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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Erin Delahunty

‘Here if you need’: Cricketers’ support of netballers is an extraordinary act of solidarity

Romelda Aiken-George hugs NSW Swifts teammate Allie Smith after a game earlier this year. Super Netball players are currently out of contract.
Romelda Aiken-George hugs NSW Swifts teammate Allie Smith after a game earlier this year. Super Netball players are currently out of contract. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright once wrote: “In a society where women often feel pressured to tear one another down, our saving grace lies in our willingness to lift one another up.”

That feminist disposition was writ large this week in an extraordinary act of solidarity by Australia’s cricketers – headlined by its female players – towards the country’s elite netballers.

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