no idea I would be the first woman [to play a match against the men] but I’m sure I wouldn’t be the last.”
Nothern Districts team director Sean Watt told BBC World Service, “She’s the best option. The B and C grade cricketers are disappointed to miss out but they understand the calibre and skill she’s got.”
It has been reported she would bat at no 8 in the Districts’ batting order.
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