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Matthew Cooper

Australia star Alyssa Healy opens up about her experiences of sexism within cricket

Australian cricket star Alyssa Healy has opened up about her experiences of sexism within the game.

Healy is one of the foremost stars of women's cricket and comes from a family with great cricketing pedigree, with her uncle Ian a legendary Australian wicketkeeper. During her own illustrious career, Healy has won five T20 World Cups and one 50-over World Cup and helped spearhead the rise of the women's game.

However, when she first began playing, women's cricket was nowhere near as prominent as it is today and she was the only girl in her school team. Reflecting on that experience, Healy told Yahoo Sport: "There were people that had issues with it.

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